The third book in the Hit Man Series, Hollywood Jesus is almost here.
The editorial pipeline is full and humming with hardboiled activity.
Hearing happy things from beta readers. (Much thanks to the Steel Falcon Beta Read Team!) Aiming for launch October 1 for Hollywood Jesus, Rise of the Divine Assassin. It’s fun, funny, violent, poignant and violently funny. (I’d planned on calling it Deader Than Jesus. Then I decided to hurry up with the rebrand of the series.) Here’s what the cover will look like.
Cover blurb supplied by Hit Man fan and horror multitalented author Armand Rosamilia.
Click to grab The Dangerous Kind & Other Stories for some dark suspense in Poeticule Bay, Maine (precursors to the coming mystery series starring Legs Gabrielle.
Please click it to grab the gripping, funny crime thriller by Robert Chazz Chute.
I’ve read a lot of Elmore Leonard and I think that shows in Bigger Than Jesus. He just influenced me a bit more. You see, the thing about Netflix is that if you run across a TV show that appeals to you, whipping through a bunch of episodes at once is doable. Keep an eye on the clock because it sure can suck up a weekend. This weekend the kids were away so I watched Justified.
I don’t usually pay attention to who wrote this or that. As much as I love Kurt Vonnegut, one of his books I can’t seem to read. The same thing has happened with all the authors I love: Palahniuk and Goldman, too. There’s always at least one that isn’t for me (which is still an incredibly impressive batting average.) However, the fact that Elmore Leonard was listed as Executive Producer of Justified did get my attention so I sat down and stuck it in my head.
The EP title is sloshed around plenty in movies and TV. Often it means nothing beyond a credit and more (or less) money. However, I saw Leonard’s influence in some of the funny dialogue, at least. The winding story arc held me, as well. I like to goof around in alternate dimensions and figure out where the writers are going with the plot (and what I’d do differently.)
Justified isn’t perfect. No one in law enforcement loses his mind and turns his back on thugs as much as Timothy Olyphant does in this show. However, it’s the funny sensibility of criminals relating to other criminals (and to cops) that I groove on. It’s not laugh-a-minute, witty dialogue, but there’s certainly enough there to make it watchable, enjoyable and good for a bunch of chuckles.
That inspires me. As I read the reviews and hear the happy feedback from readers of my books, I think there will be a few changes to the next book in The Hit Man Series. I predict a little less swearing, a little more sex, even more clever twists that will read like how-to for finding people who don’t want to be found. And more jokes. The people who love Bigger Than Jesus all mention the humour. Higher Than Jesus will raise that bar higher. Higher than Jesus.
Bigger Than Jesus by Robert Chazz Chute (my funny crime thriller) is earning five-star reviews. This summer, I’m reading it a chapter at a time. If you want the whole thing at once, that’s easy! It’s yours for $2.99 here. Couch change!
5 STAR REVIEWS!
“Worthy of Elmore Leonard with a backstory that is shades of Thomas Harris!”
“Punchy dialogue and plot twists that keep you moving from one calamity to the next with no time to catch your breath.”
“What a fun ride of a crime thriller!”
“Hot girl on the cover didn’t hurt.”
Bigger Than Jesus is the story of a hit man who wants to get out of The Machine, New York’s Spanish mob. To escape with his girlfriend (the lovely Lily Vasquez) Jesus Diaz will have to steal a fortune in mafia money and cheat death at every step. He might even have to kill his best friend to get away, if his best friend doesn’t kill him first. It’s like a Coen brothers’ movie where the wide and easy road out of town is fraught with danger. Buy it now for only $2.99!
While you’re there, pick up Robert Chazz Chute’s latest collection of Poeticule Bay stories in The Dangerous Kind and Other Stories. Also, just $2.99.
Self-help for Stoners: More suspense mixed with life lessons. This is the War of Art on weed! Get it now for just $2.99!
Find Jesus on Amazon October 1, 2014.
