Mississippi
Moonshine
Cold
Case Chronicles Book 1
by
Kacie Clement
Genre:
Mystery, Romantic Suspense
Forty-six years ago, two brothers were killed and thrown in the Wolf River. Can a troubled detective surface the truth before her own life is at risk?
Atlanta
cop Kamira Jackson can’t forgive herself for getting caught and
held captive for ninety days. Feeling unworthy of her job, she flees
to Mississippi only to be confronted by a police chief who isn’t
happy with his jurisdiction employing a Black policewoman. And she
fears she’s being set up to fail when she’s given a decades-old
murder assignment, and only six months to crack the case.
Vowing
to beat the challenge and with the help of a retired veteran, Jackson
retreads the slaying of two men shot point-blank and found floating
in the isolated swamplands. But exposing an almost half-century
conspiracy implicating too many powerful suspects might be fatally
hazardous to her health.
Can the traumatized investigator overcome her nightmares and solve the cold case?
Mississippi
Moonshine is the gripping first book in The Cold Case Chronicles
crime thriller series. If you like fast-paced action, determined
heroines, and unexpected twists and turns, then you’ll love Kacie
Clement’s thrilling mystery.
Buy
Mississippi Moonshine to open a can of dark truths today!
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Shooting, A Drug Deal, and a Trail of Ants
Cold
Case Chronicles Book 2
After narrowly escaping with her life, ace Detective Kamira Jackson is back on the beat in the small town of Shadowbank, Mississippi, to dig up dirt on a string of cold cases. Her second taste of Shadowbank crime is the mysterious drive-by shooting of straight-A student Annie Ainsworth ten years ago. Out for an innocent drive with school friends, the night turns deadly leaving the town grieving and in shock, with few answers to follow.
The
bungled investigation ten years prior has far-reaching consequences
as a nameless killer remains at large. With a string of suspects
casting long shadows, Kamira is determined to uncover the truth
behind that tragic night, starting with the friends Annie spent that
fateful evening with. Whatever became of them? Oddly enough, they
were never interviewed. Mere oversight or a fiery red flag?
While
Kamira scours the cold case files for hidden clues into Annie’s
killer, her colleague, Terrance James investigates a counterfeiting
operation that has infiltrated the community with a sea of fake
currency. Organized crime has been quietly making inroads into the
Shadowbank community for years, but just how deeply are they
entrenched?
The
very real danger hits too close to home when Deputy Joe Hopkins is
found dead under suspicious circumstances. With an officer down,
Kamira comes to the disturbing realization that the past and present
crimes have a common thread – the State Line Mob. Adding urgency to
the investigation, Kamira and Terrance must keep their wits about
them as they uncover the patchwork of clues connecting all three
cases. Will they discover the truth before the mob strikes
again?
Follow
Kamira as she investigates cold cases and encounters characters
you’ll long remember after turning the last page. A Shooting, A
Drug Deal, and a Trail of Ants is the thrilling second book in the
Cold Case Chronicles series.
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Last Goodbye
Cold
Case Chronicles Book 3
There are no coincidences when murder is afoot.
Once a prosperous estate, Hawthorne Plantation sat abandoned for years after the shocking death of wealthy newlywed Virginia Hawthorne in 1950. Discovered dead on the family estate grounds, the flames of suspicion were never quite extinguished after the disappearance of her husband, Allesandro. New love makes us do funny things, but murder? An unclaimed estate only added to the mysteries surrounding Hawthorne Plantation.
Enter
Laura Remington, an ambitious young reporter, keen to make her mark
on the world by uncovering the estate's secret past. Bold
and enthusiastic, she ran down all the leads two decades later.
Perhaps getting a little too close to the truth, she is found dead
under equally unsettling circumstances. Another 50 years pass,
and the trail may have run cold, but small towns talk and questions
linger on. Was this just another tragic accident, or is
there a murderous web of lies still threatening to ensnare the next
generation of truth-seekers?
Once
again, Detective Kamira Jackson finds herself in the thick of things
looking for answers in Shadowbank, Mississippi. With her
trusted partner, Terrance James, Kamira seeks out the counsel of Wynn
Gunn, director of the local historical society and esteemed expert on
all things Hawthorne-related. Even without a living heir
identified, the historical society has painstakingly worked to
restore the estate to its former glory.
But
Hawthorne Plantation isn't quite ready to give up all its secrets
just yet. History threatens to repeat itself when the very
detectives who previously investigated Laura's death die
inexplicably. Can Kamira turn up the heat on this cold case
before she meets the same terrible fate?
Follow
Kamira as she uncovers the hidden truths in her latest electrifying
case, The Last Goodbye, book three in the Cold Case Chronicles
series.
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The
Gravedigger
Cold
Case Chronicles Book 4
The small town of Shadowbank, Mississippi, holds many secrets. They just aren't likely to stay buried when the gravedigger comes to town.
Detective Kamira Jackson and her partner in work and life, Terrance James' plans for a beautiful wedding under the gazebo, coming to a sudden halt when their venue is burned to the group at their rehearsal dinner. Aunt Willie Mae steps in to move the wedding elsewhere, but she has her eyes trained squarely on the likely perpetrators behind the crime, the State Line Mob.
As
family and friends descend upon the church to witness the exchange of
vows, one unexpected wedding guest is discovered bringing with him
more than the usual gift.
Once
again, Kamira finds herself embroiled in a cold case with fresh clues
on her wedding day.
With
Kamira focused on smoking out the killer hiding amongst them, Willie
Mae secretly decides to take family matters into her own hands and
put an end to the looming threats from the State Line Mob. As she
doggedly pursues a dangerous foe, she gets much more than she
bargained for.
Will
Kamira discover her secret before tragedy strikes?
Join
Kamira in her next nail-biting case, The
Gravedigger, book
four in the Cold Case Chronicles series.
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Kacie
Clement, a writer of mysteries, has always been passionate about
writing and storytelling.
A part of her writing process, she
loves to immerse herself in her current project, diving headfirst
into the research, writing, and fine-tuning of the stories she feels
are the most worthy of storytelling.
Kacie lives in the woods
with her husband, two dogs, and an attack cat named Trip.
Kacie
is addicted to fresh-baked cookies, coffee, and fabric.
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This sounds like a thrilling series, a must read for me. Do you have any more stories planned for the series?
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