Kevin Lonnegan

Created by Thomas B. Cavanagh

Former cop KEVIN LONNEGAN is wallowing in the troughs of Orlando P.I. biz when we first meet  him in Murderland (2005), working workmen’s comp and adultery cases, trolling strip joints, hot sheet motels boasting hourly rates and other dens of iniquity that the local chamber of commerce don’t mention much.

It’s not exactly a glamorous life, but Kevin takes the job seriously enough (especially now that he’s stopped drinking), and he’s good at it. Still mourning the recent loss of his wife and child in a traffic accident, he just hopes something better will soon come along.

Soon.

So when an old friend, now the chief of security at Empire Realm, one of the city’s endless theme parks (After Disney World, Sea World, LegoLand, Universal Orlando, ThisWorld, ThatLand, etc., etc.) come offering him a potentially lucrative job helping to prevent a public relations disaster, Kevin jumps at the chance. Only problem is that the PR nightmare is that in a span of just three weeks, two visitors to the place have already been found, strangled to death, and that some whack job may be using the park as his own personal hunting ground.

So much for “one of the happiest places on earth”…

Fans of Carl Hiaasen will eat this up.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Television writer and novelist Thomas B. Cavanagh also writes about a couple of other Orlando eyes, Sandy Corrigan and the Shamus-nominated Mike Garrity. The author lives in Central Florida with his family.

UNDER OATH

• “… a funny read for those of us who live in Florida near places like Disney and Universal Studios. I thought someone should turn this into a funny movie, but then I remembered that the same folks who own the movie studios also own the theme parks.”
  — Edward L. Ellegood (Amazon)

NOVELS

• Murderland (2005) | Buy this book  | Kindle it!

FURTHER INVESTIGATION

• Freshly Squeezed
  Florida Eyes

Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.