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The Opioid Drug Crisis Dominates Nashville Mystery Writer Tom Collins’s New Book, Diversion, The Fifth Book in his Mark Rollins Adventures Series.
Author Tom Collins new book, Diversion, is the fifth installment in his Mark Rollins Adventure series. The gripping plot unfolds against the backdrop of the opioid drug crisis in rural Middle Tennessee—an anesthesiologist dies, a young girl goes missing, and terrorists plot an attack that could kill thousands or shut down American’s military drones.
The drug crisis is fueled by the diversion of pain medications like Percocet and Fentanyl from their intended medial purpose to recreational use. Pill mills selling prescriptions for cash are showing up in the bucolic area around Manchester and Tullahoma, Tennessee, just outside of music city, Nashville. The area is home to the Bonnaroo Music Festival and the propulsion test facilities at the Arnold Air Force Base that are essential to keep military drones flying in the war against terrorism. Both the Bonnaroo fans and the testing facilities are targets the country’s enemies are willing to die for.
A call for help from an old family friend puts Mark Rollins and his team of high-tech crime fighters squarely in the middle of it all. It was a simple enough request. All Rollins had to do was drive to the jail in Manchester, collect the girl, and take her home to her frantic mother. But, the girl wasn’t there! What had seemed simple quickly became dangerously complicated.
About the Author: Tom Collins resides in the small suburban town of Franklin, on the outskirts of Music City, Nashville, Tennessee. The areas of Nashville, Franklin, and their surrounding middle Tennessee communities serve as the canvas for all Collins’s Mark Rollins Adventure mysteries. Collins is one of the pioneer entrepreneurs of the information technology industry. The London-based publication Citytech called him an "outstanding visionary" when he was named as one of the Top 100 Global Tech Leaders in the legal community. He is also the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the publication Law Technology News for his contribution to the use of technology in the legal community. His business successes include Juris, Inc., which was purchased by LexisNexis® in 2007. Tom Collins retired from commercial activity at the end of 2007. Today he writes mystery/thrillers and continues to write and speak in the commercial world about managing for excellence.
Books and Works by Tom Collins Include:
The Language of Excellence
Diversion
The Claret Murders
Mark Rollins and The Puppeteer
Mark Rollins and The Rainmaker
Mark Rollins’ New Career and the Women’s Health Club
Marion Collins Remembers (Old Sayings and Lessons for Life)
My Journey: Alice Elsie Welch Collins
For more information about the author and his books please visit www.authortomcollins.com. For interview requests or to review a copy of Diversion, please contact the author directly at tom.collins@i65n.com.
Diversion—the opioid drug crisis, a missing girl, the Bonnaroo Music Festival, and a terrorist plot that could kill thousands or shut down American’s military drones.
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