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Tony Piazza

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Tony Piazza is a Central Coast mystery writer, film historian, presenter, and a veteran storyteller well-known for his passion about writing and movies.
He is an author of the mystery novels; “Anything Short of Murder,” "A Murder Amongst Angels,"“The Curse of the Crimson Dragon,” "Murder is Such Sweet Revenge," and "Murder Will Out" available through Amazon. Piazza’s memoir, “Bullitt Points,” from SansTree, provides a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the classic Steve McQueen movie “Bullitt” and the involvement of the Piazza family in the production.
Piazza worked regularly as an extra and stand-in on multiple Hollywood movies and television shows shot in San Francisco during the 1970′s, including “Towering Inferno,” “High Anxiety,” “M
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A Murder Amongst Angels

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“He also starred in The Blob, The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Love with a Proper Stranger, Nevada Smith, and The Sand Pebbles, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Other features include, Le Mans, The Getaway, Towering Inferno, The Reivers, Tom Horn, The”
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message 5: by Kris

Kris Neri Thanks for friending this mystery & paranormal author, Tony. Great to connect with you here.

Kris

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Magical Alienation: A Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Magical Mystery


message 4: by Tony

Tony Piazza Hi Maureen,

Thanks. I've added one of your books to my list, and more when I have time to fully check them out. Much thanks again.

Tony


Maureen Mullis Hi Tony! Thank you for adding this fellow author into your circle of friends here on Goodreads. I hope you'll add my novels including the cozy mysteries (What Would Nancy Do?, Lethal Prescription), In the Company of Women, The Christmas to Remember and Finding Normal to your to-read list. I look forward to reading your book reviews and recommendations. Happy reading!


message 2: by Tony (last edited Aug 30, 2012 08:32AM)

Tony Piazza Peg wrote: "Thanks for your Goodreads friendship, Tony."

Thank you, Peggy...and everyone else who has in recent days signed me on as a friend. I really appreciate it!


message 1: by Peg

Peg Brantley Thanks for your Goodreads friendship, Tony.


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