About the Book
DRUGS, SEX, MONEY, GUNS, GANGSTERS, COPS If you like mystery, detective, action, adventure, thrills, then STREET BUSINESS II is for you! Do you love policemen? You'll love Ernie Lijoi. Do you hate policemen? You will hate Eddie Pannoni. The thin blue line that keeps us safe from criminals are the men and women of the police force. They are often wounded or killed to protect us. Their lives are filled with danger. As dangerous as their job is, that of an undercover cop is even more hazardous. If discovered, they will suffer a horrendous death, as will their families. It takes an extraordinary person to be an undercover cop, and such a person is Ernie Lijoi, better known to his street people as Eddie Pannoni, drug-dealer and gun-runner extraordinaire. Street Business II is based on real incidents that occurred during the career of Detective Ernie Lijoi, Sr., who worked under the guise of Eddie Pannoni, drug dealer and gun runner, for many years. What if you were confronted with a drug dealer? How would you handle him? Suppose you became involved with heroin users and they handed you a syringe of heroin to inject. What would you do? What if a drug dealer is willing to spend $10,000 dollars to have you killed? What would you do? How would you handle it? Detective Lijoi has the answers to these questions and many more in his book, Street Business II. You will meet Tony, a crazy guy that loves to deal drugs. You'll also Mule and Destructive Obsession. All books are available via Amazon, the net, Erniesr.com and thepreyers.com as well as the publisher, www.a-argusbooks.com. Street Business II was written by: Ernie Lijoi meet The Jeweler who is a major supplier to the sick users of the poisons of the street. Do not miss this prelude to THE PREYERS, coming soon, and other books by Ernie Lijoi Sr., such as The Butcher of Boston, Meth or Myth, The Tunnel, The Cash Sr. and Larry Matthews.
About the Author: Ernie Lijoi Sr. is a retired detective from the City of Quincy, MA. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and enlisted in the US Air Force, and was honorably discharged in 1964. He later graduated from Northeastern University in Boston, MA with a degree in the Science of Law Enforcement. Detective Ernie Lijoi Sr., under the guise of Eddie Pannoni, challenged illicit dealers, killers and illegal operations stretching throughout the New England, The United States and Mexico. Larry Matthews is an award-winning broadcast journalist whose thirty-plus years as a reporter provide the background material for his books. Matthews was a street reporter, anchor, news director, producer and editor for major radio stations, ABC Radio, and National Public Radio. He was a producer, host and reporter for Maryland Public Television. As a reporter he covered some of the major events of the late Twentieth Century in Washington, D.C. and other cities. He is the recipient of the George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting, The DuPont/Columbia Citation, The National Headliner Award, and national and regional awards from The Society of Professional Journalists, The Associated Press, United Press International, and other professional organizations and universities. His memoir, I Used To Be In Radio, was hailed as "a must-read in journalism schools, especially for those who aspire to be investigative reporters" and as "a funny and moving page-turner". Two of his novels, Healing Charles and Saving Charles, were praised as "outstanding works of fiction." The novels are about the life of one man, set thirty years apart. Matthews is also co-author of Street Business, with Ernie Lijoi Sr., a police/crime novel based on real events in the career of retired Detective Lijoi. Matthews's experience as an investigative reporter provides much of the background material for his Dave Haggard thriller series about a radio reporter in Washington, D.C. who finds himself at the dangerous center of major criminal investigations. The first in the series, Butterfly Knife, involves the hunt for a serial killer of priests. The second, Brass Knuckles, finds Dave chasing down leads in a murder/kickback scheme involving a member of Congress. The third, Detonator, is about the betrayal of national trust and high-level treason. Matthews lives and writes in Gaithersburg, Maryland. His website is www.larrymatthews.net. Twitter @lawrencematthew Facebook is larrymatthewsauthor
