Background

Tom Kakonis was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. He is the son of a nomadic Greek immigrant and a South Dakota farm girl of Anglo-Saxon descent.

Career

Tom's first four books had been well-reviewed but had not sold particularly well. And he was advised by his then publisher to bring next two books out under a new name. That is why novels Flawless and Blind Spot came out under the pseudonym “Adam Barrow.”

Blind Spot is a tour-de-force that tracks a father’s relentless, driving obsession to save his family at any cost, while Flawless, picked as a People Magazine Chiller of the Week, centers on a chilling serial killer as his perfectly-ordered life begins to crumbled when he falls in love, his imprisoned father is released, and a relentless, and sleazy, PI starts to follow the trail of bodies to his door.

Tom was also often compared to Elmore Leonard, and for good reason. His stunning thrillers blend dark humor with gritty storytelling for compelling, and innovative crime noir capers packed with unique, sharply drawn characters and shocking twists. All of those talents are on full display in Treasure Coast, his final novel, published for the first time anywhere by Brash Books.

Achievements

• Tom Kakonis is best known as the author of eight crime thrillers with dark humor, two of which were written under the pseudonym “Adam Barrow.”

Works

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  • Flawless

    (An intricate, sensational thriller by an acclaimed author...)

    1995
  • Blind Spot

    (A couple whose three-year-old son is kidnapped and the de...)

    1997

References

• Contemporary Authors A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields
  2008