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- Series
- Faceless Crime, book one
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- Crime thriller
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- English, Español, Português
Faceless CrimeMiami Syndicate
A thrilling blend of fiction and real-life events, from Chicago's gritty streets to Miami's vibrant and dangerous landscape.
The novel follows Gabriel Cortez, a young man who becomes entangled in the criminal underworld of Chicago. Drawn in by the allure of quick cash and power through drug dealing, his life takes a dramatic turn when his family relocates to Miami to escape law enforcement scrutiny.
In Miami, Gabriel partners with Michael, a notorious figure who introduces him to the lucrative world of healthcare fraud. Together they exploit the healthcare system, recruiting individuals from Cuba to open medical supply companies and manipulate government insurance programs.
As Gabriel builds his new empire, he crosses the dangerous balance between power and morality, pursued by a dedicated task force led by detectives Julian Pratt and Jackie Ortiz.
Will Gabriel navigate his way out of the game he's become entangled in? Or will the pursuit of power ultimately consume him?
Gabriel's journey is characterised by strategic manoeuvres and high-stakes choices, crafting a gripping narrative of crime, deception, and the unyielding quest for dominance.
A criminal syndicate sets its sights on the South Florida healthcare industry, exploiting the most vulnerable in society for profit. When a young idealistic prosecutor named Alice Harper teams up with seasoned detectives Julian Pratt and Jackie Ortiz to take the Syndicate down, they uncover a web of lies and deception — and a race against time to bring down Gabriel Cortez.
Six things it keeps circling
Identity
Who Gabriel is depends entirely on who is looking. Son, dealer, businessman, mastermind — all true at once, and none of them the whole picture.
Ambition
Every step up costs something. The book keeps asking whether the climb was ever worth the price of the ticket.
The allure of power
Money is the entry point, but control is the addiction. Once Gabriel has it, walking away stops being an option he can imagine.
Loyalty
Family, partners, informants. Everyone in this story is loyal to something, and almost nobody is loyal to the same thing twice.
Betrayal
The Syndicate runs on trust it has no intention of honouring. So does the task force, in its own way.
Justice
Pratt, Ortiz and Harper believe the system works. The fraud they are chasing exists because it mostly doesn't.
Two cities, one escalation
Where it starts
Chicago
Gritty streets and street-level dealing. This is where Gabriel learns the trade, on a scale small enough that the consequences still look survivable. It is also where the heat gets close enough to force the family out.
Where it escalates
Miami
Vibrant, wealthy, and rotten underneath. Miami offers Gabriel something Chicago never could — a system large enough to defraud for millions, and enough legitimate cover to look like a businessman while doing it.
Five people, two sides
The Syndicate
Gabriel Cortez
The mastermindChicago-raised, Miami-made. He started dealing for quick cash and ended up running a fraud empire reaching into hospitals and government insurance programs. His journey is one of strategic manoeuvres and high-stakes choices, and every one of them narrows the road back.
Michael
The door-openerA notorious figure in Miami who shows Gabriel how much money there is in healthcare fraud, and how easily the system bends for anyone patient enough to learn its shape. He makes the empire possible.
The Task Force
Jackie Ortiz
DetectiveA relentless investigator working through the layers of the Syndicate while fighting her own battles, professional and otherwise.
Julian Pratt
DetectiveSeasoned, patient, and unwilling to walk away from a case that keeps costing him. He has been chasing this organisation longer than anyone.
Alice Harper
ProsecutorYoung and idealistic. She joins the detectives to take the Syndicate down and uncovers a web of lies running further than she expected.
Faceless CrimeRight of Passage
Miami hides its darkest secrets behind wealth and power.
As federal agents chase the mastermind behind a sprawling criminal empire, the Miami Syndicate expands its reach through fraud, human smuggling, corruption and betrayal. Every lead uncovers another lie. Every alliance conceals a hidden agenda.
As loyalties fracture and danger closes in, both lawmen and criminals find themselves trapped in a deadly game where trust is the rarest currency of all.
Who is really pulling the strings behind Miami's most powerful criminal organization?
Right of Passage is a gripping crime thriller filled with mystery, deception, and relentless suspense.
Cover art not final
Book three — untitled
The last chapter of the Miami Syndicate story. Tommy is writing it now. Join the mailing list and you'll hear the title before anyone else.
Pick your edition
Book one is on sale now in English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Ebook, paperback and hardcover.
English
Faceless Crime: Miami Syndicate
Buy on Amazon
Español
Crimen Sin Rostro
Comprar en Amazon
Português
Crime Sem Rosto
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Start at book one
Read Miami Syndicate first. Right of Passage picks up the same city and the same war in December.