Boom Town [Audio CD]

Trevor Scott (Author), Read by Terry Rose (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2009

Private Investigator Tony Caruso lives out of his rolling office, an old Ford pickup truck, with his German-trained bomb-sniffing dog, Panzer, a Giant Schnauzer. Tony retired after twenty years in the Navy as an aviation ordnance man, but this training might not be enough when he is hired by an old friend to look into a murder suicide in Bend, Oregon, a resort in the high desert east of the Cascades. Was it a murder suicide as the local sheriff thinks? Or has this idyllic community been ripped apart by not only murder but scandalous sexual deviance, lust, jealousy and the quest for the almighty dollar? Follow Tony as he wades through a cast of characters as diverse as the Oregon landscape to solve this mystery.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Fast action and good characterizations make this launch title of a new imprint a good summer read."—Library Journal

"Trevor Scott manages another winner with this exciting tale set in the middle of the Cascade mountain range on the Northwest. His take on the real estate boom of California millionaires invading this idyllic space is on the money. Real estate and computer companies seem to be the big money makers on the West Coast, and the opportunity for fraud, bullying, and theft seems to be the order of the day. Scott's background and knowledge of all things relating to bombs puts him in the driver's seat, and the reader is the fortunate recipient of an excellent plot, well-crafted characters, and constant action. BOOM TOWN is Trevor Scott's second foray in the P.I. series, after the excellent Jake Adams International Thriller Series. He never fails to please."—Midwest Book Review

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Books In Motion; Tony Caruso edition (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1605481947
• ISBN-13: 978-1605481944
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Trevor Scott was born in Duluth, Minnesota. He is the author of a dozen mystery/thriller novels in the Jake Adams International Thriller Series, the Hypershot Series, and the Tony Caruso Mystery Series. He was an aviation ordnanceman on the flight deck of aircraft carriers in the Navy, and was a captain in the Air Force, where he was stationed in a missile squadron for three years in Germany during the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall. He was the section commander in a B-52 squadron during the Gulf War. He was awarded numerous military medals, as well as a German shooting award. He is an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. He has a master's in creative writing from Northern Michigan University and a bachelor's in English from the University of Minnesota, Duluth. He has traveled to 50 countries and currently resides on Padre Island, Texas. When he is not traveling or writing, he spends as much time as possible hiking and hunting the western mountains.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good!, December 6, 2011

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Lou - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Boom Town (A Tony Caruso Mystery) (Kindle Edition)

This was my first read by this author and was pleased enough with it... Especially for this low price. As I'm quite current with the big name authors and won't pay exorbitant prices for new releases which are often (sadly) sounding like they are rolling off the conveyer belt, trusting their fame will sell the book, I've been trying many .99 cents authors. I was not disappointed by this book and have purchased two more which I'm eager to begin. Was an easy and quick read, and the author knows what he talks about. I recommend this book for pure easy and casual entertainment, not for you if you like deep complicated story lines.

2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ghost review, September 18, 2011

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Art Preston "Arthur T" (Sun City Grand, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boom Town (A Tony Caruso Mystery) (Kindle Edition)

I happened onto Trevor by chance. Looking for another author in the range of Baldacci, Nichols, Sandford etc. I found this interesting enough to read another one. I do not like to be to praising or critical as I am not an author or renowned literary critic. So try this author and be your own judge.