Flawless

by Adam Barrow

An intricate, sensational thriller by an acclaimed author writing under a pseudonym traces the efforts of a rough-neck private investigator to bring a slick, handsome corporate consultant--and serial killer--to justice. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo.

384 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1995

Reviews

[Karl]

"Flawless" (1995) A novel by Adam Barrow, who's real name is actually Tom Kakonis, an author who has been hailed by critics nationwide as the heir-apparent to Elmore Leonard. Sadly Mr. Kakonis/Barrow passed away in Michigan on August 31,2018.

Tom Kakonis launched his acclaimed series featuring Timothy Waverly, an ex-con and professional poker player, as good at playing the hero as he is at playing the odds, in a book titled "MICHIGAN ROLL"in 1988.

Mr Kakonis seems to have been re-discovered recently and is currently being re-printed.

The 'Amazon' author background blurb states:
"Tom Kakonis was born in California, squarely at the onset of the Depression, the offspring of a nomadic Greek immigrant and a South Dakota farm girl of Anglo-Saxon descent gone west on the single great adventure of her life. He has worked variously as a railroad section laborer, lifeguard, pool hall and beach idler, army officer, technical writer, and professor at several colleges in the Midwest. He published six crime novels before retiring for over a decade, then resumed fiction writing with the novel Treasure Coast."

[Sheila Imrie]

Read many years ago and old review says “NO”

[Marti]

This book was read in July 2004, so I remember little about it. The author's name is not really familiar but there must have been something about the synopsis that made me choose it. A notation in my journal says that it was okay, not great, and maybe that is all one needs at times in a book.

[Missy · Rating 3 out of 5]

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