Tom Straw

Aug 29, 2024 | thecipherbrief.com | Tom Straw

August 29th, 2024 BOOK REVIEW: THE ACCIDENTAL JOEBy:  Tom Straw/Regalo PressReviewed by: Rodney FaraonThe Reviewer — Rodney Faraon is a 15-year veteran of CIA, serving as a Presidential Daily Briefer and senior China analyst, at home and overseas. After leaving government, he founded the global intelligence practice at The Walt Disney Company, then left to co-found strategic advisory firm Crumpton Global.

May 16, 2024 | crimereads.com | Tom Straw

At Night Court one Christmas, John Larroquette gave me a sofa pillow embroidered with: “Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.” Larroquette, who makes the work of acting comedy and drama look effortless, gave it to me knowing it also crystalized the struggle of a writer. The real battle isn’t writing comedy or drama. It’s mixing the two. In crime and thriller novels, it’s murder. But not impossible. There’s simply a high degree of difficulty. Yet, when it works, it’s freaking magical.

May 14, 2024 | barnesandnoble.com | Tom Straw

A maverick celebrity chef reluctantly agrees to let the CIA use his hugely popular international food, culture, and travel TV series as cover for a dangerous espionage mission. When the CIA approaches celebrity chef Sebastian Pike about using his award-winning food and culture travel show as cover for espionage, the outspoken bad-boy host says no.

May 12, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Brett Battles |Misha Popp |Tom Straw

The book is in stores on Tuesday, June 4th from Putnam. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3TMBd4s Stone Barrington’s law firm has just won a $32 million dollar judgment against Winston Petry and he isn’t happy. It’s the second time Stone has beaten him, and cost him a lot of money and he wants revenge. He calls his fixer to dig into Stone and come up with a plan. They decide to go after the artwork that Stone’s mother painted, which is dear to him.

May 12, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Misha Popp |Brett Battles |Tom Straw

The book is in stores on Tuesday, May 21st, from Crooked Lane. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3JZ0suS The women in Daisy Ellering’s family have always had some magic, and she uses her powers to make pies mostly for good, to get answers to things, to try and change bad men and sometimes to kill them, through her business. Women who are in trouble are referred to her and after checking things out she makes deadly pies and delivers them.