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Dear Santa by Detective Frank Campella from Brandt Dodson’s The Sons of Jude

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000009In order to kick the holiday season off right, Literarily Speaking will be hosting authors from November 14 – December 14 with a fun way to celebrate the season called “Dear Santa.” Yep, lots of crazy, fun, sentimental, what have you, Dear Santa letters by authors of all genres. Only, this will be a little different as the Dear Santa letters won’t be from the author’s POV, but from their character’s POV. What a fun way to get inside the minds of some of these characters during the Christmas season!

Today’s guest is Detective Frank Campella from Brandt Dodson’s The Sons of Jude!

Frank is a 20 year veteran of the Chicago Police Department. He is the son of a decorated Chicago Police officer and, like his father, rose through the ranks, beginning as a patrolman. Frank is divorced and sees the CPD as his family. His chief interest outside his job is restoring his 1965 Corvette, a hobby he shared with his father.

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Dear Santa,

As you know, I’ve been a good cop this year, but I’ve been partnered with a no-countturncoat who prefers to spend his time ratting on other cops than chasing the bad guys who make being a cop necessary in the first place. As usual, my Christmas list is rather short. I am not looking for new seat covers for my Corvette or a holster for my Sig Sauer. Instead, I’m asking for something that will benefit all my brothers in blue at the Chicago Police department.

It has been a long time since the only thing I wanted for Christmas was my two front teeth, and taking Polanski’s isn’t enough. Dear Santa, if you please …

All I want for Christmas is Polanski dead, Polanski dead, Polanski dead. All I want for Christmas is Polanski dead … just in time for Christmas

He’s an ever present pain in my rear, a pain in my rear, a pain in my rear, he’s an ever present pain in my rear … and not just at Christmas

He turns on his friends at the CPD, the CPD, the CPD, he turns on his friends at the CPD … and not just at Christmas.

He keeps secrets from the rest of us, the rest of us, the rest of us, he keeps secrets from the rest of us … and not just at Christmas

All I want for Christmas is Polanski dead, Polanski dead, Polanski dead. All I want for Christmas is Polanski dead, just in time for Christmas.

He’s a brown-noser with a badge and gun, a badge and gun, a badge and gun, he’s a brown-noser with a badge and gun … and not just at Christmas.

He’ll rat you out in a heartbeat he will, a heartbeat he will, a heartbeat he will, he’ll rat you out in a heartbeat he will … and not just at Christmas.

Polanski is a back stabber yes he is, yes he is, yes he is, Polanski is a back stabber yes he is … and not just at Christmas

All I want for Christmas is Polanski dead, Polanski dead, Polanski dead, all I want for Christmas is Polanski dead … and just in time for Christmas.

Thank you, Santa.

Your friend,

Frank (Frankie) Campello

About the Author:

Brandt DodsonBrandt 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.

Visit Brandt Dodson’s website at www.brandtdodson.com.

The Sons of JudeAbout the Book:

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.


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