About
David Franceschelli grew up in Auburn, New York, the heart of the Finger Lakes. A graduate of the University of Dayton School of Law, he served as an assistant prosecutor for the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office.
Throughout his tenure with the Violent Crime Division, he prosecuted some of the most high-profile, violent, and cold-blooded murderers in the county’s history. During his thirty-one-year career, David prosecuted over two-hundred murder cases, including fifteen death penalty cases, an unprecedented number.
In 2014, David retired and moved to North Carolina where he lives on Lake Norman with his wife and four demanding cats.
Misty River is his first novel, and the first book in the Blake Moretti Thriller Series.
Featured Work
Misty River, Small Towns Aren’t What They Appear To Be, A Blake Moretti Thriller
In the small upstate town of Misty River, two seemingly un- connected crimes occur in the space of two years. First, the town's beloved Italian baker is found lying in a pool of blood, with his head nearly severed from his body. The brutal, cold-blooded murder that shocked the residents of Misty River remained unsolved. Two years later, elementary school teacher, Olivia Spencer, is abducted and forced at gunpoint into the secluded woods along the Misty River, where she is brutally beaten and raped on Saint Patrick's Day night. With this debut novel, David Franceschelli introduces Blake Moretti, the relentless prosecutor and his witty sidekick investi- gator. How and why these crimes are connected is up to relent- less prosecutor Blake Moretti to determine. Blake devises a plan to trap the murderer. As he takes on the slippery murderer with all the answers, what was once a cold-case murder is now piping hot. From the first heart-stopping line to the last, MISTY RIVER is a page-turner that will keep you up late into the night.
