The Big Bad by Phil Beloin Jr (AZW3)

When Nick Constantine, a former mob enforcer turned key witness against his former boss, wakes up with two dead blondes in his bed, all Hell breaks loose. Nick has no memory of the blondes, he is a barkeep now and makes a valiant effort to score every pretty babe that crosses the threshold of his establishment, but these two are a mystery. Dead from an apparent drug overdose, Nick knows he's in for big trouble. Before he can figure much of anything out he is snatched up by his old boss, Irv Marquette and it turns out he was set up with the blondes by Irv and a dope dealing porn photographer named Eddie. Irv has a video of Nick and the dead girls that he will send to the cops unless Nick finds a missing girl for him. Pam is a beautiful, seemingly innocent blonde with big blue eyes that Irv wants to marry. If Nick can find her, he can avoid the cops. Nick agrees to go after Pam. The only problem is, once he sees her, he can't share her with anyone else. Nick finds out that Pam is posing in some very sexy photos for the scumbag Eddie. Nick names Pam's body of work, The Big Bad. Irv gets closer and soon Pam and Nick are running for their lives from the mob and the cops in classic hard-boiled noir style.

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About the Author

Phil Beloin Jr. was born and raised in Connecticut. He has lived all over the state, from its largest city, to its only city without a major highway running through it. He currently lives in the Naugatuck River Valley with his wife and children. He attended the University of Bridgeport, majoring in cinema. Phil's love for storytelling blossomed in film school. After graduating, he produced three low budget films, directing one, and co-writing two others. The films did not fare well and Phil began writing fiction while working the seemingly endless list of odd jobs writers tend to have: sales clerk, fence installer, wedding videographer, day laborer, and tennis court maintenance. He sold his first short story, "Sweet Wife", in 2005. It still resides on the Internet. Since then, he has placed a dozen or so stories online or in small press magazines. Most are crime or suspense tales. All the while, Phil worked on the novel The Big Bad, a darkly comic yet violent look at criminals, drugs, and pornography.