These days Tom spends his time piddling in the yard and writing novels.

Think Green Acres minus the farm but with the helpful county agent. The job took him to Indiana, Missouri, Florida, and Texas, before he opted to retire early and move to rural west Tennessee. While there, Tom began an almost thirty-year career working for a package delivery company, spending most of the time working his way up the ranks and looking for his stapler. He attended Belmont University where he majored in English (because the sky’s the limit for English majors, right?), learned to type on an IBM Selectric, and helped his wife study nursing terms with flashcards. And the time his dad made him smoke a cigar so he wouldn’t try cigarettes.)Īfter giving up on a calling as a professional Pong player, Tom married his high school sweetheart and moved off to Nashville.

Tom Threadgill was born and raised in Memphis back when the muddy Mississippi was less riverish and more streamish. And she will do everything in her power to bring him home.Ī fresh voice in suspense, Tom Threadgill will have you questioning everything as you fly through the pages of this enthralling story. With time running out, Amara must convince others - and herself - that despite all evidence to the contrary, the boy lives. If she’s correct, everything law enforcement believes about the accident is a lie. But a fresh clue leads San Antonio police detective Amara Alvarez to the unlikely conclusion that one of the children may still be alive. Three years ago, a collision between a fast-moving freight train and a school bus full of kids led to devastation and grief on an unimaginable scale.

Collision of lies by tom threadgill