The Wrong Kind

by Austin S. Camacho

A distraught woman hires private investigator Hannibal Jones to track down her daughter who has run away, trying to escape the homeless shelter life her mother has come to accept. No sooner has Hannibal found Connie Blanco than he finds himself entwined in a gang war and a murder. The corpse is barely cold before a second murder follows, and Hannibal finds himself entangled in a complex plot...but who is the mastermind of this twisted scheme?



"THE WRONG KIND features Hannibal Jones, a PI who's tough and tenacious, but with a heart, think of Jim Rockford of the Rockford files meets Jack Reacher. When he takes on MS-13 on behalf of a desperate mother in search of her daughter, he won't stop until he finds her. You'll love Hannibal Jones, and Camacho delivers a thrill ride with a punch that keeps you riveted until the final page." - Jamie Freveletti, Internationally bestselling and award winning author of the Emma Caldridge series



"One word that immediately comes to mind when describing Austin S. Camacho's writing is that it's SMOOTH. While The Wrong Kindis an engaging, page-turning private investigator procedural with a complex plot and well-drawn characters (Hannibal Jones is as cool as the classic rock he listens to!), the prose has the pace and rhythm of a smoky, after-hours jazz club. For me, The Wrong Kind is the Right Kind of mystery entertainment!" - Raymond Benson, New York Times best-selling author of BLUES IN THE DARK



"Success breeds trouble for Hannibal Jones when he finds himself in the middle of a vicious gang war. But it's how he gets out from beneath the blood and bodies that makes THE WRONG KIND the right kind of read." - Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times Bestselling author of What You Break

Genres: Mystery

Kindle Edition

Published April 22, 2019

About the author

Austin S. Camacho is the author of six 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 including Dying in a Winter Wonderland – an Independent Mystery Booksellers Association Top Ten Bestseller for 2008 - and he is featured in the Edgar nominated African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study by Frankie Y. Bailey.

Camacho is deeply involved with the writing community. He is a past president of the Maryland Writers Association, past Vice President of the Virginia Writers Club, and is an active member of Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime.

Reviews

[Nancy (The Avid Reader) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Private investigator Hannibal Jones is hired to find a woman’s daughter who she has not heard from in a while. It is unlike her daughter not to check in with her mother on occasion. It doesn’t take Hannibal long to track Connie down but once he does he finds himself in the middle of drug deals gone bad and murder.

Hannibal thought once he found Connie his job would be done but boy was he wrong. After finding Connie Hannibal is pulled into the middle of a gang war a place he never intended on being but to save Connie and himself he may have no choice but to comply with the gang especially when Connie goes missing again.

The Wrong Kind is filled with mystery, suspense, secrets with twists after twists. Just when you think the crime may be solved bam you are hit with more secrets and twists.

The Wrong Kind is like one of those slow burn mysteries that release its secrets one at a time and very slowly slow enough to keep you hanging on and wanting more trying to figure out where it will lead on down the line. It will keep you on your toes and glued to your seat page after page until the last page is turned.

The Wrong Kind is the first Hannibal Jones mystery and the first book by Austin S. Camacho that I have read but I hope it won’t be the last. I can’t wait to check out more of the Hannibal Jones mystery novels.

If you like mystery and suspense books then I believe you will like The Wrong Kind.

[Candi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Austin S. Camacho is one of a kind, he tells a story with enough twists and turns to keep me reading through the night. I never know what will happen next and he makes sure you're there for every speculative second.

The Wrong Kind is only my second Hannibal Jones and I'm excited for the rest. He's a good man providing a good service. When Mr. Jones is asked to help find a missing daughter, he also ends up neck deep in drugs, lies, and conspiracies.

[M.E. Roche · Rating 4 out of 5]

This mystery introduces Hannibal Jones, a private investigator who is hired to find the runaway daughter of a woman he knows from his office. He no sooner finds the daughter than he discovers she has again disappeared, leaving him in the middle of murder and at the mercy of a gang war. Action-packed and touched with humor, it's a good read.

[Natalie Lima · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was good and kept my attention. Unfortunately, I had some typos.

[Emily Shaffer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of good but believable twists in this book. It’s like peeling the layers of an onion. The characters are layered and dynamic, still with characteristic Camacho action and pacing.

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

While this is a good read, it has something even better. At least to my liking. It has Hannibal Jones, Private Investigator. I just love mysteries and a good, somewhat honery, character that is kind and even good, well, also sometimes bad when it saves the good people.

While there were plenty of twists and turns and all of the things a good mystery should contain here, it was Hannibal that made the story for me. No question about it.