My latest novel is called Kissed By The Snow, formerly "One Death Too Far". It’s about America’s War on Drugs. I painstakingly researched the drug wars for years. I spoke to agents who were on the front lines of this war and who gave me insight into its complexity. I read just about everything ever written (or so it seems) on the cartels and the horrible violence that permeates life in Mexico because of drugs. I also learned a lot about the “business” of drugs.
Kissed By The Snow is about Operation Snow Plow, a secret (clandestine?) FBI plan (plot?) to finally end the War on Drugs by any means necessary. The main character, Rob Kincaid, is a former Navy SEAL whose father, an FBI agent and the author of Operation Snow Plow, is murdered by order of a cartel boss. Rob Kincaid now runs a private security agency that takes on government jobs that wouldn’t exactly pass congressional oversight. Because of his dad, he has skin in the game, and his firm is hired to wreak havoc on the cartels and bring Operation Snow Plow to a successful conclusion. But as Kincaid gets into Snow Plow, he discovers it’s not what it seems, and he finds himself in a high stakes game of odd man out, where he has been targeted as the odd man.
A criminal mastermind makes a bold move against a wealthy client to put himself in a position to retire in comfort. He has no idea what he's up against when a young widow, desperate to make ends meet, sets her eyes on earning the bounty set on his head.
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Newly widowed housewife Melody Scott needs to earn some major cash, fast. When her bright and busy children learn that a priceless ruby bracelet has been stolen and a six-figure reward is being offered, they convince her to try to do what the police, museum security, and the best private investigators have failed to do. Working against them is a notorious thief who has met people from around the world, but who has never once encountered a woman like Melody Scott. When the sweet innocence of the Scott family clashes against criminal forces more dangerous than they ever imagined, Melody is all too aware that a mom's got to do what a mom's got to do to protect her family.
The Widow, Melody Scott is a 2021 Watty Award Winner!
Content Warning: This story does contain depictions of stalking behavior.