Pannino Is Dead

By Marc Zirogiannis

Rikers Island is home to 20,000 inmates, employees, and visitors every day. It is the largest penal colony in the world. When one of its most senior, and most notorious, Correction Officers ends up murdered it unravels a web of lies and deceit. John Sebastian is a man whose life is back on track. Beautiful, young wife, two young children, a career headed in the right direction. He had everything going for him until a dark secret from his past comes back to haunt him and he stands to lose everything. Pannino is Dead is the first, unforgettable, crime drama from the mind of Marc Zirogiannis

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Feb 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9781312889675

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Pannino Is Dead

Pannino Is Dead

by Marc Zirogiannis

COPYRIGHT © 2015 by Red Flag Advisors

Zirogiannis, Marc

Pannino Is Dead

ISBN#: 978-1-312-88967-5

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Dedication

FOR SORAYA

About the Author

Marc Zirogiannis holds a B.A. from Long Island University and a Juris Doctor from Hofstra University’s School of Law.  Mr. Zirogiannis is a world renowned Business Development Consultant.  Mr. Zirogiannis has practiced the martial arts for over 25 years and earned a ²nd Dan under the supervision of Grandmaster Yeon Hwan Park in Levittown, New York.  He has been active in meditation for, over 10 years.  He has published numerous books on a variety of subjects, and, is currently the lead correspondent for an international Tae Kwon Do print publication.  He lectures on a variety of topics, including suicide prevention, business development, and matters of the martial arts.  His last novella, Hitler’s Orphan: Demetri of Kalavryta, has won critical acclaim and been the subject of a radio program.  It is currently in negotiations to become the basis of a more extensive work.

Acknowledgements

Endless thanks for the love and support of my Soraya, and my boys, DJ, Deme, Joseph and Sebastian.   Without them it all means nothing.

This book is a work of fiction that evokes certain negative images of the characters featured.  It is not an attempt to discredit any real individuals or institutions.

This book is dedicated to the selfless, hard-working men and woman of the NYPD, the NYC Department of Corrections, and the District Attorney’s office.  The dedication of sincere public servants inspires me.

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

-Marc Zirogiannis

Chapter 1-The News

John Sebastian rose early that Monday morning, as he always did, anxious to get started on his week.   The weekends were great but there was always so much to get back to at the office on Monday morning.

As he got dressed, he turned on the local news, as he always did, mostly, to hear the weather and early traffic report. 

"The Jets owner, Woody Johnson, announced the firing of both the General Manager and the Head Coach," the sportscaster reported.

"Big Shock," John Sebastian thought to himself.  He loved the Head Coach but after a 4-12 season what could anyone expect? 

"We interrupt this broadcast for a Special Report! a non-descript announcer informed, as the broadcast cut away from the regular Sports report.  We have a breaking report of the body of an unnamed New York City, Rikers Island Correction Officer being found dead, in what appears to be an apparent homicide.  No other information has been released by the New York City Corrections Department or the New York City Police Department at this time.  Information from the public is requested."

"Wow, John said under his breath.  Probably deserved it, the cocksucker.  His wife probably got tired of him beating on her."  He paused and day dreamed for a second before shaking it off and getting back to the business at hand; getting ready to go to work.

John finished dressing, kissed his sleeping wife and kids on the head, grabbed his coffee, and headed off to start his day, not giving a second thought to the murdered Correction Officer.

Chapter 2-The Surprise

It was already after 8:00PM when