Diamond Cut

by Thomas B. Cavanagh

Overview

To find a missing girl, Sandy must return to the insidious places she once worked tirelessly to escape

Sandy Corrigan used to be called Diamond. She used to live in an apartment with other girls like her, though she rarely slept there, instead spending her evenings in hotel rooms around Orlando with lonely, unfaithful men. That is, until the incident.

But despite the personal hell she endured, the nightmarish crisis saved her from a life spent in strangers’ beds. Sandy now spends her evenings reading to her six-year-old son, Tyler, and her days working for her brother’s private investigation business.

Despite severing all ties to her former life, a girl from her past reappears and asks Sandy to investigate the disappearance of a young call girl. Unsure of whether or not the girl is alive, and wary of the past traumas the investigation could bring to the surface, Sandy takes the case. What she doesn’t expect to discover is a sordid web of corruption, sex, and murder, and she soon grows more entangled with each step she takes. Can she survive the horrors she thought she escaped years ago?

Perfect for fans of Sue Grafton and Lisa Gardner

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608095957
Publisher:	Oceanview Publishing
Publication date:	07/02/2024
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	1,021,765
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Thomas B. Cavanagh is an award-winning crime fiction author whose prior works include Head Games, Prodigal Son, and Murderland. Cavanagh holds a PhD in Texts & Technology from the University of Central Florida and is a graduate of the University of Miami Creative Writing program. Though he now works in higher education, Cavanagh spent many years writing popular children’s television shows for Nickelodeon, The Disney Channel, and elsewhere before teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level at a number of colleges and universities.

Cavanagh is a recipient of the Florida Book Award Gold Medal for popular fiction and was named a finalist for the Shamus Award. He lives in Central Florida with his family and two quirky cats. Diamond Cut is his latest novel.

Editorial Reviews

"Diamond Cut is fast-paced and suspenseful, but with humor and heart. You'll be rooting for Sandy Corrigan with every thrilling turn of the page.” —Janet Evanovich, New York Times best-selling author of the Stephanie Plum series

“Sandy Corrigan is a great protagonist with a truly checkered past. She uses it to her advantage when she gets sucked into the world she thought she had left behind. Diamond Cut is a thought-provoking and compelling story of human trafficking. I highly recommend it.” —James O. Born, New York Times best-selling author

“Thumbs up for Diamond Cut! Thomas B. Cavanagh has given us Sandy Corrigan, an engaging, multi-layered, thoughtful PI with a painful past, one you’ll remember long after you’ve read the last page.” —Tracy Clark, Sue Grafton Award-winning author

“Diamond Cut chronicles one woman's dangerous adventure into her former life as a call girl to find a missing woman, written with a solid understanding of the unique ebb and flow of Florida life.” —Lisa Black, New York Times best-selling author

“A beautifully told mystery novel.” —Midwest Book Review

“Fast action, snappy dialogue, and empathy galore add up to a quick read, and with an 11th-hour twist, this book keeps on giving right till the last page. I hope for more from PI Corrigan.” —First Clue

Praise for Thomas B. Cavanagh

“An Orlando thriller that reads like a high-speed theme park ride. Cavanagh’s writing is tough and lean, with dark humor so sharp it’ll make you bleed.” —Brian Freeman, New York Times best-selling author

“ . . . entertaining . . . Fans of the classic PI novel will hope to see more of this wonderfully crotchety protagonist.” —Publishers Weekly

* “This…novel by an award-winning writer for children’s television has everything: dark humor, great suspense . . . and heart . . . Readers who liked Peter Abraham’s Oblivion, about an amnesiac detective, will eat this up.” —Library Journal (Starred Review)

“Cavanagh’s ambitious debut has a terrific premise and many appealing touches, including an unbeatable cliffhanger.” —Kirkus Reviews

“With the clarity of Robert B. Parker and the complexity of Michael Connelly, Prodigal Son disturbs and charms at the same time.” —Booklist

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