NEW SINS FOR OLD SCORES Set for 5/27 Release

Black Opal Books announces the upcoming release of New Sins for Old Scores by Tj O'Connor. New Sins for Old Scores will be published in trade paper (ISBN: 978-1626946750, 370 pages $16.49) and eBook ($3.99) editions on May 27, 2017.

Award-winning novelist Tj O'Connor delivers a confident, clever and captivating tale in his latest novel, New Sins for Old Scores. With its smart, suspenseful and inventive storyline, New Sins for Old Scores puts a fresh and fascinating twist on what happens when past and present collide. Seems that murder-much like history-has a tendency to repeat itself...

About New Sins for Old Scores: Detective Richard Jax was never good at history-but, after years as a cop, he is about to get the lesson of his life. Ambushed and dying on a stakeout, he's saved by Captain Patrick "Trick" McCall, the ghost of a World War II OSS agent. Trick has been waiting since 1944 for a chance to solve his own murder. Soon Jax is a suspect in a string of murders-murders linked to smuggling refugees out of the Middle East-a plot similar to the World War II OSS operation that brought scientists out of war-torn Europe. With the aid of a beautiful and intelligent historian, Dr. Alex Vouros, Jax and Trick unravel a seventy-year-old plot that began with Trick's murder in 1944. Could the World War II mastermind, code named Harriet, be alive and up to old games? Is history repeating itself?

Together, Jax and Trick hunt for the link between their pasts. Along the way, they'll be confronted by some of Washington's elite and one provocative, alluring French Underground agent, Abrielle Chanoux. Somewhere in Trick's memories is a traitor. That traitor killed him. That traitor is killing again. Who framed Jax? And who wants Trick's secret to remain secret? The answer, as it turns out, may be who doesn't?

Spellbinding, suspenseful and sensational, New Sins for Old Scores earns Tj O'Connor a solid spot amongst today's most original crime novelists. An imminently readable, unique tale busting with tension, intrigue and action, New Sins for Old Scores is an innovative mystery that will leave readers turning pages. With its exquisite character development, its pulse racing plot, and its unusual and gripping storyline, New Sins for Old Scores is a standout new novel.

Award-winning novelist Tj O'Connor is an international security consultant specializing in anti-terrorism. As a consultant and former government agent, O'Connor has lived and worked in such places as Greece, Turkey, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, and throughout the Americas. He has completed nine novels and is currently at work on a thriller. A native of New York, O'Connor lives in Virginia. Visit Tj O'Connor online at: www.tjoconnor.com

Founded in 2010, Black Opal Books is a traditional publisher of an eclectic mix of titles. Black Opal Books (www.blackopalbooks.com) is based in the Pacific Northwest.