Sam and the Junkman, A New Jersey Murder Mystery is jam-packed with Italians, Hungarians, Food, and MURDER. After escaping from a toxic relationship and rural backwoods boredom, sci-fi artist Sam Dvorshak runs back home to New Jersey and family. She immediately hooks up with her long time pal Tony DeFranco, a cool and handsome Italian dude who buys and sells junk. Their first time out together Tony takes her to his favorite dumpsite where they stumble upon a gruesome murder and plunge into an investigation that leads them to obnoxious suspects, hobos, big dogs, and Aunt Vilma. Getting no respect, they diligently forge ahead battling death threats, shadowy giants, and age discrimination to finally uncover the identity of the fiend who committed the heinous and grisly homicide. Marilyn Salzano grew up in New Jersey and is of Polish/Hungarian decent. She has been a painter and writer her whole life, regularly writing stories to go along with her paintings. Now she is pursuing her first love, writing full time. The sci-fi art mentioned in this book are references to her original paintings. Several of her short stories have won honorable mention awards in the prestigious 'Writer's of the Future Contest.' Marilyn lives in upstate New York with her husband Joe.