• Dave Aquino
  Contact: Email | PO box 741351, Arvada CO. 80006
  

• About the Author
  Dave Aquino is the author of several novels, including Personal War, Counselor and The Slot Machine. He is working on his next novel.

• Books

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  The Slot Machine
  FICTION | CRIME
  Harry Ordway has always done everything right. His life, career, wife and faith are all planned for him by his overly religious parents. Bored, restless, over sheltered and too much time on his hands, it was only a matter of time before he got into mischief. After a dare accepted to destroy a slot machine owned by mob boss Joey Carter, this sheltered young man is put into the underbelly of the gambling and criminal world.

  He owes Joey more than he could ever pay, and Joey is a man who collects his debts. Thinking he’s probably a dead man, Harry tries to return the stolen money to Joey, but that’s not good enough. Joey insists Harry do a job for him; collect an old debt from another mobster.

  At first all Harry wants to get Joey out of his world and go back to the planned life his parents designed for him. Later, Harry is surprised to see that Joey may be a gangster, but he has a heart of gold and shares a common feeling of being victimized. As for Harry, his adventures in the larger world beyond the small town where he grew up have taught him many things about responsibility and being true to himself. He may have left town a boy, but he has returned a man.

  Sometimes a little rebellion is all you need to change your life.

  $12.95 | ISBN: 0-595-51132-5

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• Personal War
  FICTION | THRILLER
  William Defreno is down on his luck and himself. Maybe it’s that he lives in a town seemingly owned by a rich man, Randy Casner, who has the police in his pocket, infinite resources, and doesn’t care who he destroys in order to get his own way.

  The dreadful Personal War starts when Randy runs William down with his Hummer, breaking the young track star’s leg in a rage of general lunacy and resentment for William‘s track talent. William tries to pursue Mr. Casner legally, and discovers the full extent of this man’s power. Everything starts to downspiral from there.

  The local police begin to systematically harass him - trying to get him fired from his job, arrest him for any and every reason possible and ruin any chance of William having a relationship of any kind. The more William tries to fight back, the worse the warfare gets.

  By the time William wants to quit the Personal War, it’s too late. William is forced to engage in battle against Mr. Casner who is clearly superior to him in every way. With a little help from his friends, William, ‘the underdog’ must find the willpower and strength within to save himself.

• "Yes, people love an underdog, but they always bet against him." - William Defreno.

• $8.95 | ISBN-13: 9780980919110
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  Counselor
  FICTION | CRIME
  Blam! "That one's for me," Ted said, as he shoots and kills Peggy Reddick for what seems to be no justification. Jack Reddick, (Peggys husband) a cop, on the hardest case of his life, feels the murder was pay-back for arrests he made. Willing do whatever it takes to find the man he wants, Jack will torment himself, while abandoning his children, who need him more then ever. No leads, no motive, and no trace of this man named Ted, Jack finds himself going crazy to know why. If given the opportunity to put everything on the line, just for a chance to find Ted, will Jack do it? Will he be fortunate enough to know what really happened? Or will Ted, without knowing it, end up killing Jack as well?

  $19.95 | ISBN-13: 9781413708486

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All books can also be purchased by sending a check to:
Dave Aquino, PO box 741351, Arvada CO. 80006

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