Escape to the Redneck Riviera

About the Book

From the banks of the Verdigris River in Oklahoma to Florida’s Emerald Coast, this novel chronicles Steve Bronson’s planned disappearance and the efforts of his wife and an insurance company investigator to prove he has not drowned.. In Florida, Steve assumes a new name and becomes both a nightclub pianist and a crewmember on a fishing boat. He meets a female singer who will add a new dimension to this family-friendly novel. Steve steps in to help senior citizens who are being victimized by a scam artist and also foils a scheme involving forged drug prescriptions. Working with law enforcement officials, Steve uncovers a plan to involve college coeds in dangerous and illegal activity, and stops physicians who are performing bogus surgery. This novel vividly portrays life along the world’s most beautiful beaches. There is adventure, romance, and a high-tiding scene you will never forget.

About the Author

Thomas M. Campbell is a lifelong Tulsan but knows the Florida Panhandle well because of many vacation trips. He has three daughters, eleven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Charlotte, his wife of fifty-three years, died in December 2011. During a writing careers spanning nearly a half century, Campbell has worked as a sports writer for two major newspapers and in editorial, public relations, and marketing management positions for the U.S. Jaycees, Cities Service Company, and Tulsa Regional Medical Center, which is now the Oklahoma State University Medical Center. Tom wrote the first complete history of the Jaycee movement and co-authored with his sister, the late Mary Elizabeth Wieman, a history of Tulsa Regional. Campbell has a bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State University and master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Tulsa. This novel is the stellar work in Tom’s versatile writing career.