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I was a big fan of his work and was delighted when he invited me to sit and chat with him…and I was thrilled when he later blurbed my book MY GUN HAS BULLETS. He is the master of crime fiction.
Two decades later, when author Joel Goldman and I launched Brash Books, I called Tom about publishing his out-of-print backlist.
Treasure Coast Is “Get Shorty” meets “No Country for Old Men” on a sunny Florida coast that’s teeming with conmen and killers – and marks the return of Tom Kakonis at his best.
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Series
Books:
Blind Spot, August 2015Paperback / e-Book
Double Down, September 2014
e-Book
Treasure Coast, September 2014
Paperback / e-Book
Tom Kakonis
Master of Crime Fiction
Tom Kakonis, who passed away in 2018, was often compared to Elmore Leonard… and for good reason.
But that success is built on a foundation of incredible crime writing. His stunning thrillers blend dark humor with gritty storytelling for compelling, and innovative crime noir capers packed with unique, sharply drawn characters and shocking twists. Not only did he say yes, but he surprised me by offering us an unpublished manuscript that had been sitting in his drawer for years.
It was Tom Kakonis at his best.
I’ve just learned the sad news that author Tom Kakonis has passed away. He was a hell of a storyteller.
Adam Barrow
also known asTom Kakonis
writer
Adam Barrow is the pseudonym of the American author Tom Kakonis.
That is why novels Flawless and Blind Spot came out under the pseudonym “Adam Barrow.”
Blind Spot is a tour-de-force that tracks a father’s relentless, driving obsession to save his family at any cost, while Flawless, picked as a People Magazine Chiller of the Week, centers on a chilling serial killer as his perfectly-ordered life begins to crumbled when he falls in love, his imprisoned father is released, and a relentless, and sleazy, PI starts to follow the trail of bodies to his door.
Tom was also often compared to Elmore Leonard, and for good reason.
I wish I’d been able to change that. All of those talents are on full display in Treasure Coast, his final novel, published for the first time anywhere by Brash Books.
Achievements
Tom Kakonis is best known as the author of eight crime thrillers with dark humor, two of which were written under the pseudonym “Adam Barrow.”
Works
book
- Flawless
(An intricate, sensational thriller by an acclaimed author...)
1995 - Blind Spot
(A couple whose three-year-old son is kidnapped and the de...)
1997
- Flawless
References
- Contemporary Authors A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields
2008
Kakonis took a darker turn with Blind Spot and Flawless, two mind-blowing thrillers he initially wrote under the pseudonym “Adam Barrow.” Blind Spot is a tour-de-force that tracks a father’s relentless, driving obsession to save his family at any cost, while Flawless, picked as a People Magazine Chiller of the Week, centers on a chilling serial killer as his perfectly-ordered life begins to crumbled when he falls in love, his imprisoned father is released, and a relentless, and sleazy, PI starts to follow the trail of bodies to his door.
In his highly-praised debut Michigan Roll, Kakonis introduced Tim Waverly – a loveable gambler who constantly finds himself playing a game of survival against the odds. The Waverly series continued with Double Down and Shadow Counter, and Kakonis also penned the hilarious and harrowing Christmas car heist Criss Cross.
Kakonis took a darker turn with Blind Spot and Flawless, two mind-blowing thrillers he initially wrote under the pseudonym “Adam Barrow.” Blind Spot is a tour-de-force that tracks a father’s relentless, driving obsession to save his family at any cost, while Flawless, picked as a People Magazine Chiller of the Week, centers on a chilling serial killer as his perfectly-ordered life begins to crumbled when he falls in love, his imprisoned father is released, and a relentless, and sleazy, PI starts to follow the trail of bodies to his door.
His final novel, released by Brash Books in 2014, was Treasure Coast, a rollicking thriller set on a sunny Florida coastal town that’s teeming with conmen and killers.
All of those talents are on full display in Treasure Coast, his bold new thriller from Brash Books. Do yourself a favor and read MICHIGAN ROLL, his first and most acclaimed novel… I guarantee you’ll be hooked by this man’s talent and humor. His dark-comic thriller TREASURE COAST was the first original novel that we released, so as long as Brash Books is in business, he will be an integral part of who we are as publishers, what we stand for, and what we aspire to achieve.
Tom was a great writer who didn’t get the recognition or wide readership that he deserved. His stunning thrillers blend dark humor with gritty storytelling for compelling, and innovative crime noir capers packed with unique, sharply drawn characters and shocking twists. It was worth the wait.
The Waverly series continued with Double Down and Shadow Counter, and Kakonis also penned the hilarious and harrowing Christmas car heist Criss Cross.