Host to Homicide

There's a killer loose in New York City and he's targeting talk show hosts. He's brazen and clever and has law enforcement running around in circles. Detectives Charlie Marchetti and Angela Buonfiglia, lead investigators on the case are at a loss, following leads that go nowhere and hitting nothing but blank walls. But with the brass breathing down their necks, wanting this case solved, yesterday and the body count steadily rising, there finally might be a break. The murderer has decided to make the "game" a little more interesting and sends Marchetti a letter..... Richard Wolf has written a fast paced, page turner that's about to keep you up reading, all night. This is a mystery/thriller that has it all...smart, crisp writing, interesting, well drawn characters and a tight, compelling plot full of vivid, riveting scenes that sends you on a roller coaster ride to the stunning climax and very satisfying ending of the story. Host to Homicide should definitely be on every mystery/thriller fan's "must read" list and is hopefully the beginning of a terrific new series. I look forward to meeting up with Marchetti and Buonfiglio again in the near future.

Leitenant Charlie Marchetti is everyman, he just wants to do the best he can and see the good guy win. Though sometimes hard on himself, Charlie is the underdog who finally makes good when he outsmarts a killer at his own game. Taunted and confused by a psychopath who is slowly killing off talk show hosts, the chase hits close to home when the killer begins taunting him with clues and the higher ups in the NYPD are breathing down his neck to wrap up the case and bring the killer home. Richard Wolf captures the heart and soul of us all, when we humans have the strength and faith to keep on keeping on. Wolf also writes some of the most genuine scenes between a man and a woman, as he and his partner, Angela Buonfiglio show that they know and trust one another deeply and complement each other perfectly in order to get the job done. If you've ever had pizza in Bensonhurst, rode the "N" train, smelled fresh bread baking in Little Italy, or wished that you knew what a detective thought about on his days off, or if you just want a smooth down to earth read filled with with mystery and suspense, check this book out!

A fascinating intelligent murderer, worthy of the Unabomber and his challenges, concentrates on his mission to eliminate the sleasy hosts of TV talk shows. Richard Wolf knows N.Y. & NYPD; he uses an omniscient narrator, putting us inside the mind of the serial killer, maddening us not to know who 'he' is. In brilliant plotting, Wolf creates a pair of credible, amusing detectives who almost get themselves killed in following these taunts."Didn't these poor schmucks realize that there wasn't any equal justice under the law? Only the law." A thrilling page-turner!

I found Host to Homicide to be engrossing and spell-binding,with ingenious plots and well-defined characters. Impossible to put down until the final page!

THE MULTI-TALENTED RICHARD WOLF - ARTIST, PLAYWRITE, PIANIST AND LYRICIST - SURPRISES ONCE AGAIN WITH THE GIFT OF STORY-TELLING. "HOST TO HOMICIDE" IS A GRIPPING MYSTERY DEALING WITH ONE OF TODAY'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL GENRES, THE TV TALK SHOW. RICHARD'S NATURAL NOEL COWARDESQUE HUMOR SHINES THROUGH HIS WORK AND LIFTS THE MYSTERY TO A NEW LEVEL OF ENTERTAINMENT.