Matthew Flanagan is living the American dream. A plum job at an ad agency. A hot wife. A beautiful home in Southern California. But something is eating him up inside and a nasty drinking habit is about to cost him everything. After his life finally collapses around him, Matthew disappears to Vegas with a girl he barely knows. When word reaches the Flanagan clan back in Connecticut, Matthew's brothers Mark and Luke are sent on a mission to find their brother and bring him home. It's a longer and darker journey than either of them planned on. At turns funny and moving, Prodigal Sons is a hard-boiled American odyssey. A family saga with the heart of a crime novel. Praise for PRODIGAL SONS: "The work of an extravagantly talented writer, Prodigal Sons is one of the best debut novels I have ever read." -Sterling Watson, author of Suitcase City, Fighting in the Shade, and Sweet Dream Baby "Miner's wicked electric chair humor calls to mind the best of Elmore Leonard and Charles Willeford." -Patrick Michael Finn, author of From the Darkness Right Under Our Feet and A Martyr for Suzy Kosasovich