Russian Roulette »

Austin S. Camacho is the author of four detective novels in the Hannibal Jones series - Blood and Bone, Collateral Damage, The Troubleshooter, and Damaged Goods, plus two action adventure novels, The Payback Assignment and The Orion Assignment. Active in several local writers’ organizations, Camacho is a past president of the Maryland Writers Association, and teaches writing courses at Anne Arundel Community College. By day, Camacho is a public affairs specialist for the Defense Department. For more than a decade the American Forces Network carried his radio and television news reports. Camacho has settled in Springfield, Virginia with his lovely wife Denise and Princess, the Wonder Cat.

Washington D.C.'s professional troubleshooter, Hannibal Jones, is enraged when he is forced to take a case at gunpoint. His client is a Russian assassin who will kill Hannibal's beloved, Cindy Santiago, if Hannibal refuses to help him. With no choice, Hannibal agrees to investigate the smooth, wealthy Algerian who has stolen the heart of the woman his new client loves.

At first the case looks simple - what woman would not choose a rich African businessman over a professional killer? His view changes when evidence surfaces connecting the Algerian to Russian mob money and the apparent suicide of the girl's father several years earlier. Further investigation reveals that the Algerian may not be who he says he is. Then more deaths follow, closing in on the Algerian and the girl. At first working only to protect Cindy's life, Hannibal is soon chasing the truth for its own sake and must fight his way through past lies, present jealousies and the Red Mafiya to learn the real reason that death is stalking the couple.

Hannibal peels the Algerian's history like an onion, each layer revealing a false identity. His search for the truth leads to a dramatic shootout on Roosevelt Island, side-by-side with his murderous client.

John Gilstrap

John Gilstrap, author of No Mercy

"Russian Roulette has everything: a terrific story with great characters in vivid settings. And best of all, it has Austin S. Camacho at the helm. Clear time on your calendar for this one."