Welcome to Exile

"O'Neil is a polished storyteller with a breezy style."
--Marilyn Stasio in The Sunday New York Times

"The most ingenious Florida series character since salvage hunter Travis McGee."
--Jay MacDonald in The Fort Myers News-Press

An excellent New England crime anthology (including my short story "Finish the Job")

About the Author

Vincent H. O’Neil brings a wealth of life experience to his writing. He has served as a US Army officer all over the world, provided consulting services to a software development firm, managed risk in a major corporation, created marketing campaigns, and worked as an apprentice librarian.

A native of Massachusetts, he holds a Bachelor of Science from West Point and a Master of Arts in International Affairs from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. After writing in his spare time for many years, he won the St. Martin’s Press "Malice Domestic" Writing Competition in 2005.

His award-winning debut novel, Murder in Exile, is the first in a mystery series featuring the background-checker Frank Cole. The sequel to Murder in Exile, Reduced Circumstances, was released by St. Martin's Press in 2007. The third book in the Frank Cole/​Exile series, Exile Trust, was published in 2008.

A large-print version of Exile Trust was released by Thorndike Press in 2008, and a paperback version was published by Harlequin Worldwide Mystery in 2010.

He has also been published in two anthologies: "Finish the Job", his tale of a father-daughter team of art thieves who have some trouble breaking into a museum, is featured in Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers from Level Best Books (2009) and his darker story, "Blood Tells", about a money launderer who makes a big decision in a short span of time, appears in Bad Cop - No Donut from Padwolf Publishing (2010)