Official Website of Gregory Stout, Author
Long Time Gone
PI Writers Shamus Award Winner
For
Lost Little Girl
Long Time Gone
A Jackson Gamble Novel
by Gregory Stout
“Greg Stout has created an intricate, tightly written plot that splits open Nashville’s underbelly; and he simultaneously intertwines the plot with protagonist Gamble’s tenderly unconventional love story. Add to this Stout’s clear-cut descriptions of places and people, a quirky humor that makes one burst out in laughter, and the reader is sure to call for more Jackson Gamble.”
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Nashville PI Jackson Gamble had worked for bail-bonder Fat Wally before. And he’d rounded up Tommy Mack before. So, Gamble figured, it would be a cinch to round him up again. But that’s not quite how things go this time around.
Then, in the midst of Gamble’s lackadaisical search for Tommy Mack, a beautiful woman who smells of irises walks into his office and asks him to find her professor husband, four years disappeared. Gamble takes the case, unaware that he is about to step into a deadly quagmire of crime culled from every level of society.
Peeling the skin off secrets one by one, Gamble shows the reader where petty criminals, academic life, lost husbands, lawyers, big crime, and, sadly, the death of innocents all meet.
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Nashville PI Jackson Gamble is hired by a muckraking newspaper columnist to track down a missing woman named Darlene Munson, who is in possession of a secret file that holds the proof needed to expose a far-reaching conspiracy to rig a statewide election.
In the process of searching for the "woman in the wind," bodies pile up as Gamble runs afoul of the city's police department, and political leadership, its most widely-read newspaper, the all-powerful recording industry and an urbane, but no less ruthless, organized crime boss.
And after nearly getting killed himself, Gamble must make one of the hardest choices he has ever faced, one that may quite literally allow a beautiful woman to get away with murder.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read for teenage boys!
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2022
A great read for a teenage boy facing issues of separation, love, death, and adulthood!
5.0 out of 5 stars A good story people can relate to
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2022
Connor's War is considered "young adult fiction," but it's a story people of any age can enjoy and relate to.
BIO
Greg’s background includes 27 years as an executive in the automotive industry and twelve years as a teacher of American history, language arts, reading, drama, film criticism and Latin in the public school system in suburban Chicago. He holds a BA in economics from the University of Kansas and a Master of Arts in education from Aurora University.
Greg has recently won the prestigious Private Eye Writers Shamus Award for the novel Lost Little Girl! Keeping company with Mickey Spillane!
Of greater relevance, he has written more than 22 books on the history of American railroads, a logical outcome of having grown up in a family of professional railroaders. His first title, Route of the Eagles, a history of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, was released in 1995 and his most recent effort was released in mid-2019.
Gideon’s Ghost, his first work of fiction, was drawn from actual experiences that took place during an extended visit with relatives in a small town in Missouri during the mid-1960s. It is a book written for young adult readers, which, not coincidentally, was the age group he taught during his “second career.” Of course, like any good ghost story, some of the plot elements are imagined and some really happened. It will be up to the reader to decide which are which.
Now retired from the day-to-day work force, he still writes for at least two hours every day (when not fishing, traveling, going to the movies or pursuing rail fan activities). His advice to aspiring writers is “…keep reading, keep writing, and if your dream is to one day see your name in print, never, ever give up. The more you write, the better you will get, and one day your dream will become a reality.”
Greg resides with his wife and two cats, Wallace and Gromit, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where he is also a member of the Heartland Writers Guild.
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