
About the Author
John has been a successful business owner for 30 years. Currently, he is President of Carinci Insurance Agency Inc., with over 200 brokers. John, is also an author, songwriter, and poet. He is the CEO of Better Off Dead Productions Inc., a movie production company. As a writer, some of John’s works include; “Better Off Dead,” “A Second Chance”, “Be Different,” “Reflections In Poetry,” “Better Off Dead Again,” “In Exchange Of Life,” and "The Power Of Being Different."
John is also co-writer of the screenplays: “Better Off Dead,” and “A Second Chance,” which was adapted from his novel, and may be in production in the near future. He has also written, recorded and published over a dozen songs.

The Power of Being Different
NON-FICTION | SELF-HELP
The world has changed, life will never be the same again. We each search for a better life; inspiration; a way to be more productive and fulfilled. Welcome a unique and easy to understand motivator: The Power of Being Different. This inspiring and uplifting self-help book will show you: The power behind belief, How the mind controls the body, How to get enthusiasm back in your life, Understanding and forming good habits, Understanding negativity and how to avoid it, How to use your mind as a filter, How to use 'positive self-suggestion', How to maximize your subconscious mind, How to use 'positive visualization'.
The Power of Being Different can help you transform your life, and achieve all you truly desire. Stand up! Stand out! Be Different Today!

Better Off Dead
FICTION | MYSTERY
Young Frank Granstino knew that selling life insurance would be a tough business, even though he had only started selling six months before. But he never thought that it COULD COST HIM HIS LIFE! After all, who knew that Tony Vongemi, the restaurant owner who had been feeding Frank people to write insurance on, was in the Mob?
Not until Frank's clients start dying does he realize that something is very wrong, and the Vongemi family is involved. Frank soon realizes that he's at the point of no return. And to the Vongemi Family; one day, he too will be: BETTER OFF DEAD!
This fiction adventure takes place in Brooklyn, New York. Frank realizes his time is running out. He must do something, but what? How can he go up against the powerful Mafia Family? Frank comes up with a brilliant plan and means of escape. But something goes terribly wrong. Will Frank be just another accident? This action packed adventure will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Better Off Dead in Paradise
FICTION | MYSTERY
Better Off Dead In Paradise is the sequel to Better Off Dead, which told the story of Frank Granstino, the life insurance salesman from Brooklyn New York, who got trapped by the Vongemi Family Mob into writing life insurance policies on people who ended up dying mysteriously. Frank was in line to get killed to keep him quiet. The FBI managed to save him in the nick of time whereby he became an FBI witness and placed in the Witness Protection Program. The Mob leaders were sent to prison for life. Obviously, the powerful Mob leaders didn't take up knitting in prison but continued to rule a ruthless mob world. Better Off Dead In Paradise takes us to the pristine Cayman Islands in the Caribbean, where Frank and Alicia, his girlfriend, a former FBI agent, believe they are safe to live in the Witness Protection Program.
Something goes terribly wrong when Frankie and Alicia's witness protection location is compromised. The Mob associates are suddenly in the Caymans blowing up cars and shooting at Frank and Alicia. The story takes us through all three Cayman Islands, to New York City, and back to the Caymans. All the while, lives are lost, bullets fly, and Frankie and Alicia are on the run for their lives, once again, from the ruthless Vongemi Mob Family.
Dramatic events keep unfolding chapter by chapter, which makes the exciting Better Off Dead In Paradise the page turner book of the decade!

A Second Chance
FICTION | MYSTERY
Joe and Frank Luanturco, two brothers from Brooklyn New York, start a private investigation service. After Frank’s near death experience, the brothers decided the start of the investigation firm, a new field, is the future they both need.
Finally, the all-important job comes in. A Mrs. Sullivan’s granddaughter and son, Thomas and Tiffany had been kidnapped while in Ireland on a company convention. Joe and Frank decide to take on the dangerous case, enlisting the help of a well known psychic.
The rescue mission takes the brothers and three Irish locals through many parts of pristine Ireland, and into dangerous Northern Ireland, where they believe the Sullivans are being held. But the deadly mission goes terribly wrong.
Will the brothers survive? Will the father and daughter be alive? This action adventure will keep you guessing. You will fall in love with beautiful Ireland, as you cheer on Joe, Frank, and their new found friends in their rescue of a lifetime.
$14.95 | ISBN: 9780595235247
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In Exchange Of Life
FICTION | MYSTERY
A Priest? A Prostitute? And A Drug Kingpin?
No. It’s not some sick joke. It’s the latest timely action thrilling novel: In Exchange Of Life, by Staten Island author and businessman John Paul Carinci.
Father Joe Gramel, a Catholic priest and pastor of a small South Carolina congregation, is devastated, learning that his only niece of sixteen died from a drug overdose in New York. Outraged, incensed and disillusioned with society, the Church, and his life, Fr. Joe, determined to right a wrong, goes on a mission to infiltrate the drug scene in New York, bringing to justice the drug kingpin responsible for supplying the drugs that killed his niece. But something goes terribly and deadly wrong.
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