{"id":911,"date":"2025-10-14T09:13:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T13:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/?p=911"},"modified":"2025-10-14T09:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T13:13:28","slug":"a-conversation-with-tom-milani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/a-conversation-with-tom-milani\/","title":{"rendered":"A Conversation with Tom Milani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tomMilani.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tomMilani.png 680w, https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tomMilani-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on Crime Wave: In Tom Milani\u2019s debut novel, Places That Are Gone, Bennett Wilder\u2019s life feels small and predictable\u2014until a chance encounter with Liz <a><\/a>Messina, a hitchhiker with a troubled past, jolts him from his routine. Liz is on the run, with dangerous debts and a child to protect. Liz\u2019s secrets drag Bennett into a dangerous world of debts, violence, and hidden alliances. How far will he go to save a woman he hardly knows\u2014and can he survive the road that leads home?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Tom: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tommilani.com\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExOGhSSDk1eFBtem9aSkFuZAEej9BKkSaPMF8nE9OFy3efsngFj74TuDfuYhEk3j9BhwUmWS0vhX4uClHXsIM_aem_5grZqWBcJPBXVkykQn8c6A\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.tommilani.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen:<br>On <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/authorsontheair\/tom-milani-places-that-are-gone-crime-wave?fbclid=IwY2xjawNbKnVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE4aFJIOTV4UG16b1pKQW5kAR5E6lU7jD7Ez3OUwA_A0nHby76fKfQnvvlTzo0vTpoifrPsfub7lhsCTph4rg_aem_a0iPZv2W5kdfyftgduAEEg\">SoundCloud<\/a><br>On <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5pukaMayS4axFH8z3N5vDV?fbclid=IwY2xjawNbKq5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE4aFJIOTV4UG16b1pKQW5kAR5tsyl253QpGi39KHlVHUtCkrWA4RJMviSjsgtpDvtAIwdyySZl4K0NDMuq_Q_aem_ri-vpIvTqY0qPCH7ZDHYGw\">Spotify<\/a><br>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/269-authors-on-the-air-global-88373959\/episode\/tom-milani-places-that-are-300298519\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNbKuhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE4aFJIOTV4UG16b1pKQW5kAR5tsyl253QpGi39KHlVHUtCkrWA4RJMviSjsgtpDvtAIwdyySZl4K0NDMuq_Q_aem_ri-vpIvTqY0qPCH7ZDHYGw\">iHeart<\/a><br>On <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/tom-milani-places-that-are-gone-crime-wave\/id687959058?i=1000731720951\">Apple<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crime Wave is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/authorsontheairglobalradionetwork?__cft__[0]=AZWEKh-fB6bSz7PDqwKVp_425KpBAEp_7xpict98FNT-al6Ve2Pb6A4EwipNunWUBMSCmvRdiH_nrDCJgAgog2fTqppGKTP8KJDrplMVWSaig_VB5Jzx2UL0AHNNUlCcfEvFiLPJRsE6-GBruq0X6slPei9DfdZWuJG1NpKjK4uoO7bTV2tTRRHx96NFMKIw8Tg&amp;__tn__=-]K-y-R\">Authors on the Air Global Radio Network<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PamStackOriginal?__cft__[0]=AZWEKh-fB6bSz7PDqwKVp_425KpBAEp_7xpict98FNT-al6Ve2Pb6A4EwipNunWUBMSCmvRdiH_nrDCJgAgog2fTqppGKTP8KJDrplMVWSaig_VB5Jzx2UL0AHNNUlCcfEvFiLPJRsE6-GBruq0X6slPei9DfdZWuJG1NpKjK4uoO7bTV2tTRRHx96NFMKIw8Tg&amp;__tn__=-]K-y-R\">Pam Stack<\/a>, CEO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Crime Wave: In Tom Milani\u2019s debut novel, Places That Are Gone, Bennett Wilder\u2019s life feels small and predictable\u2014until a chance encounter with Liz Messina, a hitchhiker with a troubled past, jolts him from his routine. 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