John Nardizzi

Biography

John Nardizzi is an award-winning writer and investigator. His crime novels have won praise for crackling dialogue and pithy observations of detective work. The Burden of Innocence earned a 2022 Shamus Award nomination for Best PI Paperback. He speaks and writes about investigations in numerous settings, including World Association of Detectives, Lawyers Weekly, Pursuit Magazine and PI Magazine.

His work on innocence cases led to the exoneration Gary Cifizzari and James Watson (he was awarded the Arc of Justice for the Watson case in 2021), as well as million dollar settlements for clients Dennis Maher and the estate of Kenneth Waters, whose story was featured in the film Conviction. Prior to his PI career, he failed to hold any restaurant job for longer than a week. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts.

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Books

The Burden of Innocence
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 64,850. Language: English. Published: December 5, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
2022 Shamus Award nominee! Investigation is continuing with the return of PI Ray Infantino in a thriller written by “a bold new poet of American noir - This is the book Chandler would have written if he’d been a real-life private eye.” Private investigators Ray Infantino and Tania Kong take on the case of Sam Langford, framed for a murder committed by a crime boss at the height of his powers...
Telegraph Hill
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 62,370. Language: English. Published: April 9, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled
In Telegraph Hill, private detective Ray Infantino searches for a missing girl named Tania. The case takes him to San Francisco, the city he abandoned years ago after his fiance was murdered. Thrust into his old city haunts, Ray finds that Tania may not be lost at all. Tania saw a murder; and a criminal gang, the Black Fist Triad, wants to make sure she never sees anything again.