Tom Milani (Places That are Gone)

Join award-winning author Tom Milani at Elaine's Literary Salon for the launch of his debut crime thriller, The Places That are Gone. Tom will be in conversation with Jeffrey James Higgins.

Run of Show:

12:00 pm: Meet-and-Greet

1:00 pm: Interview

2:00 pm: Book Sales & Signing

From Amazon:

For Bennett Wilder, every day is the same-head to work, do his job, and come home to his increasingly distant wife. As a man who values routine, Bennett surprises even himself when he picks up Liz Messina, a pretty hitchhiker, on his morning commute. As he quickly learns, she's got a young child, a dark past, and a debt that needs to be repaid-or else.

Even though he knows it's risky, he decides to take a chance and help Liz out. But when her trouble turns out to run even deeper than he realizes, Bennett and Liz find themselves facing off against dangerous drug dealers and fighting for their lives. Bound by bloodshed and facing a road full of wrong turns ahead, Bennett calls on an old friend with ties to a past he would rather leave hidden, as he and Liz try to decide how far they'll go to turn the tables on their pursuers-and, if they're lucky, save their own lives.

About the Author:

Tom Milani’s short fiction has appeared online in Black Cat Weekly and Urban Pigs Press, as well as in several anthologies, most recently Janie’s Got a Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Aerosmith, Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir volume 5, In Too Deep: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Aerosmith, and Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun: Private Eyes in the Materialistic Eighties. Derringer finalist “Barracuda Backfire” was published in 2024 as Book 4 of Michael Bracken’s Chop Shop series of novellas. His first novel, Places That Are Gone, will be published in May 2025 by Unnerving. He is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, the Short Mystery Fiction Society, the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Authors Guild. Tom lives in Old Town Alexandria with his wife, glass sculptor Alison Sigethy.