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Good Night, Sweet Daddy-O: A historical crime thriller Kindle Edition

by John A. Connell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars 24 ratings

When a group of beat generation youth try to match their wits against gangster brawn to make quick money, they soon learn that the easy road out of purgatory often leads to hell.

1958 San Francisco. Struggling jazz musician, Frank Valentine, suffers a midnight beating, leaving his left hand paralyzed. Jobless, penniless, and desperate, Frank agrees to join his best friend, George, and three other buddies to distribute a gangster’s heroin for quick money.

What he doesn’t know is that George has more dangerous plans…

Inexperienced in the ways of crime, Frank quickly slips deeper and deeper into the dark vortex of San Francisco gangsters, junkies, and murderers for hire. To make things worse, Frank’s newfound love, a mysterious, dark-haired beauty, is somehow connected to it all.

And when it becomes clear that a crime syndicate is bent on their destruction, Frank and his friends are in a desperate run for their lives.

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    347 pages
  2. Language
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  3. Publication date
    May 16, 2020
  4. File size
    1.6 MB
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John A. Connell writes spellbinding crime thrillers with a historical twist. In addition to his standalone, Good Night, Sweet Daddy-O, he writes the post-WW2 Mason Collins series, which follows Mason to some of the most dangerous and turbulent places in the post-World War Two world. The first, Madness in the Ruins, was a 2016 Barry Award nominee, and the series has garnered praise from such bestselling authors as Lee Child and Steve Berry. In a previous life, John worked as a cameraman on films such as Jurassic Park and Thelma and Louise and on TV shows including NYPD Blue and The Practice. Atlanta-born, John spends his time between the U.S. and France. You can visit John online at: http: //johnaconnell.com Facebook at: https: //www.facebook.com/johnconnellauthor1/ Twitter at: https: //twitter.com/johnaconnell Bookbub at: https: //www.bookbub.com/authors/john-a-connell

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B088QBMQ11
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nailhead Publishing (May 16, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 16, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.6 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 347 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars 24 ratings

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John A. Connell

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John A. Connell is a 2016 Barry Award nominee and the author of the Mason Collins series. He was born in Atlanta then grew up in Ohio, New York and Virginia before ending up in Atlanta again at the age of 13. He has a BA in Anthropology, and has been a jazz pianist, a stock boy in a brassiere factory, a machinist, repairer of newspaper racks, and a printing-press operator. He then moved to Los Angeles to work as a motion picture camera operator for film and TV, where he worked as a cameraman on films such as Jurassic Park and Thelma and Louise and on TV shows including NYPD Blue and The Practice. John and his wife spend their time between the U.S. and France.

He is a member of the International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, and International Association of Crime Writers.

John loves to hear from readers, so please feel free to contact him. john@johnaconnell.com

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  • Tony
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great descriptions with believable characters.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2020
    John Connell has successfully recreated the 50's era in San Francisco. The story moves quickly and those familiar with the North Beach area should enjoy his detailed descriptions. Quite different than his other books, this keeps your interest until the end.
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  • Nick Brett
    4.0 out of 5 stars Atmospheric slow burn thriller
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2020
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    This is a slow burn thriller that is very atmospheric. Set in 1958 it captures the age very well and places into it a range of damaged characters. Frank is our main guy, down on his luck and looking for easy money. A friend brings him into the easy money of the growing drug trade and suggests there might be a way to make a one off big heist.
    Easy money and drugs are not a great mix and throw in a femme fatale and Frank is in the middle of a whirlwind of danger.
    Much of the action comes in the last quarter but the build up is about atmosphere and for us to realise that most of the cast here are damaged in varying ways. Is Frank on a road to redemption or a violent death?
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