About
Thomas B. Cavanagh is an Amazon best-selling, award-winning author of Florida crime thrillers. His latest novel is “Diamond Cut,” the first in the Sandy Corrigan mystery series and winner of the Florida Book Award Bronze Medal for Popular Fiction. He is also the author of “Prodigal Son,” featuring Central Florida private detective Mike Garrity, as well as the first Mike Garrity novel, “Head Games,” which won the Florida Book Award Gold Medal for Popular Fiction and was a Best Novel finalist for a Shamus Award by the Private Eye Writers of America. He is also author of the stand-alone novel “Murderland,” winner of the Dark Oak Mystery Contest. In addition to a starred review in Library Journal, he has received stellar reviews from outlets all across the country, including national trade publications such as Kirkus, Booklist, and Publisher’s Weekly. Prior to writing novels, he had a previous career writing children’s television for Nickelodeon and other producers. He lives in Central Florida with his family and two quirky cats. More information, as well as reviews and excerpts of his books, can be found at www.thomasbcavanagh.com.
Featured Work
Diamond Cut

To find a missing girl, Sandy must return to the insidious places she once worked tirelessly to escape
Sandy Corrigan used to be called Diamond. She used to live in an apartment with other girls like her, though she rarely slept there, instead spending her evenings in hotel rooms around Orlando with lonely, unfaithful men. That is, until the incident.
But despite the personal hell she endured, the nightmarish crisis saved her from a life spent in strangers' beds. Sandy now spends her evenings reading to her six-year-old son, Tyler, and her days working for her brother' s private investigation business.
Despite severing all ties to her former life, a girl from her past reappears and asks Sandy to investigate the disappearance of a young call girl. Unsure of whether or not the girl is alive, and wary of the past traumas the investigation could bring to the surface, Sandy takes the case. What she doesn' t expect to discover is a sordid web of corruption, sex, and murder, and she soon grows more entangled with each step she takes. Can she survive the horrors she thought she escaped years ago?
Other Works
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Prodigal Son
2008
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Head Games
2007
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Murderland
2005
Awards and Recognition
- Florida Book Award Gold Medal for Popular Fiction (2008)
- Finalist: Best Novel - Shamus Awards, Private Eye Writers of America (2008)