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Timothy James Brearton lives in the Adirondack Mountains with his wife and three children. He's loved thrillers and police stories for most of his life. HABIT follows broken cop Brendan Healy down the rabbit hole of a human trafficking conspiracy. DEAD GONE delivers Florida cop Tom Lange into a criminal underworld and THE KILLING TIME introduces FBI agent Shannon Ames, a country girl in the big city.

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Thanks so much for your question – it’s a tough one. What’s the criteria? I would say that Daybreak is a favorite of mine because in a way it took the most effort to complete. Buried Secrets and Truth or Dead best capture a style I aspire to: noir, fast-moving, with some humor. Dark Web, I think, works best on an emotional level. But Black Soul is a personal favorite because of what happens to the characters... See how hard this is? LOL
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In the not-too-distant future, much of North America is too hot to survive. The richest people on Earth live in a climate-controlled arcology called Manna City. But surrounding it, the “perimeter” is a sprawl of hot slums, populated by people hoping to get in.

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“Life was too abundant in its diversity – it wasn’t fair to get just one.”
― T.J. Brearton, No Way Back

“In the mental health field, suicide is part of the diseases of despair. Alcoholism, drug addiction, suicidal ideation. It’s a physical health condition. We don’t ‘commit’ a heart attack. Saying it associates blame, like committing a crime or a sin. The stigma can deter people from coming forward who are contemplating suicide. And also, a person may attempt a suicide, but they may not complete it.”
― T.J. Brearton, Her Perfect Secret

“You only died when you outlived your usefulness. That was the nature of things. He”
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