TOM SWYERS
AUTHOR
Tom Swyers is an attorney, hearing officer, former judge, and an award-winning author of three standalone novels in the Lawyer David Thompson Legal Thrillers Series. He lives with his family in Upstate New York.
Caged to Kill is the second book in the Lawyer David Thompson Legal Thriller Series and is set to be released on April 2, 2019. Convicted cop-killer Phillip Dawkins is running from the truth and thirty years of solitary confinement when he shows up at David Thompson’s door. Thompson must free Dawkins from his past before a killing beast is unleashed. But he may be too late . . .
The Killdeer Connection is the standalone first book in the Lawyer David Thompson Legal Thriller Series. David Thompson is on the run for a murder he didn’t commit. The book was a 2017 winner in Amazon’s international writing competition for Kindle Books . . .
Saving Babe Ruth is the standalone prequel to the Lawyer David Thompson Legal Thriller Series. David Thompson goes to war against a greedy travel baseball promoter and risks it all when he tries to save kids’ baseball for the sandlot kids in town. Based upon a true story and with a foreword written by Babe Ruth’s grandson, the novel was the recipient of two Benjamin Franklin Book Awards in 2015 . . .
Blog
Title to Novel Announced!
I'm prepared to announce the title to my upcoming novel today. A few weeks ago, I reported on Facebook that my manuscript had been submitted to my editor for her review. She finished her reading a few days ago and I've been communicating with her over the weekend....
Part II: Lessons from Thomas Edison and Ted Williams: The Great Bat Debate
(Note: This is the second installment of a two part article. The first part was published last week at this link) Wood and Metal Bats With the adoption of the BBCOR (bat-ball coefficient of restitution) standard of certification for college and high school baseball...
Part I: The Connected Lives of Thomas Edison and Ted Williams
Since the introduction of aluminum bats in the 1970s, there has been an on-going debate about the advantages of metal over wood bats. In this two part series, I’m going to look at the debate through the eyes of both Thomas Edison, one of the greatest inventor of all...