One complicated small town. One fearless cop. A string of murders gone unchecked.
Cracking decades-old cold cases have never been more dangerous. Notably, when the perpetrators are alive and well, and thriving in the mysterious town of Shadowbank, Mississippi.
For one intrepid detective, digging up the past is now a risky full-time job. Still traumatized from her most recent case in Atlanta, Georgia, Detective Kamira Jackson pulls up stakes and moves to Shadowbank.
Reconnecting with family, she must prove to herself and a skeptical town that she's got the grit to solve a slew of cold cases languishing on a dusty shelf.
Join Detective Kamira Jackson as she dares to expose the seedy underbelly of a small community harboring one too many deadly secrets.
The Cold Case Chronicles brings to life the mysteries of the past that threaten to wreak fresh havoc on an unassuming town steeped in a sinister mob presence.
Dive into her first adrenaline-charged mystery, Mississippi Moonshine, and piece together the clues to this brazen execution-style murder. Kamira Jackson won't let the voices from the past be silent forever.
The rural, seaside town of Whispering Cove, Oregon holds many secrets.
Catherine Landen has moved to the enchanting coastal community of Whispering Cove, after inheriting the Saltwater Inn from a grandmother she never knew. Ready for a fresh start in a quaint coastal village, she joins the Whispering Cove Writers Club. Catherine finds the slower pace of life suits her perfectly.
But she recognizes a dead body when she sees one. Catherine is having breakfast with her cousin Temple when the maid finds the dead body of a man in his suite. The historic Inn is closed with its future hanging in the balance.
Catherine’s passion for mysteries is as hot as ever, of course. Despite warnings from the handsome Detective Reyes Marino not to get in the way of the official investigation, Catherine calls in her newly found friends in the Whispering Cove Writing Club who simply can't resist looking around.
Join Catherine and The Whispering Cove Writers Club in solving the mystery!
KACIE'S BOOKS
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Book 1: Mississippi Moonshine
The Cold Case Chronicles
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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BOOK 2: A Shooting, A Drug Deal, and a Trail of Ants
The Cold Case Chronicles
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 a 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, looks into 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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BOOK 3: The Last Goodbye
The Cold Case Chronicles
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. There are no coincidences when murder is afoot. Can Kamira turn up the heat on this cold case before she meets the same terrible fate?
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BOOK 4: The Gravedigge
The Cold Case Chronicles
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.
BOOK 5: Journey To Justice
The Cold Case Chronicles
Once a prosperous estate, Hawthorne Plantation sat abandoned fKamira Jackson doesn't like being left in the dark, especially when it comes to her husband.
Detective Kamira Jackson is on loan to defense attorney Ben Granger. Twenty-five years ago, Gregory Campbell was convicted of three murders by an all-white jury. He is now on death row, scheduled to be executed in three weeks. Kamira must prove his innocence.
Meanwhile, police chief Jack Thomas and Kamira's husband, Terrance James, are not only searching for the new leader of the State Line Mob but trying to keep guns out of Willie Mae's hands. Can they discover who is leading the State Line Mob before they have to explain to Kamira why her family is in danger?
TThe Ignited Secrets Trilogy Box Set
Because the world needs justice, sometimes it takes a girl to deliver it.
Book 1: Shadow of Secrets
Emma Graystone
Emma Graystone was not looking for danger, but when you are on the verge of marrying into a New York crime family, trouble has a way of finding you. Before they exchange vows, Antonio is murdered, and Emma realizes that their courtship was part of a larger scheme. Disillusioned and determined to start a new life far from her controlling family’s machinations, Emma pulls up stakes. She accepts a job in Arizona, consulting on a Navajo reservation project.
With renewed dreams of a fresh start, Emma meets the handsome Grayson Blackfeather, and sparks fly. Just as she finds her stride, Emma makes the unsettling discovery that her new project team members may have dangerous reasons to stop the project from succeeding. After moving halfway across the country, is this just a coincidence? As a nefarious plot built upon greed threatens the future of the Navajo people, Emma finds her own life in danger as she steps further into a perilous world of corporate intrigue. With time running out, will Emma unravel the mystery before she becomes its next victim?
Shadow of Secrets is the electrifying first book in the exciting Ignited Secrets trilogy. This high-stakes page-turner delivers startling twists and turns until the final shocking showdown.
Book 2: High Secrets
Amelia Harris
Something is killing the wildlife and poisoning the waterways of the Coastal Redwoods in California. With such an environmental catastrophe happening, Amelia Harris is on her way to solve the mystery. As co-founder of Harris & Graystone, a company that helps non-profit organizations work through challenges, she knows her new business may be the only one who can solve the case.
Amid the investigation, she meets Jade, the Director of Clean Water, the non-profit that hired her, and there is an instant connection. If they don’t solve this mystery soon, much more wildlife will die, and people will become ill.
Unaware of her senator’s involvement in the conspiracy, Amelia travels to Washington DC, in the hopes of bringing change. Instead, she finds herself framed and facing felony criminal charges and possibly years of imprisonment. When she suddenly goes missing, questions swirl around the reason. Was it to avoid her trial? Or was the motive more sinister?
Book 3: Final Secrets
Maeve Reynolds
It was a beautiful crisp September Sunday morning in Duluth, Minnesota. The calm waters of Lake Superior shimmered in the morning sun. Maeve Reynolds Gallucci and her new husband Frank, the right-hand man of Capo Victoria DeLuca, were starting the first day of their honeymoon. They intended to spend two secluded weeks in a Camping Cabin in Jay Cooke State Park in Carlton, Minnesota. Frank liked to fish, and Maeve was looking forward to starting the new book she had wanted to read for the last few months.
Maeve has a secret. She knows she should tell her new husband, but a Mafia and Mexican Cartel war cut-offs the honeymoon before she can tell him.
When Frank is critically wounded in Mexico, Maeve must use her previous life skills to save him. Making the choice to save Frank or keep her secret puts Maeve in jeopardy and opens the door to her secret being revealed and arrested by Interpol. Will Frank forgive her for not telling him?
“Final Secrets is the final book in this thrilling series, and we learn all the secrets that twist the fates of Emma, Amelia, and Maeve!”
Download this three-book box set today because you love powerful women, gritty mysteries, and organized crime. Join the adventure.
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Cindi Higgins has had a tough run and when the opportunity presents itself, opts for a fresh start in Estes Park, Colorado. It’s the new beginning she needed, to cleanse herself after being convicted of computer fraud. Eight years later, she receives a message from one of the boys in the MiamiLink Club. Arctic Eagle, if anything happens to me, you know where to look.
With a new promotion at work, murder is the last thing she expects to find in her life, with a domestic conspiracy to match, as she uncovers brutal truths about old friends. With the odds stacked against her, and a mystery threating to destroy her newfound peace, will Cindi risk everything to set things, right?
The mind does not choose whom it loves and whom it ignores. It is the matter of the heart, it makes decisions, and rationale is usually not the utmost priority. Frank O’Brien tries to pursue his passion for art and hands the running of A’lainn Cosmetics to a man named Garry. Frank soon realizes that he has made a horrendous mistake. But before he can take action to rectify the mistake he is killed in a car accident.
Now it’s up to Macy to hold the reins of the company that her father Frank, left for her. But what she doesn’t know is that the man she is falling for is not who he seems to be. Perhaps her friend Desmond can help Macy in her path to survival. But will his help be enough?
When we write our thoughts and feelings on paper, we are not just writing the words, we are transforming them. There is power in the written word to illuminate your journey to authenticity, consciousness, and transformation of self. Let your Journey of Enlightenment begin with a personal journal.
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