Blog Tour: SUBTLE FELONIES by Austin S. Comacho

 

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 One:

 

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.”

 

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  Please describe a pivotal scene in your book and why it's important.

 

The plot of Subtle Felonies is driven by a missing person’s case. A wealthy athlete has disappeared and private eye Hannibal Jones is hired to find him. When a ransom note turns up the family contacts the police to make a payoff. A location is established for the money drop - a gas station in a suburban area near two major highways. Police position themselves to make sure the criminals can’t escape.

 

Although he is told to sit this one out, Hannibal Jones also positions himself along one of the possible escape routes. The exciting scene begins when one of the criminals pulls up in a hot sports car, snatches the bag of money and takes off. After a thrilling high speed chase it looks as if the police have the kidnapper trapped when the car they are pursuing suddenly disappears.

 

Only Hannibal Jones is able to detect where the vanished car actually went. He is able to track it down only to find himself in deadly danger. What he finds at the end of that drive - a dead body that is NOT the kidnapped man - changes everyone’s view of who the real villains may be and the complex plot they are all involved in.    

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

Buy link:   https://books2read.com/u/mdqxvw 

 

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