About
Tj O’Connor is the award-winning author of The Hemingway Deception, The Consultant, and four paranormal murder mysteries. His current works, The Whisper Legacy and Dying With A Secret (along with The Dead Detective Casefiles #1-3) will be released in 2024-2025.
Tj is an international security consultant specializing in anti-terrorism, investigations, and threat analysis—life experiences that drive his novels. With his former life as a government agent and years as a consultant, he has lived and worked around the world in places like Greece, Turkey, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, and throughout the Americas—among others. Tj is a Harley pilot, a man-about-dogs, and a lover of adventure and cooking.
He was raised in New York's Hudson Valley and lives with his wife and Labrador companions in Virginia where they raised five children who are providing a growing brood of grands.
Featured Work
The Hemingway Deception
Ana Karras is hiding among the millions in Manhattan, recovering from near-death at the hands of Cuban Intelligence. When she begins an ill-fated quest to find her missionary parents lost somewhere in Latin America, she’s haunted by her past and coerced into a new mission—to capture Catalina “Cat” Reyes, a rogue Cuban assassin bound for Washington. Cat’s mission could well start another Caribbean crisis. To avert a Cuban-American war, Ana must do the unthinkable—she must once again become Ana Montilla, the notorious FARC guerrilla. As Ana struggles to keep from devolving permanently into Ana Montilla, Cat must overcome past failures and reclaim her skills as Cuba’s top assassin—or die. Ana and Cat are on a collision course. Their paths are not separate, but one. Their pasts inexplicably linked. Their futures reliant on each other. Still, it’s the secrets kept from them that will be the end game. Two deadly women. One treacherous mission. What is Operation Perro? Why does everyone want Ana Karras and Cat Reyes dead? The answer is Hemingway.
Other Works
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The Consultant
2018
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New Sins for Old Scores
2017
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Dying To Tell
2016
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Dying for the Past
2015
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Dying to Know
2014
Awards and Recognition
- 2024 American Legacy Award Winner—Political Thrillers 2019 American Fiction Award Winner—Political Thrillers 2019 American Fiction Award Winner—Mystery/Suspense 2019 Gold Medal Winner—Readers Favorite Book Awards 2018 Gold Medal Winner—Military Writer’s Society of America 2015 Gold Medal from the Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY) for mysteries