Lo Monaco
Lo Monaco lived in Sicily, Italy for 16 years and recently returned to California. She was trained as an operatic soprano, and has worked for numerous Opera Companies in America and was director of the Schola Cantorum for the Church of Sant'Anna in the town where she lived with her two dogs (including Tim, the overgrown Fox Terrier that co-stars in the Terry Strong, P.I., series) and three canaries. In order to pay for the years of vocal study, she worked for five years as a Fingerprint Technician for a sheriff's department and five years as a Group Counselor for juvenile offenders.
She started writing fiction in November, 1998. She started her first Terry Strong, P.I., novel, "Lethal Relations," in January, 2013.
She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, the Private Eye Writers of America, the Short Mystery Fiction Society and Sisters In Crime-Los Angeles Chapter.
The first Luigi Mancuso story, "Oil in a Day's Work," was published in the Oct/Nov/Dec 2002 issue of Futures MYSTERY Anthology Magazine.
The second Luigi Mancuso story, "Hearts and Diamonds," was published in the April/May/June 2004 issue of Futures MYSTERY Anthology Magazine.
Among other short stories originally published in Futures MYSTERY Anthology Magazine were: "A Man of Honor," Feb/Mar 2001 and, "SaturdayNight Reruns," April/May 2001.
She is a former editor of FMAM.
In July, 2001, "A Man of Honor" (translated into Italian), won SECOND PLACE in the Akery National Literary Competition in Acerra, Italy (V Edizione Concorso Letterario Nazionale di Narrativa "Akery"). In November, 2001, it was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
She is a former Managing Director of Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine and is currently a reviewer for the FMAM ezine.
She started writing fiction in November, 1998. She started her first Terry Strong, P.I., novel, "Lethal Relations," in January, 2013.
She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, the Private Eye Writers of America, the Short Mystery Fiction Society and Sisters In Crime-Los Angeles Chapter.
The first Luigi Mancuso story, "Oil in a Day's Work," was published in the Oct/Nov/Dec 2002 issue of Futures MYSTERY Anthology Magazine.
The second Luigi Mancuso story, "Hearts and Diamonds," was published in the April/May/June 2004 issue of Futures MYSTERY Anthology Magazine.
Among other short stories originally published in Futures MYSTERY Anthology Magazine were: "A Man of Honor," Feb/Mar 2001 and, "SaturdayNight Reruns," April/May 2001.
She is a former editor of FMAM.
In July, 2001, "A Man of Honor" (translated into Italian), won SECOND PLACE in the Akery National Literary Competition in Acerra, Italy (V Edizione Concorso Letterario Nazionale di Narrativa "Akery"). In November, 2001, it was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
She is a former Managing Director of Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine and is currently a reviewer for the FMAM ezine.
Lethal Relations
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Mystery
Private investigator TERRY STRONG, a former model, with a black belt in Taekwondo, is hired by attorney DONALD REMICK to clear his sister, BARBARA, who is charged with shooting to death her lover, FRED, Remick's wife's brother. When EVELYN (Donald's wife) is taken ill and rushed to the hospital, Terry learns that Evelyn's symptoms are the same as those of Robert's mother, who had died several months earlier. Terry suspects that Robert poisoned both his mother and Evelyn with castor beans crushed and blended into chili beans. Evelyn reveals that Robert is her illegitimate son, adopted as an infant by Fred and his wife. Terry takes a concealed video camera and confronts Robert at home when Silvia appears with a gun pointed at Terry's head. Silvia reveals that she and Robert conspired together to eliminate their parents so that they could marry, despite being half-brother and -sister. Terry disarms them with a Taekwondo maneuver. Lt. CARL BLACK, Terry’s SO, appears and arrests them both. 
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