Welcome to my stop on the Virtual Book Blast Tour for DOS ANGELES by Michael O'Hara, a mystery currently available from Strategic Media Books.
DOS ANGELES
by Michael O'Hara
GENRE:
Mystery
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BLURB:
Dos Angeles, the first in a franchise of mysteries
featuring Paco Moran, puts the multicultural thirty-something ex-LAPD
homicide detective turned reluctant private eye on the trail of a beautiful young Latina on the
run with ten million dollars in cash. Half Anglo and half Mexican, Moran
is a transitional character equally at home working in Beverly Hills
or blue collar Boyle Heights, the tough East Los Angeles neighborhood
where he was raised by a single mom. In his debut case Paco quickly
learns he will be the fall guy if he doesn't track down the young immigrant
who allegedly stole a small fortune from a sleazy Hollywood producer
secretly laundering money for a notorious drug cartel. Paco's frantic
search takes him on a roller-coaster ride through a shadowy place he
calls Dos Angeles a city within the city and a virtual country unto
itself.
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EXCERPT:
Dante Pirelli thought the timing could not have been better to get
out of town and spend a week in Maui at the oceanfront condo he owned
on Kaanapali Beach. For days all the local media could talk about was
the potentially record-breaking heat about to hit Southern California. Temperatures in downtown Los Angeles
were expected to soar above a hundred, and out on the western edge of
the San Fernando Valley where Pirelli lived it would probably be ten
to fifteen degrees hotter.
An added benefit was that Vyna, his beautiful young trophy wife, was
excited about getting away, too. That meant there could be lots of sex
on the holiday agenda. Vyna had been suffering with a bad case of the
blues lately, but when she was in a good mood she could be a real tiger
in bed.
Just as the stretch limousine arrived that would take him and his
family to the airport, Pirelli gave a final briefing to Maria Rojas,
the young woman he was leaving behind in charge of his sprawling, Tuscan-style
estate.
“Remember, always keep ice in the dog’s bowl. And make sure you’re
here for the gardeners and pool man. Any problems with anything you
got the numbers to call.”
“Yes, sir,” Maria nodded with a nervous smile. Although confident,
she could handle everything expected of her she was anxious about being
left alone in such a big, fancy house. Still, she was going to be paid
double her normal salary and Mr. Pirelli had said she could use any
of the home’s resort-like amenities, including an amazing circular
pool with a cascading waterfall and thirty-foot water slide.
Six days into her stay Maria’s only real challenge had been coping
with the boredom. Outside of taking care of Mrs. Pirelli’s needy French
Pug and dealing with the regularly scheduled service people, there had
been very little to do. As predicted, the scorching weather the Spanish
press was calling Los Días de Infierno had arrived with a vengeance.
It was so hot during the day she rarely went outside, and she soon got
tired of watching non-stop telenovelas. All the idle time made her realize
how much she missed her regular routine at Mr. Pirelli’s film company.
She liked how busy it always was and how the hours just seemed to fly
by. Work—like prayer—kept her from worrying about her recent troubles.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Emmy nominee Michael O’Hara-- who has written and produced some
of the highest-rated television movies and miniseries in recent memory
– is adding author to his resume with the August, 2015 the publication
of his first novel, Dos Angeles.
The book, featuring a bilingual and bicultural private eye named Paco
Moran, centers around Moran’s desperate search for a beautiful young
Latina immigrant who stole ten million dollars from the mob. In a pre-publication
review American Book Award winner Peter Quinn said: Paco Moran’s debut
in Michael O'Hara's Dos Angeles is fast-paced, finely crafted, and full
of surprises. It's noir fiction for the 21st century, a helluva ride
from the first page to last. Here's hoping O'Hara brings Paco back very
soon. I can't wait!
A former award-winning journalist and NBC Vice President of Media
Relations, O’Hara made an auspicious debut as a writer/producer with
“Those She Left Behind,” a critically acclaimed family drama that
continues to be the highest-rated TV movie (25.1/38 share) on any network
in over twenty years. It starred Gary Cole and Colleen Dewhurst (who
won an Emmy Award for her performance). That success was followed by
the widely praised NBC movie “She Said No” which won an American
Women in Radio & Television Award for Best Television Dramatic Special.
O’Hara next wrote and executive produced “Switched at Birth,”
the blockbuster NBC miniseries that earned an Emmy nomination as Best
Dramatic Special and remains the highest rated (22 rating/33 share)
miniseries on network television since its initial telecast over two
decades ago. He was also the writer and executive producer of “Murder
in the Heartland,” a celebrated ABC miniseries which garnered a Casting
Society of America Award and two Emmy nominations. Right after that
he created and executive produced the first of 22 “Moment of Truth”
movies for NBC, establishing one of the most successful film franchises
in TV history.
O’Hara also wrote “She Woke Up Pregnant,” the pilot for ABC’s
‘Crimes of Passion’ franchise. It scored an impressive 13.4 rating
and 21 share, making it the highest-rated ABC movie of the year. He
went on to write “One Hot Summer Night,” another ‘Crimes of Passion’
thriller that was ABC’s highest-rated Thursday night movie of the
season. Other producing credits include two CBS projects: “Twilight
Zone – Rod Serling’s Lost Classics” and “A Child’s Wish,”
which was filmed in the Oval Office and featured a cameo appearance
by then President Bill Clinton. In addition he wrote and executive produced
NBC’s “In His Life: The John Lennon Story” and “1st to Die,”
a two-part NBC miniseries based on the best-selling novel by James Patterson.
Overall O’Hara has produced four miniseries and 33 Movies of the
Week. Besides his Emmy nomination, other honors include: a Christopher
Award (“A Child’s Wish”); a Prism Award (“The Accident”);
a Humanitas Award nomination (“Heart of a Child”); a National Easter
Seal Society Award (“To Walk Again”); an International Health &
Medical Film Award (“Heart of a Child”); and the Media Award from
The National Council on Problem Gambling (“Playing to Win.”)
Michael-ohara.com
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14203330.Michael_O_Hara
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dos-Angeles/1143487899001779
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