Thomas B. Cavanagh
Amazon-bestselling, Award-winning Thriller Author
An Amazon best-selling author, Thomas B. Cavanagh has won both Gold and Bronze Florida Book Awards, and has been a finalist for a Best Novel Shamus Award by the Private Eye Writers of America.
In reviews of his novels, Cavanagh has been compared to Hiaasen, Connelly, MacDonald, Westlake, Abrahams, and Robert B. Parker. Put all those comparisons into hat, shake them up, and you get a sense of his writing style. He is the author of Diamond Cut, as well as Murderland, Head Games, and Prodigal Son, the last two of which feature cynical Orlando private investigator Mike Garrity and his “sidekick,” a brain tumor named Bob.
“Cavanagh’s writing is tough and lean, with dark humor so sharp it’ll make you bleed.”
(Brian Freeman, NY Times best-selling author of Immoral and Stripped)
PRAISE FOR THE AWARD-WINNING DIAMOND CUT
“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, #1 NY Times best-selling author of the Stephanie Plum series.)
“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, author of the Cass Raines and Det. Harriet Foster series, and winner of the 2020 and 2022 Sue Grafton Memorial Award)
“Diamond Cut is a thought provoking and compelling crime novel set within the world of human trafficking. I highly recommend it.”
(James O. Born, NY Times best-selling author of Obsessed)
“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, NY Times best-selling author of the Locard Institute series)
“The chilling effects of sex trafficking makes for a thoughtful plot…as Thomas B. Cavanagh shows…the humanity of the women who feel they have no other options.”
(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
“…a rapid pace thriller to the very end… Diamond Cut has well fleshed out characters and tight writing…a beautifully told mystery novel.”
(Midwest Book Review)
“Although Diamond Cut is a work of fiction, Thomas B. Cavanagh’s brilliant prose focuses on real-life tragedies: human trafficking and contemporary slavery.”
(Book Reporter)
“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.”
(firstCLUE Reviews)
PRAISE FOR THE AWARD-WINNING HEAD GAMES
“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, NY Times best-selling author of Immoral and Stripped)
“This…novel by an award-winning writer for children’s television has everything: dark humor, great suspense … and heart … Readers who liked Peter Abrahams’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)
“…entertaining…Fans of the classic PI novel will hope to see more of this wonderfully crotchety protagonist.”
(Publisher’s Weekly)
“Carl Hiaasen and Donald Westlake readers will enjoy Cavanagh’s debut, which crackles with cranky commentary on one man’s cranial state of affairs.”
(Booklist)
“…Cavanagh creates likeable characters you want to see in future installments and a plot that comes up with a surprise or two.”
(Sarah Weinman, Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind: Pick of the Week)
“Cavanagh infuses the classic private eye novel with a bit of dark humor, realistic dialogue and a clear vision of Central Florida…Best of all, Cavanagh puts at the center a likeable, complicated character…Cavanagh avoids cliches as he infuses Head Games with a sense of humor and twists in both plot and character.”
(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
“Cavangh’s debut novel was Murderland and I shall look it up soon, hoping to find another solid plot, believable characters and the true humanity and wickedly funny wit that I found in Head Games.”
(Tulsa World)
“Mixing sardonic humor with fast-paced action, Cavanagh’s emotionally-charged, entertaining tale is great fun, leaving the satisfied reader with the hope of a compelling sequel.”
(Lansing State Journal)
“Cavanagh sets himself apart from the crowd of dime-a-dozen mystery writers by capturing the reader’s attention immediately with the confident handling of his material…Cavanagh is definitely a writer to keep your eyes on.”
(Florida Today)
PRAISE FOR PRODIGAL SON
“…a quick and exciting read.”
(Omaha World-Herald)
“Cavanagh’s crackerjack pace and his hero’s lack of self-pity compellingly dramatize the chaos of Mike’s life.”
(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)
“…a classic page-turner. Cavanagh…manages to give us both tight, spare prose and strong, interesting characters…the brisk action keeps Prodigal Son humming along smartly at a pulse-quickening pace.”
(St. Petersburg Times)
“Cavanagh…avoids cliches as he infuses ‘Prodigal Son’ with a strong sense of humor and exciting twists in both plot and character.”
(South Forida Sun-Sentinel)
“If you enjoy good crime fiction with more plot twists than the Busch Gardens Python, you’ll love Cavanagh’s Prodigal Son. It’s sharp, witty, loaded with action and so well-plotted that it will keep you guessing right through to its surprise ending.”
(WGCU-FM)
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