From the author of Bottom Deal and the bestselling legal thriller, Trial Junkies...
A FACE FROM THE PAST
The moment he sees her, disgraced ex-detective Nick Jennings feels his own tragic past stirring in his gut and knows he has to help her. But finding a lost husband in the underbelly of Las Vegas won't be easy.
A BRUTAL GAME
Before he knows it, Nick's in too deep--way too deep--and his involvement in the case may well cost him his life...
Robert Gregory Browne is a bestselling author, Nicholl Fellow, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Gold Alumnus, and a Thriller Award nominated member of the International Thriller Writers.
He has written teleplays for Showtime, Saban, Marvel, and Fox Kids, and has published multiple novels under multiple names in multiple countries with St. Martin’s Press, Penguin Dutton, Signet, and Harlequin. His short stories have appeared in Lee Child’s Killer Year and Sandra Brown’s Love is Murder.
His novel Kiss Her Goodbye was produced for television by CBS TV/Sony Pictures. His novel The Paradise Prophecy was optioned by Temple Hill Productions for ABC Television.
He lives in California with his wife, cat, two dogs, and Jura coffee machine.
Most people think of Las Vegas for the promotional message, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” Robert glamour and glitz but those who live and work in Las Vegas sometimes get caught up in the temptations of life in Sin City.
Browne’s main protagonist, Nick Jennings is one of those lifelong residents of Vegas who succumbed to the temptations of gambling after several life altering events put his life in a tailspin. Four years earlier Jennings and his wife, Cassandra, were Las Vegas detectives and tragic events led to Nick’s falling from grace, losing his job and his wife divorcing him. The author shares Jennings’ backstory with his readers leading up to Nick’s efforts to respond to a request from his ex-wife, Cassandra, to try and help a young woman find her missing husband.
Readers quickly learn the circumstances and events of the husband’s disappearance. Nick is not a licensed PI in Vegas so all of his searching for the missing husband is an off the books investigation. While Nick searches for the missing husband, he follows clues that take him to a bar run by the Russian mob. Readers travel with Nick as he visits the last known location the woman’s husband had been seen. The author shares backstory detailing the Russian Mob’s involvement in illegal gambling, fight clubs, and human trafficking. The pace of Brown’s thriller seems to speed up each at step of Nick’s investigation. Regardless of Nick’s intentions, his efforts create trouble for the young wife and angers his ex-wife. Suspense and intrigue build to a climax when Nick’s actions expose readers to what goes on behind closed doors in an abandoned warehouse. The author creates a series of unpredictable events creating a thriller with his In Flight 12’s A NICK JENNINGS THILLER, causing readers to hold their breath. Readers will never guess who ends up on Skyway Airway’s Flight 12 midnight flight to Rome Gregory Browne’s A NIICK JENNINGS THRILLER unveils the dark side of Vegas