by Patricia Bellomo | Dec 11, 2013 | Mob Blog
[dcs_p]Mob Blog: Breakfast With The Bookmaker, December 11, 2013[/dcs_p][dcs_p]_
In Louie’s words …[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
News Café, in South Beach. We’re sitting curbside with Victor’s bookmaker, a character if there ever was one. Victor’s bookmaker is pushing eighty. He’s an old time book, with a mane of shaggy gray hair and bright blue eyes. His skin’s a little weathered—this is South Florida, but other than the skin damage, Victor’s bookmaker doesn’t look his age.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Victor’s into his book for thirty gee’s, slipping an envelope to him beneath the table. Victor’s the loser, so the tradition is the bookmaker buys, even if it is just bacon and eggs. And bread pudding with vanilla sauce, which is what Victor always gets when we come here.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
It’s a mild day, with a low bank of scudding clouds blowing in from the Atlantic. It’s December in Miami, and we’ve got the usual bimbo mix on the sidewalks clashing with suntanned coeds and middle-aged Germans. There’s a lot of eye candy, and we’re all looking, even the bookmaker.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
He tells us women have been his downfall. Being that he’s on his fifth wife, and she’s forty years younger than him, I’d have to agree. “At my age, I’m still paying child support,” the bookmaker says. “Imagine that. I’ll never be able to retire.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
“Well, you’re doing pretty good this year.” Victor says. “Another week like last week, and I’ll be able to retire you.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
The bookmaker laughs. “Believe it or not, I had more winners than losers last week. The lines Vegas puts out are garbage nowadays. I miss the old days.” He sighs, thinking back to a time when being a sports book was easy. “I used to write three million on a weekend back then, and nobody bothered you. Now you’ve got cowboy cops busting ten dollar bettors.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
If you enjoyed Breakfast with the Bookmaker, you may consider reading one of Patricia Bellomo’s mob thrillers. Books include, Louie Morelli’s Mistress, Stella di Mare, and Louie Morelli’s Daughter.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Breakfast with the Bookmaker was written in the voice of Patricia’s main character, savvy mobster, Louie Morelli.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
All books available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and in all e-reader formats. Also available on AmazonUK and AmazonEU.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
by Patricia Bellomo | Jun 16, 2012 | Mob Blog
Mob Blog: Busted on the Stella di Mare
Mob Blog: Busted on the Stella di Mare, June 16, 2012
[dcs_p]I’ve got the Stella di Mare in slip at the Miami Marina. Victor and I came down yesterday morning, bringing along our girlfriends, the ones that “just want to have fun.” They’re also pretty damn good to look at. So it was the perfect afternoon, the girls were sunning themselves on deck and sipping a little of the bubbly and getting silly in the way that I don’t mind, when my son, Michael, shows up with three buddies in tow. So now I’m busted. And there’s no excuse–the girls don’t even put on their bathing suit tops. His friends are loving it. Michael says, “Dad,” and I put my arm around him and say, “Maybe you should call first.” I don’t ask him not to tell his mother; we both know he won’t.[/dcs_p]Patricia Bellomo is the author of the sexy crime thrillers, Louie Morelli’s Daughter and Stella di Mare. She writes about mobsters and millionaires in South Florida, New Orleans, and Detroit. Busted on the Stella di Mare was written in the voice of her main character, mobster Louie Morelli. Patricia’s books available at Amazon/B&N: Also all ebook formats.
by Patricia Bellomo | Feb 1, 2012 | Mob Blog
Mob Blog: Cristal and Caviar
Mob Blog: Cristal and Caviar, February 1, 2012
Franco calls me to let me know the Russians are back, hanging at my swank South Beach club two nights this past week. The Russians make me a little nervous–I don’t do business with them–but I don’t mind when they patronize my nightclub. They like to do private parties, renting out the upper level lounge. Usually they bring their own chicks, but this last time they asked Franco to “arrange” some dates, and he brought in about a dozen of Fort Lauderdale’s finest. Franco says they put on quite a show, but he was more impressed with the Russians consumption of premium champagne. They have a taste for Dom, but they also go for the Cristal. “Lou,” he says, “it was Cristal and caviar all night long.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]Cristal and Caviar is written in the voice of Patricia Bellomo’s main character, mobster Louie Morelli. If you enjoyed this anecdote, please check out her books. Available at Amazon.com
by Patricia Bellomo | Dec 6, 2011 | Mob Blog
Mob Blog: Topless in Miami
Topless in Miami, December 6, 2011
[dcs_p]I’ve got the Stella in slip at the Miami Marina. Big business in South Beach today, and then it’s play time. Heading to the Bahamas for a little R&R and some blackjack. Victor’s already got his chick on board, and she’s putting on a show. Victor likes them big busted and this one’s stacked. The sun’s barely up, and she’s got her top off. We’re having breakfast on deck, and she’s too excited to sit, prancing back and forth. I see my crew keeps coming out to take a look, and now the lady on deck of the Azimut docked next to the Stella di Mare gets up with a huff and goes inside, slamming her sliding door. Victor says, “Doll, you’ve got to put your top on.”[/dcs_p]She tosses her blond hair. She’s not wearing much on the bottom, and it’s hard not to notice her absence of tan lines. “I thought I could go topless in Miami,” she pouts, and he says, “On the beach, doll. Not on Lou’s yacht–at least not while we’re in slip.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]Topless in Miami was told from the perspective of Patricia Bellomo’s main character, mobster Louie Morelli.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]If you enjoyed this post, please check out Patricia’s books at: www.patriciabellomo.com [/dcs_p][dcs_p]Books available at Amazon, B&N, and on all e-readers.
by Patricia Bellomo | Nov 3, 2011 | Mob Blog
Stone Crabs and Suicide
Stone Crabs And Suicide, November 3, 2011
[dcs_p]Business meet at the Marriott on Biscayne Bay, and then to Joe’s Stone Crab for lunch. The Stella’s in slip at the Miami Marina, south of the MacArthur, so it’s not out of my way. Victor’s with me, of course. We call up Nathan, and he’s available, and at the last minute Franco joins us. So it’s the four of us in Joe’s dining-room, which is a blend of old Florida and old south. No frills, and the best stone crabs in South Florida.[/dcs_p] Nathan’s relaxed today, casually mentions a recent trip to New York. Victor and I exchange glances, and I can tell we’re on the same wavelength because a French diplomat assigned to the UN hung himself in his penthouse apartment. Not to be crass, but staged suicide is Nathan’s specialty. This diplomat’s death has been all over the news—one of those things. I casually mention this, and Nathan gives me a look, and now I know.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]Stone Crabs and Suicide was written in the POV of Patricia Bellomo’s main character, mobster Louie Morelli. If you enjoyed this anecdote, you may wish to consider buying one of her books. [/dcs_p][dcs_p]Available on Amazon.com and on all e-readers.
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