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Lou Campanozzi was born and raised
in Rochester, New York. As a young man he joined the Rochester Police department and for 22 years he commanded the homicide
and robbery squad, worked undercover narcotics, and eventually became the city’s District Commander. He was one of the
three founders of BowMac Educational Services, a police training consulting firm formed in 1980. The company was designed
to teach police officers how to properly interrogate criminal suspects. Lou’s techniques were adapted by police officers
around the country and resulted in thousands of criminal convictions.
After retiring as a Captain from the Rochester
Police Department, Lou relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico. While in Albuquerque he worked with the New Mexico State Police
and continued to educate police officers throughout the country. He also assumed the position of Chief of Police for the Sandia
Indian Reservation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Prior to his death in October 2002, Lou completed three books in the Mike Amato
Detective Series: Killing Cards, Ground Lions and his final work, Justice.
One reader of Justice:
The Mike Amato Detective Series said, “I was glad I had a chance to read all of Mr. Campanozzi's books.
This was definitely the best. The story was suspenseful and intriguing and the characters well thought out and totally realistic.
I loved the ending as well. This book had me angry, frustrated and annoyed and interestingly enough satisfied at the end.
It even provided one or two laughs. I highly recommend this terrific read.”
According to the book description of
The Killing Cards: The Mike Amato Detective Series, “The serial killer stalks the city, methodically
choosing his victims on the symbolism of their names. To mark his success the murderer places his calling card on each victim.
First, the Ten of Spades, next the Jack of Spades, followed by the Queen. As homicide Lieutenant Mike "Ace" Amato
works to identify the killer, it becomes apparent he is to be the crowning Ace of Spades in this deadly game of cards. In
his first novel, author Lou Campanozzi takes the reader on a ride through the streets of Rochester, New York, the very streets
he patrolled as a cop, and through the alleys where, as a homicide detective, he pursued killers.”
According to the book description of
Ground Lions: The Mike Amato Detective Series, “Danny Martin was just a little kid living
in the old neighborhood when Mike Amato first joined the police department. Twenty years later, the little kid had grown to
be a mob wannabe whose bullet-riddled body was found in a high school parking lot. With only a whispered clue from the victim's
lips, homicide boss, Mike "Ace" Amato, begins a search for the killer. The search points Lt. Mike Amato in the direction
of three organizations that might want to see Danny Marin dead - the FBI, the Mafia, and members of the city's police
department. As the investigation moves forward, Amato is drawn back into his old neighborhood, renews a faded romance, and
learns of his own family's ties with the organized crime. Ground Lions, the second in a series of Mike Amato mystery thrillers,
brings the reader to the realization that most people are not who or what we assume them to be. As in life, Ground Lions teaches
us that friends are not always friends and that enemies may sometimes be the allies we need.”
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