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October brings underworld intrigue and murder in the hot sun to the Flamingo Files podcast!
Martin Hill Ortiz, a native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is Professor of Pharmacology at the Ponce Health Sciences University in Puerto Rico, where he lives with his wife and son. An award-winning poet, a score of his short stories have appeared in print, anthologies and online journals, as well as penning three thriller novels. He assembled and wrote the introduction to a three-volume anthology of the best short stories in English, also available through Rook's Page Publishing. Along with his scientific background, he has worked in theater, having run a comedy troupe in South Florida. In his book In the Shadow of the Tower, picture Miami, 1933. The nation is in the grip of the Great Depression, and former New York World reporter Alan Priest is struggling to survive as a freelance journalist. His wife, Lorraine, once a sought-after magazine model, is watching her own career fade with the times. Together, they are drawn into a dangerous investigation that reaches far beyond headlines and photographs.
When Alan and Lorraine uncover a mob conspiracy to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, they find themselves racing against time—and against forces far more powerful than they imagined. To stop the plot, the intrepid pair must navigate a maze of corruption, betrayal, and shifting loyalties, battling ruthless gangsters and questioning even those who claim to be allies.
With history hanging in the balance and no one they can fully trust, Alan and Lorraine must risk everything to prevent a murder that would alter the course of the nation.
Thomas B. Cavanagh is an Amazon best-selling, award-winning author of Florida crime thrillers. He 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. When not busy writing crime fiction, Tom works in higher education, with an emphasis in e-learning and technical communication. Former occupations include multimedia programs for Fortune 500 companies, the federal government, and military, as well as writing a number of award-winning children’s television programs for producers such as Nickelodeon, the Disney Channel, and Anheuser Busch Entertainment. He holds a Ph.D. in Texts & Technology from UCF and lives in Central Florida with his family and two quirky cats. In Blood Ruby, the sequel to Tom’s award-winning Diamond Cut, what should have been a routine job for a real estate developer explodes into a nightmare when private investigator Sandy Corrigan stumbles on a murdered corpse. The police quickly target someone she loves, and clearing his name becomes her only option. But this case is no ordinary investigation. To uncover the truth, Sandy must plunge deep into the hidden world of Central Florida’s homeless community—where secrets fester, loyalties are fragile, and every step could be her last.
