5-STAR REVIEW: SUBTLE FELONIES by Austin S. Camacho

Publication Date: September 27, 2023

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?

When a retired professional basketball player disappears, private investigator Hannibal Jones gets called in to help.

As he starts unraveling clues about Alexander Brown, Hannibal finds himself caught up in a messy web with multiple players.

Author Austin S. Camacho delivers a new adventure for the tenacious investigator in Subtle Felonies. This time, Hannibal rubs elbows with the elite in Washington DC, and the surrounding area.

Fast-paced with plenty of solid character development, readers find themselves wondering whether Brown has been kidnapped in a ransom scheme or if he has run off on his own. Either option seems viable as Hannibal unravels secret pieces of Brown’s life.

Subtle Felonies plays on transgressions that are committed while the world is looking the other way, much like in basketball. In this case, it boils down to greed.

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.

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