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Tim O'Mara

Tim O’Mara is best known for his Raymond Donne mysteries about an ex-cop who now teaches in the same Williamsburg, Brooklyn, neighborhood he once policed: Sacrifice Fly (2012), Crooked Numbers (2013), Dead Red (2015), published by Minotaur Books, and Nasty Cutter (2019) and The Hook (2020) both published by Severn House. His novellas Smoked, Jammed, and Beaned appear in the crime trilogies Triple Shot (2016) Three Strikes (2018), and Third Degree (2020), all from Down & Out Books. He also edited the short story anthology, Down to the River, to benefit the non-profit American Rivers. O’Mara taught special education for 30 years in the public middle schools of New York City, where he now teaches adult writers, including incarcerated men for the organization Prison Writes (prisonwrites.org). Visit Tim at: www.timomara.net

Premonition by Wendy Whitman

By Tim O’Mara In Wendy Whitman’s PREMONITION, Cary Mackin is a TV journalist who has…

Up Close: George Ebey

Swashbuckling Adventure from Earth to…Mars By Tim O’Mara At the start of ROVER by George…

Girl, 11 by Amy Suiter Clarke

By Tim O’Mara In GIRL, 11, debut author Amy Suiter Clarke introduces former social worker…

The Blessed Bones by Kathryn Casey

The Blessed Bones by Kathryn Casey By Tim O’Mara As THE BLESSED BONES opens, a…

Gunny Mac Private Detective Trouble in Chinatown by Steven Walker

By Tim O’Mara It’s the onset of World War II. President Roosevelt is collecting and…

Rattlesnake Rodeo by Nick Kolakowski

By Tim O’Mara Nick Kolakowskis’ RATTLESNAKE RODEO picks up right where last year’s Boise Longpig…

Percentages of Guilt by Michael Niemann

By Tim O’Mara William Faulkner famously wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even…

Up Close: Raymond Benson

Thriller Conjures Up a New Sub Genre By Tim O’Mara It’s 1985 and Cole Sackler…

Mad Dog by Dave Wickenden

By Tim O’Mara As Dave Wickenden’s MAD DOG shows us, growing up in 1975 Canada…

Man of the World by Paul D. Brazill

By Tim O’Mara Paul Brazill’s newest novella, MAN OF THE WORLD, features aging hitman Tommy…

Trust Me by Richard Z. Santos

By Tim O’Mara TRUST ME, author Richard Santos’s debut novel, could have been, as they…

All of Them to Burn by Beau Johnson

By Tim O’Mara According to author Beau Johnson, “Darkness is an attribute most of us…

Deadly Anthem by David Healey

By Tim O’Mara In David Healey’s new thriller, DEADLY ANTHEM, the Star-Spangled Banner flag is…

Encrypting Maya by Lawrence Kelter

By Tim O’Mara ENCRYTPING MAYA (Down & Out Books) by Lawrence Kelter is the story…

The Dead Don’t Sleep by Steven Max Russo

By Tim O’Mara In the opening scene of Steven Max Russo’s new thriller, THE DEAD…

Up Close: Reece Hirsch

Navigating the Dark Web By Tim O’Mara As my big brother (pun unintended, but you…

Up Close: Marcie Rendon

Exploring Tragic, Forgotten Native American History in Crime Fiction By Tim O’Mara GIRL GONE MISSING…

The Unseen by Lisa Towles

By Tim O’Mara Lisa Towles, award-winning author of Choke, ventures into what for many readers…

Guillotine by Paul Heatley

By Tim O’Mara So, Quentin Tarantino and Patricia Highsmith walk into a bar. They hit…

Trigger by David Swinson

By Tim O´Mara The inciting incident of TRIGGER, David Swinson’s third novel featuring ex-cop-turned-private investigator…

Gravy Train by Tess Makovesky

By Tim O’Mara When asked to do an interview for The Big Thrill, I always…

Presiding Over the Damned by Liam Sweeny

By Tim O’Mara If the phrase “ripped from today’s headlines” weren’t so overused—and possibly trademarked…

Low Down Dirty Vote by Mysti Berry

By Tim O’Mara In case you somehow missed it—maybe you were up to your neck…

Last Year’s Man by Paul D. Brazill

By Tim O’Mara In his new thriller, LAST YEAR’S MAN, Paul D. Brazill introduces us…