Novels
The Coldwater Chronicles
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Tunnel Vision is Book 1 of the mainline story within the series.
TUNNEL VISION
A Coldwater Chronicles Thriller
Coldwater is heating up.
In 1993, the quiet town of Coldwater, Missouri, is rocked by the gruesome murder of County Prosecutor Doyal Gamble, his body severed and melted in unnatural ways. Rookie lawyer John Chance, fresh from law school, returns to his hometown only to face a supernatural thriller that tests his limits. Plagued by tunnel vision from botched eye surgeries and his own stubborn focus, John teams with sharp-tongued Assistant Prosecutor Annaleigh Stanton to hunt a killer hiding in plain sight.
As cryptic handprint brands sear Coldwater and secrets unravel, John’s inexperience pulls him into a crime mystery woven with betrayal. With a sheriff he can’t trust and a mayor steering the investigation astray, John must navigate a treacherous path to protect those he loves—especially Annaleigh, whose bond with him sparks more than justice in this romantic suspense.
In a town where fires burn hotter than they should, will John’s shadowed vision blind him to the truth, or can he stop a killer before Coldwater goes up in flames?
Town of Trials is Book 2 of the mainline story within the series.
TOWN OF TRIALS
A Coldwater Chronicles Thriller
Some verdicts are delivered outside the courtroom.
Four months after Coldwater, Missouri, nearly burned, young prosecutors John Chance and Annaleigh Stanton are still sweeping up the ashes.
Peace? An illusion, especially in a town built on secrets.
John’s risky choice—prosecutor and now detective—is slowly unraveling him. The manhunt for fugitive Kenneth Roy Atlee is dying in the dark. The fragile new relationship he shares with Annaleigh teeters on the edge after her “I love you” went unanswered. And now, John battles strange symptoms from Wesley Raith’s blood, ones that no doctor can truly explain, threatening to upend everything he’s worked for.
The revelation that John’s biological father never left for St. Louis shifts the search back to Coldwater, where new players arrive with hidden agendas, complicating life at the courthouse and on patrol.
As autumn arrives, the net tightens around Atlee. When he’s finally dragged into court, Coldwater will learn that justice is only one of the many verdicts still pending.
In a town where every choice is a test, some trials threaten to break more than the law.
Forging Badges is a Novella set after the events of Book 2, Town of Trials.
FORGING BADGES
A Coldwater Chronicles Novella
Before you hold the line, you must rebuild it.
Coldwater County Sheriff Dane Parnell has survived corrupt politicians, a bombing at City Hall, and both the courthouse and his own station nearly burning to the ground. Now, he faces his toughest battle yet.
A gutted department.
With only one deputy left—and the only person in Coldwater he can trust—Parnell has ninety days to rebuild or lose control of the office entirely. He brings in five probationary candidates for a brutal thirty-day trial. Locals. Outsiders. Promising talent. Walking red flags.
As interviews become intense, physical tests and real emergencies expose who can handle Coldwater’s brand of justice, Parnell is haunted by the ghosts of his childhood friends—Cameron Raith and Kenneth Roy Atlee—the men who once swore to protect this town with him, but later became everything the badge was meant to prevent.
In a county still raw from betrayal, can Parnell forge new badges strong enough to hold the line… or will the weight of old sins cause everything to collapse?