Subtle Felonies

 

SUBTLE FELONIES

by Austin S. Comacho

 

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GENRE:  

mystery/thriller

 

 

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BLURB:

 

Is retired basketball star Xander Brown missing, or kidnapped? His crazy family and dangerous friends draw DC detective Hannibal Jones into a deadly chase to find – or rescue – a complex man. In public, Xander is a husband, father, partner, friend, but who is he in private? Which role took him away? The search moves at breakneck speed across the posh suburbs and angry alleys of the nation’s capital, forcing Hannibal to confront tough truths and deadly risks. Will DC’s troubleshooter save a life or lose his own?

 

 

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EXCERPT:

 

Charlotte took a deep breath while examining Hannibal. Her eyes scanned him top to bottom. He felt the way he did in the airport when they put him in the chamber and told him to raise his arms overhead. Was she staring into his eyes, or wondering about his dark glasses? 

 

Were his black suit and white shirt inappropriate for the season?

 

“Ben told me that you were very good at finding people,” Charlotte said. “And that you were trustworthy and above all discreet.”

 

“Yeah, and he probably figured you’d be more comfortable with a black investigator.”

 

She grinned. “Yes, there is that. You wear those shades all the time?”

 

“Unless I’m asked not to.”

 

“Well then, would you mind?” She leaned in. He removed his sunglasses and slipped them into his suit jacket pocket. She leaned even closer.

 

“Blue? No, I think hazel eyes,” she said. “Where’d you get them?”

 

“You’d have to talk to my parents about that.”

A Word With the Author

1.Did you always want to be an author?

As a child I never knew what I wanted to be. My mother wanted me to be a doctor, but I did poorly in the sciences and excelled in English classes. In the Army I tried journalism and that felt good. After a lifetime as an avid reader I finally decided to create the stories I wanted to read.

2.Tell us about the publication of your first book.

I wrote a handful of thrillers and submitted to publishers for about five years with no luck. Then, in 1999, self-publishing through Print-On-Demand was becoming a thing so I decided to try that, just to see if anyone would pay to read my work. That got me enough attention to be picked up by a small press a year later.  

3.Besides yourself, who is your favorite author in the genre you write in?

Favorite writer of all time: Raymond Chandler. Great characters, nicely turned plots and no one in the genre has ever approached the sweetness of his prose. Among living authors, Reed Farrel Coleman is the best out there. He has an unparalleled feel for the language and he can make you feel the city, as if you’re there in the story.

4.What's the best part of being an author? The worst?

The best part of being an author is learning that you have elicited an emotional response from a reader with your words. I love to make others feel what my characters feel, be that joy, fear, anxiety, sorrow or triumph. The worst part of being an author is the frustrating work of trying to convince a publisher to issue your work.

5.What are you working on now?

I’m two and a half novels into a new series about a female professional assassin in Washington DC. Her name is Skye and she’s still looking for a publishing home.

 

 

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Austin S. Camacho is the author of eight novels about Washington DC-based private eye Hannibal Jones, five in the Stark and O’Brien international adventure-thriller series, and the detective novel, Beyond Blue. His short stories have been featured in several anthologies and he is featured in the Edgar nominated African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study by Frankie Y. Bailey. He is a past president of the Maryland Writers Association, past Vice President of the Virginia Writers Club, and one of the directors of the Creatures, Crimes & Creativity literary conference - now in its 10th year. The 8th Hannibal Jones mystery, Subtle Felonies, is scheduled for a September 27 release.

 

FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/austin.camacho.author/

WEB SITE - https://ascamacho.com/

Author page - https://www.amazon.com/stores/Austin-S-Camacho/author/B003E1O5JO

 

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