Diego Kent’s writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine and The New York Observer. His work has been featured at the Canadian International Annual Film Festival and the New York International Fringe Festival.

Titles by Diego Kent

Contact Diego Kent with questions or comments regarding Rio Los Angeles or Time Waits for No One at: [email protected]

  • Time Waits for No One by Diego Kent

    by Diego Kent

    • Released: July 2024
    • Genre: Novels

    Surviving an attempt on his life, Senator Nate Tourneur becomes embroiled in an imminent attack on the United States via a case of international intrigue.
    Tourneur sets out to chase leads on a mystery woman’s ties to violent extremists and wield that intel to confront his foes head-on. He is kept alive by counterintelligence agent Pilar Cruz, whose questions suggest she doubts his motives and whose mercurial use of force challenges his cool composure.
    In tracking the confounding clues of a twisted conspiracy, Tourneur and Cruz will cross half a dozen islands and two cities, enduring the suspense of fractured trust and clashing with antagonists amid monuments ancient and modern.

  • by Diego Kent

    • Released: September 2022
    • Genre: Novels

    After making money and a bad end, Judah Goodwin is drawn to work by the sea. The intrepid rover washes ashore on an island far off the coast of Maine that is reeling from the pandemic-driven blights of death and economic ruin. Lee Miranda, whose broken dreams fuel resolve, enlists Goodwin’s aid to save the community she leads.

    Rio Los Angeles is a kinetic story of chance renounced and challenges met, limned with action and suspense. Larceny makes landfall, murder rides the waves, and reckoning from a fateful encounter is due. Along the way Judah and Lee must choose between pressures and passions in their attempts to make duty and devotion scan.

Reviews

  • Kirkus Reviews

     

    Rio Los Angeles: “In this debut novel, a world traveler visits an island off the U.S. coast and mingles in good—as well as dangerous—company…Many of the details…give the narrative color…This is moreover indicative of the author’s sharp prose. Scenes at sea are particularly strong…moments pack a punch…potential romance between Judah and Lee is sublimely understated…engrossing tale of a tightknit community’s strength.” —Kirkus Reviews

  • Kirkus Reviews

    Time Waits for No One: “The author intelligently pieces together a complex plot against the U.S., one that possibly includes a devastating biochemical assault. The great virtue of the story is its impressive unpredictability, which allows Kent to build an atmosphere of suspense and chilling expectancy.” —Kirkus Reviews 

  • Jude Laurence

    Time Waits for No One: “Diverting as the story is, full of swift transitions, memorable sequences, and superb set pieces, what resonates most is the interplay of the two principals. One, privileged, presumptuous, and complacent. The other, impassive, persistent, and pointed. Their running dialogue, laced with humor, yields insight vying with deception. Tensions push anxiety. Violence and betrayal test belief. Purpose plumbs character.” —Jude Laurence