This is a two-part novel, although based on two criminal cases, the strength of the novel is the developing relationship between the two major characters, a 52-year old retired police detective, Jack Clayton, and a 25-year old police detective named Yolanda Tilden. In Part One, Officer Tilden breaks department SOP during a stakeout of a drug gang and, in the resulting exchange of gunfire, her partner, Stan Thornburg gets nicked in the buttocks, earning him the nickname "Buttshot." Tilden is punished with 30 days desk duty as a result. Chief Varner tricks Jack into coming out of retirement and...
This is a two-part novel, although based on two criminal cases, the strength of the novel is the developing relationship between the two major charact...
Charlottesville is the second novel in the Cold Case Series. The Clayton-Tilden Investigations, LLC takes on the challenge of a 150-year old case, the search for lost Confederate gold. A chance encounter with a former FBI classmate of Yolanda's leads to a severe crisis in their working relationship, but more importantly, their friendship. Both Jack and Yolanda become involved in a domestic terrorist plot in rural Virginia that results in Jack having to save her life.
Charlottesville is the second novel in the Cold Case Series. The Clayton-Tilden Investigations, LLC takes on the challenge of a 150-year old case, the...
In Volume Three of the Cold Case Series, Jack makes the decision on Clayton and Tilden's next case, a series of abductions of young boys. Yolanda is initially thrilled to discover that Charleston will be their base of operations. This joy is soon over when she learns that it's not South Carolina, it's West Virginia and it's winter. Yolanda hates the cold, and if Jack was ever unaware of that, it becomes revealed to him on several occasions. Jack bases their strategy on an assumption that even Yolanda feels is questionable, but the facts they discover, with the help of an itinerant revival...
In Volume Three of the Cold Case Series, Jack makes the decision on Clayton and Tilden's next case, a series of abductions of young boys. Yolanda is i...
Clayton and Tilden Investigations' fourth case deals with a young girl from Middlebury, Vermont, who went missing in the early 1960's. The recent discovery of the girl's diary provides one small clue to her disappearance: she may have been kidnapped. Jack and Yolanda travel to several small towns, searching cold case files for any clue that might help them solve the case. Early in the case they realize that they might have identified the person responsible, but they lack any solid evidence that can link him to the crime. As they continue to unravel the string of clues, they become aware that...
Clayton and Tilden Investigations' fourth case deals with a young girl from Middlebury, Vermont, who went missing in the early 1960's. The recent disc...
