Giacomo Giammatteo

I was very excited to get a chance to read these true stories about two unique, independent, self sufficient dogs, who even had their own method of hunting food, so the only thing they wanted was…

They first meet when Bear demands his biscuit toll. I was sucked in from the very beginning.

Talk about personality…Bear reeks of it. He is definitely the master of his domain.

Animals do communicate. Wonder what your pet’s thinking? Watch, listen, learn.

Giacomo Giammatteo watched and learned, then came up with these fabulous tales of the two unique dogs that had me smiling, laughing out loud, and oohing and aahing at their antics. They stole my heart and I think they will steal yours too.

Wonderfully written, easy reading, entertaining true stories of animals, especially highlighting two very unique individuals of the canine variety.

Of course, we do have some sad and scary bits, but that is life. We have to take the good with the bad, otherwise we wouldn’t know the difference.

I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Whiskers and Bear by Giacomo Giammatteo.

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Animal lovers, boy do I have an heartwarming story for you!

In Whiskers & Bear, the first book in the Sanctuary Tales series, author Giacomo Giammatteo takes the readers into his private world where he and his wife Mikki provide a loving animal sanctuary for forty-five animals from dogs, cats, horses, and pigs!

Giacomo and Mikki meet Bear when they purchased their property. Bear lived in the woods and was definitely the Top Dog in the neighborhood. Over time a friendship develops and Bear becomes a self-initiated protector of Giacomo, Mikki, their animals, and property. When a puppy named Whiskers arrives in the neighborhood and is abandoned by her owners, Bear adopts her, and they become an inseparable duo.

As Whisker and Bear's adventures unfold throughout the book, the reader can't help but feel the full gamut of emotions. From laughter to smiles to tears, this lovable duo will simply steal your heart. And if that isn't enough of an enticement to read this wonderful story, Giacomo has also included beautiful pictures throughout the book that transports the reader into Giacomo and Mikki's animal sanctuary featuring Whiskers, Bear, and the other animals that they so lovingly care for. As an animal lover and mama to three dogs (my fur babies), I can't express enough how much this story touched my heart. I can't wait to read the next installment in the Sanctuary Tales series.

Giacomo wrote this amazing story to help pay for the cost of running the animal sanctuary. The proceeds from your purchase of Whiskers & Bear will go directly to the upkeep of their animals. So animal lovers, please open up your heart and help them keep providing a safe animal sanctuary / home for these deserving rescued animals!

Disclaimer: I received a copy of the book from the author / publisher in exchange for my honest review and participation in a virtual book tour event hosted by Providence Book Promotions.

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A woman is brutally murdered, dismembered and scattered around the city. Identifying this woman is hard to do as there are no fingerprints, they were cut off by the murderer. Why would someone go through all of this to keep her identity unknown. That is the task that faces the police in Houston Texas need to figure out.

Gino Cataldi has demons that he tries to deal with, the death of his wife and an unruly son who has started taking drugs. Gino is on a path of revenge on those who supplied his son with the drugs. So between dealing with his son, who he has sent to rehab and a complicated case, he "steps over the line" and does the unthinkable. Gino also receives late night phone calls from a woman who knows about the murder and who did it. He is paired with Tip Denton, another unconventional cop and the two of them must search the clues to solve the case.

We find as the story goes on that there is corruption and it goes all the way to the newly elected president. A group of friends who come from the same town and will protect each other to the death. Deception, lies and coverups lead the detectives, Gino Cataldi and Tip Denton on a merry chase from their own boss, who is part of the group of friends, all the way to the president. When another woman is murdered the search for the murderer intensifies and time is running out as there is pressure from "above" to get this case solved.

I have read a few of Mr.Giammatteo's books and always enjoyed them. They are fast paced, suspenseful stories that keep the reader turning the page. I read in the back of the book that the author had some health issues, so had not written in awhile, in spite of that Mr.Giammatteo has written another keeper! If you love a police procedural and a who dunnit, then you can't go wrong with this novel!… (meer)

Arthur C. Clarke may have been the worst great writer I can think of (probably along with Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov). Clarke’s prose is workmanlike at the best of times, his characters are emotional ciphers, his dialogue is seldom real, his plots are more like giant landscapes than any credible unfolding of events involving real people, and style-wise he happily breaks every rule of Good Writing. Clarke doesn't care. And know what? Neither do I. Some of things Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein wrote are still among my favourite novels. In genre fiction, if I pick up any modern novel, basically the villains are just cardboard characters that have to be locked up or arrested or shot by the good guys. Nowadays modern Crime Fiction is an entertainment genre and it’s huge business (in Britain around 30% of all the fiction published belongs to the Crime Fiction section). Crime Fiction is all about resolution, which you don’t get in real life. Although I have a bit of a reaction to this, it can be very good entertainment if it’s done properly. Along with lots of other readers, I like the way I get sucked into Clarke’s bigger-than-space narratives. I get excited along with his cardboard but engaging characters in the vast spaces, unique vistas he shows us. When I read Clarke, I know I’m reading a fellow geek, a non-artsy-fartsy guy, who was able to produce the wonderful trick of writing Fiction that resembled literary work. Nay, I must not think thus…. Something that is literary. Better than, in some cases. This long preamble takes us to the novel at hand: “A Bullet for Carlos” by Giacomo Giammatteo. Was the constant POV shifting annoying sometimes? Absolutely. Does Giammatteo always move skillfully between the main character’s first-person account (Connie’s) and omniscient third-person narration? No, not by a long shot. Is it comparable with the best Crime Fiction out there today? Nope. Is it highfalutin literature? No. But it was all so damn fun. "… (meer)