Prodigal Son

“With the clarity of Robert B. Parker and the complexity of Michael Connolly, [this thriller] disturbs and charms at the same time.” —Booklist
 
Once a cancer patient, former Orlando detective Mike Garrity is a survivor—for now, at least. Death has a way of following him around, like a black cloud over his head. If it’s not his own mortality he’s thinking about, it’s someone else’s. Like his teenage daughter’s friend who just died of a suspected suicide. Or the woman he’s just met in his cancer support group, Debbie, who learns that she doesn’t have much longer to live.
 
Maybe Mike has gotten soft during his second chance. He can’t refuse to help Debbie when she asks him to track down the son she gave up for adoption more than twenty years ago. But his investigation leads to a dead body, which leads to Mike becoming the prime suspect in the murder. Desperate to clear his name, Mike soon uncovers a shocking betrayal. As a hurricane barrels towards the Sunshine State, a different kind of storm is brewing, one that will send Mike—and everyone he loves—running for cover . . .  
 
Praise for Head Games
 
“An Orlando, Florida, thriller that reads like a high-speed theme park ride . . . with dark humor so sharp it’ll make you bleed.” —Brian Freeman, New York Times–bestselling author
 
“Carl Hiaasen fans will be thrilled to know there’s a new kid on the block. If you liked Basket Case, you’ll flip over Thomas B. Cavanagh’s sardonically and outrageously funny lead character.” —Charlotte Hughes, New York Times–bestselling author
 
 

Thomas B. Cavanagh spent several years in film and television entertainment where he wrote a number of award-winning children’s television programs for producers such as Nickelodeon, the Disney Channel, and Anheuser Busch Entertainment. He has taught graduate level courses focused in e-learning and technical communication, and holds a PhD in Texts & Technology from UCF and a graduate degree in creative writing from the University of Miami. He is currently the Vice Provost for Digital Learning at the University of Central Florida. Cavanagh has written and managed numerous multimedia programs for Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. government, and the military. Cavanagh lives in Florida with his family and two cats.