The Sons of Jude by Brandt Dodson VBT & Kindle Fire HD Giveaway

When Chicago detectives Frank Campello and Andy Polanski are assigned to investigate the murder of Trina Martinez it seems like an ordinary homicide. An unfortunate young girl in the wrong place at the wrong time has been brutally murdered. But their investigation is halted by a wall of silence, a wall erected by powerful interests that will render their inquiry a lost cause.

Then they enlist the support of reporter Christy Lee – and come under immediate fire. Polanski is arrested. Campello threatened. Christy is attacked.

It’s the case that every cop gets. The one that changes his life. The one where justice is elusive and the hunter becomes the hunted.

Frank Campello and Andy Polanski are The Sons of Jude.

Brandt Dodson was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, which he would later choose as the setting for his Colton Parker Mystery series. Although he discovered in grade school that he wanted to be a writer, it would be another twenty-one years before he would put pen to paper.“I knew in fifth grade that I wanted to be a writer. Our teacher had given each of us a photograph which we were to use as inspiration for a short story. The particular photo I was given was of several young men playing handball in New York City. I don’t remember all of the particulars of the story now, but I do remember the thrill that writing it gave me.” Later, while in college, one of Brandt’s professors would echo that teacher’s comment. “But life intervened and I found myself working at a variety of jobs. I worked in the toy department of a local department store and fried chicken for a local fast food outlet. Over the course of the next several years I finished my college degree and worked for the Indianapolis office of the FBI, and served for eight years as a Naval Officer in the United States Naval Reserve. I also obtained my doctorate in Podiatric Medicine, and after completion of my surgical residency, opened my own practice. But I never forgot my first love. I wanted to write.”

During his early years in practice, Brandt began reading the work of Dean Koontz. “I discovered Dean’s book, The Bad Place, and was completely blown away by his craftsmanship. I read something like 13 or 14 of his back list over the following two weeks. It wasn’t long after that I began to write and submit in earnest.” Still, it would be another twelve years before Brandt was able to secure the publishing contract he so desperately desired. “I began by writing the type of fiction that I enjoyed; I wrote edgy crime thrillers that were laced with liberal amounts of suspense. Over the years, I’ve begun to write increasingly more complex work by using broader canvases and themes. Since securing his first contract, Brandt has continued to pen the type of stories that inspired him to write when he was a boy, and that have entertained his legions of readers. “I love to write, and as long as others love to read, I plan on being around for a long time to come.” Brandt Dodson’s latest book is the crime thriller The Sons of Jude.

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Book Spotlight: Driscoll's Eye by John Russo

When an Egyptian seer’s orb is implanted to replace Marty Driscoll’s blinded right eye, its mystical powers alter his personal and professional life forever …………….

One life-altering moment occurred when Marty Driscoll, Yale’s star quarterback was severely beaten by Carmine Brocco a small time hood. As a result, Marty was blind in his right eye. His footloose roommate Todd Hamilton swiped an Egyptian seer’s orb from his Archaeology class and convinced Marty to have it inserted instead of a glass prosthesis. No longer able to play ball, Marty decided he must do something more meaningful with his life. He transferred to Harvard law secretly vowing to seek justice for what Brocco had done to him. While working summers in security in his father’s mall he started to experience weird sensations in his implanted eye. It was there he also met Sara Jenkins and they fell in love. When he passed the bar Marty was assigned to the New Haven States Attorney’s office. Meanwhile the strange sensations in his eye continued to occur. It was after Sara was killed by a stray bullet that he became more determined to see that those who mindlessly harmed others were punished. He finally discovered that the strange orb in his eye would guide him in that endeavor.

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John Russo has had several short stories published and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize Award, a Derringer and was runner-up in Writers Digest Short Shorts Contest in 2003. Two of his short stories appeared in Level Best Books anthologies in 2005 and 2006. His debut novel, The Benny Arnoldo File, was published in 2003. His second, Indian Givers, was published in 2005 and The Vandenberg Diamonds was published in 2006. Driscoll’s Eye was published in February, 2010, and his latest, The Legacy, was published in June, 2010. In addition, he has had four E-book novellas published: Grounds for Murder in December, 2010, The Gold Eagle Mystery in June, 2011 The Antique Toy Con in December 2011 and Forecast for Murder In January 2012. He is a member of Mystery Writers of America, The International Association of Crime Writers and Sisters in Crime.


Visit the author online at johnrussoauthor.com