by Patricia Bellomo | Apr 12, 2012 | Mob Blog
Millionaire Mobster: Power Play, April 12, 2012
[dcs_p]Drove up to Palm Beach this morning for a meeting with a big politician. If I told you his name, you’d know who he is. Suffice it to say, he’s a glad-handling pol with a respectable image. I happen to know that he likes to rendezvous with young men in the back of taxpayer funded limousines, but that’s another story. Twenty years ago I helped put this man on the path to success, but I haven’t heard from him in quite a while. But he asked for me, holding the meeting at a tony Palm Beach house that belongs to a rich benefactor. A British butler served us breakfast on the terrace.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]It turns out he’s in trouble. It’s all related to his propensity for young men, a brewing scandal. He wants me to broker a hit. Putting big money on the table for it too. “Times have changed,” I tell him. “I’m not in that business anymore.” He gives me a look, disbelieving. “Don’t bullshit me, Lou,” he says. “I know better.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Patricia Bellomo is the author of the crime thrillers, Stella di Mare and Louie Morelli’s Daughter. She writes about mobsters and millionaires in South Florida, New Orleans, and Detroit. Millionaire Mobster: Power Play, April 12, 2012[/dcs_p]
by Patricia Bellomo | Apr 7, 2012 | Mob Blog
Mob Blog: Easter Eggs
Mobster Blog: Easter Eggs, April 7, 2012
[dcs_p]Easter egg hunt with the grandkids today so I’m on good behavior. Overall, it’s going to be a family weekend. But the damndest things can happen. This morning I stopped at the flower market to buy Angie an Easter lily, and the young woman waiting on me wanted to show me her Easter eggs. Of course, she does know Victor, so it’s not like I’m a complete stranger. The flower girl couldn’t wait to tell me that she’s had her implants redone. As if I couldn’t tell. She wasn’t wearing much, either. That’s one of the benefits of living in South Florida. [/dcs_p]
(Patricia Bellomo is the author of the crime thrillers, Stella di Mare & Louie Morelli’s Daughter. She writes about mobsters and millionaires in South Florida, New Orleans, and Detroit.)[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
[dcs_p]If you enjoyed Easter Eggs, you may consider reading one of Patricia’s books.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Books available at Amazon.com. In print & digital formats.
by Patricia Bellomo | Mar 30, 2012 | Mob Blog
Mob Blog; The Green Owl For Breakfast, March 30, 2012
The Green Owl For Breakfast
[dcs_p]The Green Owl for breakfast today, this time with Angie. We’re a comfortable couple–we’ve been married too long not to be. We sit by the window, watching the tourists bumping into each other. Friday morning and Atlantic Avenue is jammed. Sometimes, coming here, I feel like a tourist.[/dcs_p]I’m halfway through the editorial section of the Post, idly contemplating the weekend. I ask Angie what she’d like to do. She gives me a funny look and says, “Louie, you haven’t been home one weekend this month.” Hmm. She might be right. I haven’t been around much. “I’ll make it up to you, baby.” I tell her.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]The Green Owl For Breakfast is written in the voice of Bellomo’s main character, mobster Louie Morelli. [/dcs_p][dcs_p]Bellomo’s books available at Amazon.com & B&N.
by Patricia Bellomo | Mar 23, 2012 | Mob Blog
Mob Blog: Bahamian Adventure
Mob Blog: Bahamian Adventure, March 23, 2012
On board the Stella di Mare, and heading out for a little Bahamian adventure. It’s a boy’s weekend–which really means no wives. Girlfriends are allowed, even encouraged. My girl invited a hot friend for my cousin, Anthony, but Victor showed up with the klepto–the chick who get’s turned-on by shoplifting. It’s noon, and she’s already sloshed. Victor likes them wild, but not drunk. He’s considering dumping her in Miami when we stop to pick-up Nathan.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]Bahamiam Adventure is a little anecdote reflective of Patricia Bellomo’s main character, mobster Louie Morelli. Please check out Bellomo’s books at www.patriciabellomo.com. Books available on Amazon.com
by Patricia Bellomo | Mar 15, 2012 | Mob Blog
Mob Blog: March Madness in Miami
Mob Blog: March Madness In Miami, March 15, 2012
[dcs_p]It’s March Madness in Miami. Only this madness has nothing to do with basketball or brackets. It’s more about the rackets–the Russian rackets and a couple of big name rappers who showed up at my nightclub in Miami last night.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]Actually, I wasn’t even in attendance, but my manager and business partner, Franco, tells me that the Russians aren’t the only ones who dig Dom Perignon. Franco had a big-name rapper show up last evening with an entourage of fifty. First thing he requested was ten bottles of the bubbly. Franco said everything was fine until the rapper’s chick started making eyes with a Cuban dealer on the dance floor. Next thing you know, fists were flying. Out came the Sig; fortunately, nobody was shot and Miami PD hauled off the offenders.[/dcs_p]Franco said the club was so jammed, half the patrons didn’t realize there was a scuffle. The rapper smacked his chick and ordered more Dom and a bottle of Louis X111 cognac. So Franco wasn’t complaining. All he said was, “Lou, you missed a good show. It’s March madness at Franco’s.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]March Madness was written from the point of view of Patricia Bellomo’s mobster, Louie Morelli. Bellomo writes about mobsters and millionaires in South Florida. Her books are available on Amazon. com and Barnes and Noble. In print and digital formats.
