NOVELS
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Bridge to Innocence
Published 2024
ISBN: 9798343107449
Dr. Greg Abbott is a highly regarded pharmaceutical executive on the verge of a breakthrough in developing mRNA therapies for patients with rare diseases. His career ambition stems from a personal tragedy—losing his younger sister to one such illness.
But when he becomes the prime suspect in a brutal murder and intellectual property theft, Greg’s life is thrown into chaos. Greg knows he didn’t steal anything and never met the murdered man. But despite his unwavering innocence, the evidence against him is so overwhelming that any jury would find him guilty.
Greg must confront difficult choices: abandon his cherished career aspirations and escape, face his accusers head-on, or succumb to his overwhelming despair and contemplate suicide. An unexpected intervention by a mysterious man named Peter Caruso pulls Greg back from the brink, but Peter harbors deadly secrets of his own.
With the help of a brilliant investigative duo from Ockham’s Razor, they uncover a plot involving unsanctioned and dangerous medical experiments and a killer desperate to protect the hazardous research.
Bridge to Innocence is a tale of resilience, sacrifice, and the pursuit of truth against impossible odds. As the book navigates the treacherous waters of deception, the story explores themes of family, love, and the enduring power of hope. Will the Ockham’s Razor team expose the deadly plot in time, or will the bridge to innocence be forever shattered by the echoes of a conspiracy?
Don’t let the facts get in the way of the truth.
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23 and Dead
Published 2020
ISBN: 979-8622905810
Dave Hartmann received a belated letter from his father. In the correspondence, Dave’s father, Dr. Ernst Hartmann, apologized for keeping a secret, one that his father hoped Dave would understand – Dave was adopted.
The letter gave no insight into the identity of Dave’s biological parents other than that he was born in Steinhoring, Germany. Dave’s overwhelmed mind tried to process the reality that he was adopted. “Am I German? Was I given up for adoption because of rape or incest? Was one or both of my biological parents a psychopath or a criminal? Are they alive or dead? Do I have siblings? What diseases are prevalent in my ancestors: diabetes, coronary disease, or an unknown allergy? Why was I given away? Was there something wrong with me? Did my birth father care about my birth mother, or was it a one-night stand? Who am I?” Dave never envisioned he would ponder such questions.
Based on an overheard discussion, he subscribed to an ancestry personal genomics and biotechnology DNA testing firm named My23Match.com. Dave wanted to know more about Dave, his ethnic background, possible relatives, and especially the identity of his biological parents.
Dave’s search for answers opens old wounds and starts a chain of events resulting in murder and brutal beatings to unearth hidden assets long believed lost and forgotten.
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Attack Vector
Published 2018
ISBN: 978-1728631516
A pilot, pharmaceutical executive, medical doctor, investment advisor, and a priest died in accidents, or it seems that way.
In Washington, DC, renowned FBI Chief Data Scientist Dr. Steven Flynn supervised a secret computer software program he designed. Its mission was to identify the slightest nuance of similarities in attacks on the Homeland. The system revealed the five seemingly deadly accidents had a single common fact; the use of software developed and marketed by a Silicon Valley software company. Were the accidents premeditated murders?
When FBI Special Agent Molly Perchant confronted the Company’s CEO with compelling circumstantial evidence that an unidentified employee was responsible for the killings, the CEO reached out to Dr. Marcie Conover and Bill Ockham, partners at the private technology investigation firm Ockham’s Razor, to validate or deny the Government’s claims.
The Ockham’s Razor team uncovered a heinous conspiracy that repurposes everyday digital products into weapons of death. Was it revenge, vengeance, terrorism, or cyber-attacks? Was a Company employee complicit? Proving the three elements of an advanced technology crime: means, opportunity, and motive confronted the duo’s emotional, legal, and ethical boundaries.
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False Positive
Published 2017
ISBN: 978-1544298801
The U.S. natural gas pipeline system was under attack. That’s what Bob McKenna, a veteran accident investigator, concluded in his analysis of 20 accidents. Unconvinced, the federal authorities and natural gas pipeline management companies believed the accidents were unforeseen catastrophes.
Bob understood his evidence was circumstantial, replete with conjecture and extrapolations. But that’s the point. Could the accidents be attributed to cyber terrorism, eco-terrorism, cyber warfare, hacking, revenge, or a pipeline competitor?
Bob enlisted the support from a Silicon Valley technology investigative firm, Ockham’s Razor. Their investigation uncovered a sinister plot to destroy the nations’ natural gas infrastructure inflicting political, social, and economic damage across the U.S. and threatening the lives of every American.
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Liquidation Preference
Debut novel
Published 2016
ISBN: 978-1530758845
A suspicious murder and a cryptic message threatened to uncover a secret group entrenched in the Federal government plotting to destroy and recreate America by influencing a fundamental tenant of representative democracy – the right to choose our leaders.
The biennial national election was in full swing. Most political polls reported an equally divided Country between most of the candidates. However, technologist Wayne Tran discovered it didn’t matter how people voted.
Wayne deduced there were influential people involved, and, now, since he knew about the conspiracy, he assumed he was in mortal danger. Fearing for his life, Wayne sent an email to his best friend, Bill Ockham. An hour later, Wayne was brutally murdered, reportedly, by a drive-by gang shooting.
A month later, Bill received a cryptic email from Wayne. How could that be? Was the email an ingenious way to get Bill’s attention that Wayne knew something was wrong, really wrong?
Wayne’s demise added yet another tragedy to Bill in a string of already personal misfortunes. Three years ago, a rogue wave washed his wife out to sea, his college roommate advised him that he was too old to work in Silicon Valley, and now one of his best friends died under suspicious circumstances.
With the help of Computer Scientist Marcie Conover, Bill dedicated his time to uncovering the circumstances behind Wayne’s death. They didn’t expect that their quest for the truth extended to the upper echelons of the Federal government.
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BUSINESS
Spark to Scale
Coming January 2026
ISBN: 979-8275645514
Spark to Scale is a book you use, not store. It gives entrepreneurs, operators, and leaders a clear guide for high-stakes decisions. Across 50 concise, standalone essays, it delivers sharp perspectives, not formulas or templates, and helps you cut through noise and think strategically.
Companies don’t grow in straight lines. Ideas shift, markets move, and customers rewrite your plans daily. This book meets you in that reality. It challenges your assumptions, sharpens your judgment, and pushes you to ask the questions that shape outcomes: Why this idea? Why now? Why you? What has to change next?
From the first version of an idea through funding, traction, and growth, these essays confront the choices that drive or stall momentum. Is the idea worth the grind? Where will demand actually come from? Where will strategy break under real-world conditions? How do you keep a team aligned when everything is in motion?
This guide speaks to builders in motion—direct, honest, and built for real work.
“Tom Williams knows what it is like to enter the arena, to put in the hard work, and to come out the other side a lot wiser, somewhat scarred, and hugely successful. This book encompasses his wisdom, shows his scars, and can help you become more successful as you delve into the world of entrepreneurship and business.”
—Tim Draper, Venture Capitalist
“Entrepreneurs always need to think differently. Spark to Scale gives you fifty ways to do so. Buy it now. Dip into it whenever you find yourself needing a boost.”
—Geoffrey A. Moore, Author, Speaker, Advisor
“Great book, every entrepreneur, startup exec, and business student should read.”
—CEO of Mattel, Matchbox, Sega, Knowledge Universe, and Leapfrog
“Tom makes a compelling case for culture as a competitive advantage and how specific leadership behaviors harm or help to ensure a company’s full potential.”
—Charles Follett, CEO Coach and Co-founder, Business Ingenuity
”An invaluable thought-provoking tool for entrepreneurs and growth executives as an essential guide to building, scaling, and sustaining a business.”
—Toby Palmer, Startup and Growth Advisor
ABOUT
Tom Williams is a technology veteran with decades of experience founding and leading startups and public companies that have profoundly altered the way we work, learn, entertain, and interact.
As the son of an auto mechanic and a bookkeeper, Tom grew up in Rhode Island with an interest in changing how things work. He started his career in the Information Technology Department at the Community College of Rhode Island, where he led the design and development of electronic grade reporting, automated class scheduling, and interactive student information systems. Memorex Corporation lured Tom to Silicon Valley to its newly formed Communications Product Division as a Strategic Planner. After a five-year stint at Memorex, he focused on founding disruptive technology companies that received numerous domestic and international awards. Besides being Chairman of the companies he founded, Tom held domestic and international Board of Directors positions, served as an executive at Novell and Cisco, and was a Limited Partner in several venture capital funds. Also, Tom was a Trustee and Executive Committee member of a private school.
Today, Tom spends his time as an Independent Board Member, a Management Consultant, a speaker, and an author. Silicon Valley corporations, startups, and private equity firms engage Tom’s expertise as an independent voice to bring together thought leaders to discuss and debate the impact and strategic value of technology in emerging markets that deliver productive, profitable outcomes.
Tom earned an MBA from Santa Clara University, a B.S. in Business Administration from Roger Williams University, an A.S. in Computer Science and an A.A. in Liberal Arts from the Community College of Rhode Island, and a Certificate in Data Processing from the Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP). Tom also served honorably as a Drill Sergeant in the U.S. Army.
Tom is intrigued by the notion of providing an author’s platform that directly engages readers. One aspect of his novels is an Author’s Commentary chapter at the end of each story that clarifies the social and economic impact of the technology’s unintended consequences. He encourages readers to engage in discussions and observations on the technology referenced in his books.
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