Dos Angeles, the first in a franchise of mysteries
featuring Paco Moran, puts the multicultural thirty-something ex-LAPD homicide
detective turned reluctant private eye on the trail of a beautiful young Latina
on the run with ten million dollars in cash. Half Anglo and half Mexican, Moran
is a transitional character equally at home working in Beverly Hills or blue
collar Boyle Heights, the tough East Los Angeles neighborhood where he was
raised by a single mom. In his debut case Paco quickly learns he will be the
fall guy if he doesn't track down the young immigrant who allegedly stole a
small fortune from a sleazy Hollywood producer secretly laundering money for a
notorious drug cartel. Paco's frantic search takes him on a roller-coaster ride
through a shadowy place he calls Dos Angeles a city within the city and a
virtual country unto itself.
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Shining her light through the opening she saw what
appeared to be a fully equipped home office. It had a desk with a computer, a
printer, a multi-line phone system and custom-built shelving holding an array
of accordion files and cardboard storage boxes. On entering she found an
illuminated light switch she quickly turned on.
With the room now brightly lit by a series of
overhead spots, the first thing she noticed was one of the storage boxes had
fallen off a shelf and it was lying face down on the carpeted floor. Alongside
it was a banded stack of dollar bills. Turning over the box Maria was shocked
to see it was filled with more wrapped bundles of cash. But the bills weren’t
ones—they were all hundred dollar Benjamins.
Almost tripping in her haste to see what was in the
other boxes, she took another down, placed it on the floor and quickly removed
its fitted lid. It, too, was filled with packets of hundred dollar bills. Like
a pirate sifting through a chest of precious Spanish doubloons, she quickly
determined there was close to a hundred thousand dollars in just that one box.
It had to be a sign, she told herself. She had
suffered and endured so much over the last two months. There had been days when
she didn’t know if she even had the inner strength to carry on. Now—with this
amazing stroke of good fortune—she finally had some hope again.
But first she would have to get all of the money
out of the house.
And once she did… where in the world would she go?
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Emmy nominee Michael O’Hara-- who has written and
produced some of the highest-rated television movies and miniseries in recent
memory – is adding author to his resume with the August, 2015 the publication
of his first novel, Dos Angeles.
The book, featuring a bilingual and bicultural
private eye named Paco Moran, centers around Moran’s desperate search for a
beautiful young Latina immigrant who stole ten million dollars from the mob. In
a pre-publication review American Book Award winner Peter Quinn said: Paco
Moran’s debut in Michael O'Hara's Dos Angeles is fast-paced, finely crafted,
and full of surprises. It's noir fiction for the 21st century, a helluva ride
from the first page to last. Here's hoping O'Hara brings Paco back very soon. I
can't wait!
A former award-winning journalist and NBC Vice
President of Media Relations, O’Hara made an auspicious debut as a writer/producer
with “Those She Left Behind,” a critically acclaimed family drama that
continues to be the highest-rated TV movie (25.1/38 share) on any network in
over twenty years. It starred Gary Cole and Colleen Dewhurst (who won an Emmy
Award for her performance). That success was followed by the widely praised NBC
movie “She Said No” which won an American Women in Radio & Television Award
for Best Television Dramatic Special.
O’Hara next wrote and executive produced “Switched
at Birth,” the blockbuster NBC miniseries that earned an Emmy nomination as
Best Dramatic Special and remains the highest rated (22 rating/33 share)
miniseries on network television since its initial telecast over two decades
ago. He was also the writer and executive producer of “Murder in the
Heartland,” a celebrated ABC miniseries which garnered a Casting Society of
America Award and two Emmy nominations. Right after that he created and
executive produced the first of 22 “Moment of Truth” movies for NBC,
establishing one of the most successful film franchises in TV history.
O’Hara also wrote “She Woke Up Pregnant,” the pilot
for ABC’s ‘Crimes of Passion’ franchise. It scored an impressive 13.4 rating
and 21 share, making it the highest-rated ABC movie of the year. He went on to
write “One Hot Summer Night,” another ‘Crimes of Passion’ thriller that was
ABC’s highest-rated Thursday night movie of the season. Other producing credits
include two CBS projects: “Twilight Zone – Rod Serling’s Lost Classics” and “A
Child’s Wish,” which was filmed in the Oval Office and featured a cameo
appearance by then President Bill Clinton. In addition he wrote and executive
produced NBC’s “In His Life: The John Lennon Story” and “1st to Die,” a
two-part NBC miniseries based on the best-selling novel by James Patterson.
Overall O’Hara has produced four miniseries and 33
Movies of the Week. Besides his Emmy nomination, other honors include: a
Christopher Award (“A Child’s Wish”); a Prism Award (“The Accident”); a
Humanitas Award nomination (“Heart of a Child”); a National Easter Seal Society
Award (“To Walk Again”); an International Health & Medical Film Award
(“Heart of a Child”); and the Media Award from The National Council on Problem
Gambling (“Playing to Win.”)
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