Dirty Deeds
by Armand Rosamilia
Genre: Crime Thriller
I get paid to erase problems.
Did your extramarital affair produce an unwanted complication? Family problems? Just want to enjoy
your midlife crisis by yourself?
That's where I come in. For a fee I'll take care of it. A big fee.
Only, I'm not going to do what you think. I'm not going to save you from them, I’m going to save them
from you.
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Everything was going smoothly until my past caught up with me.
Now I'm being taunted by a madman who knows more about me than I do.
He's kidnapped the closest person in my life, and he is using it to get my attention.
Trust me... he has it. Now I just need to figure out where he is and when he'll strike again.
Things were easier when I was only kidnapping children.
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Philadelphia. City of Brotherly Love.
Unless you have the Philly mob trying to kill you and the FBI wanting to sit you down for an interview
about your connections to organized crime.
Not to mention being wanted for your own illegal business ventures.
Did you guess I was in trouble?
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The Big Easy. The Crescent City. Birthplace of Jazz. Mardi Gras City. NOLA. New Orleans.
Even in a fun place like this I find myself being chased, shot at, coerced and abused by the FBI,
organized crime and Reggie Keane, who used to spend his days trying to arrest me.
Did I also mention a serial killer is in the mix as well?
One of these days I'm going to spend time in a city and enjoy the tourist sites.
The fourth book in the crime thriller series from author Armand Rosamilia
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Marisa Paige, assistant to James Gaffney's legal and illegal endeavors, just wanted to spend time in
Florida.
Sunny beaches. Baseball games. Sightseeing in St. Augustine.
When Marisa stumbles upon the dead owner of a baseball card store, her vacation plans change.
Can she solve this cozy mystery before someone else dies?
Will she get to see a few Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp baseball games and work on her tan as well?
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The Sixth Book in the crime thriller series!
Being a guest on a sailboat should be the most relaxing thing. Ever. I can’t think of what else would
make someone happier. A gentle breeze over the water. The sun shining. Someone else steering the
boat and asking if you’d like another grilled shrimp or noticing your glass is nearly empty.
The problem I have is simple: someone getting shot and blood splatter on my shrimp puts a damper on
this picturesque scene, and it isn’t a lazy dream I’m having, either.
Once again what should be an idyllic scenario becomes a bloodbath because... well, because of who I
am.
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The next chapter in the Award Winning crime thriller series!
What started out as a simple kidnapping and trip to Texas has turned into a typical week for me: dead
bodies, being shot at, changes in my life, too much heat, lots of great food and sparring with the local
sheriff and the FBI
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I have a plane. I use it for pleasure. To fly to exotic locales and eat great food, watch sporting events
and sell sports cards.
Except when a Philly mobster I owe a favor to has me use it to go to Brazil and kill a woman
Never a dull moment for me
The next part of the Award Winning crime thriller series!
Armand Rosamilia is a New Jersey boy currently living in sunny Florida, where he writes when he's not
sleeping. He's happily married to a woman who helps his career and is supportive, which is all he ever
wanted in life...
He's written over 150 stories that are currently available, including horror, zombies, contemporary fiction,
thrillers and more. His goal is to write a good story and not worry about genre labels.
He not only runs two successful podcasts...
Arm Cast: Dead Sexy Horror Podcast - interviewing fellow authors as well as filmmakers, musicians,
etc.
The Mando Method Podcast with co-host Chuck Buda - talking about writing and publishing
But he owns the network they're on, too! Project Entertainment Network
He also loves to talk in third person... because he's really that cool.
You can find him at http://armandrosamilia.com for not only his latest releases but interviews and guest
posts with other authors he likes!
and e-mail him to talk about zombies, baseball and Metal:
armandrosamilia@gmail.com
The
Evolution of The Dirty
Deeds
Cover
Armand
Rosamilia
The
concept for the first Dirty
Deeds
cover was simple: baseball cards, a baby pacifier, bullets, a pile of
cash and some blood. It nicely summarized the story, which was also
simple: a man gets paid to kill children.
Of
course, nothing is as it seems in Dirty
Deeds,
storyline or cover.
Our
main character, James Gaffney, does get paid to kill children… but
he saves them instead of doing the, ahem, dirty deed. A bit of a
twist on how you might initially think the story will turn out. Not a
spoiler, since I wanted to convey this right from the start. No sense
in getting readers (or potential readers) upset thinking I wrote
about the taboo of killing children.
The
cover was actually created by my wife, because I needed it done ASAP.
I
had wanted to submit to the Kindle Scout program, which earned you a
nice contract with Kindle Press and the full support of Amazon behind
it. A dream come true… but I needed a cover, a back cover blurb,
and an edited story… the entire package.
I
submitted it in late 2015 and got the great news right after
Thanksgiving: I’d been offered a contract, with an advance and the
marketing of Amazon behind me. A definite dream come true, and
something crossed off the bucket list.
Except…
the editor assigned to me had a real problem with the cover based on
what she’d read. Because of the healthy dose of humor and the
mainstream writing I’d purposely done, Amazon wanted it to reach as
many readers as possible.
Which
meant a couple of things had to go from the cover: the bullets and
the blood.
They
mentioned authors like Janet Evanovich and Carl Hiassen as examples
of authors who Dirty
Deeds
would appeal to, noting their lack of blood and extreme items on
their covers. Getting mentioned in the same sentence as those two
authors by Amazon? Yeah. I’ll take it!
Dirty
Deeds
was a fun story despite the sobering main plot and the fact it was a
crime thriller. I saw their point.
Instead
of having my wife tackle another shot at the cover, for which she had
done a good job on but I needed a professional to do it, I reached
out to Jack Wallen. He’d done some covers for me in the past, and I
knew he’d be able to fulfill any obligations for future books in
the series without a problem and at an affordable price.
I
sent Jack the original idea and the pieces we’d used to put it
together.
He
sent back a cover beyond my wildest expectations. I loved it. The
main parts were still there: the baseball cards. Pacifier. Pile of
cash. The background blue had been pumped up a bit, showing it all
off.
Not
only did I love it, but Amazon loved it, too.
Putting
the cover together taught me a lot about not only how to better
understand a potential reader, but also the mindset of Amazon, which
is so invaluable.
I
hope readers (and potential readers) agree with me (and Amazon) about
the cover, and give it a shot. In this case, judge a book by the
cover… and crack it open.
Thanks
for reading along!
Armand
Rosamilia
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LOVE the blurbs & covers. The interview with Armand Rosamilia was AWESOME :)
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