Location: United States
Member Since: Sep. 24, 2009

Chester Campbell


Biography

Chester Campbell is the author of two mystery series featuring private investigators. Recently released by Night Shadows Press is the first book in the Sid Chance series, THE SUREST POISON, which deals with a chemical pollution case. Chester has written five Greg McKenzie novels featuring a retired Air Force investigator and his wife: A SPORTING MURDER (2010), THE MARATHON MURDERS (2008), DEADLY ILLUSIONS (2005), DESIGNED TO KILL (2004) and SECRET OF THE SCROLL (2002). An old hand at the keyboard, Chester has worked as a newspaper reporter, freelance writer, magazine editor, political speechwriter, advertising copywriter, public relations professional and association executive. An Air Force intelligence officer in the Korean War, he retired from the Air Force Reserve as a lieutenant colonel. Currently secretary of the Southeast Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, president of the Middle Tennessee Chapter of Sisters in Crime, and Midsouth Region director of Military Writers Society of America, he lives in Madison, TN with his wife, Sarah, and a 13-year-old grandson.

Where to find Chester Campbell online

Website: http://www.chesterdecampbell.com

Books

The Good, The Bad and The Murderous    by Chester Campbell
Price: $2.99 USD. 67810 words. Published on August 4, 2011. Fiction.
Medicare fraud, drug trafficking, a hired killer, a crooked cop, it's a nightmare scenario PI Sid Chance finds himself in when he takes on a tough assignment―prove a young man just out of prison for a murder at age twelve did not commit a new homicide. Everything is thrown upside down when Jaz LeMieux, the wealthy ex-cop working with him on the case, finds herself accused of a despicable crime.
Designed to Kill    by Chester Campbell
Price: $2.99 USD. 77750 words. Published on July 30, 2011. Fiction.
Did the architect/engineer of a new high-rise beachfront condo shoot himself over remorse when a balcony fell, killing two people? Or did someone else pull the trigger to solve a bigger problem? That's the dilemma retired Air Force OSI agent Greg McKenzie and his wife, Jill, face at Perdido Key, FL. Their probe for answers rattles some cages, leads to a deadly confrontation.
The Marathon Murders    by Chester Campbell
Price: $2.99 USD. 67250 words. Published on July 21, 2011. Fiction.
Nashville PI's Greg and Jill McKenzie take on what appears to be the ultimate cold case, a 90-year-old murder, dragging them into a present-day conspiracy filled with chicanery in circles of power and chaos created by a frenzied killer.
Deadly Illusions    by Chester Campbell
Price: $2.99 USD. 60350 words. Published on July 20, 2011. Fiction.
PI's Greg and Jill McKenzie are hired to run a background check on Molly Saint's husband. Their client disappears, starting a tangled trail of deceit. Greg gets drawn into a police investigation of the Federal Reserve chairman's murder, renewing problems with Nashville's finest. Nothing appears what it seemed, and the fear for Molly's life grows as the two cases move toward a startling finale.
Secret of the Scroll    by Chester Campbell
Price: $2.99 USD. 73250 words. Published on December 18, 2010. Fiction.
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When retired Air Force OSI Agent Greg McKenzie returns from the Holy Land with a "souvenir" that turns out to be an ancient scroll worth millions, his wife is taken hostage in a battle between militant Palestinians and radical Israelis to recover it. The police target Greg as a suspect in his wife's disappearance, and he sets out alone in a perilous chase to save her.
A Sporting Murder    by Chester Campbell
Price: $2.99 USD. 63480 words. Published on September 4, 2010. Fiction.
Greg and Jill McKenzie are hired by a hockey fan group to investigate rumors that something shady is involved in a deal to bring an NBA basketball team to Nashville. An informant with information that would "blow your mind" is found shot dead, and someone plants a bomb under Greg's Jeep. The explosive situation reaches a climax on Christmas Day.
The Surest Poison    by Chester Campbell
Price: $2.99 USD. 78100 words. Published on March 30, 2010. Fiction.
When the state comes after a small company over a toxic chemical spill, Nashville PI Sid Chance is hired to find who created the pollution years earlier. A former Green Beret, National Park ranger, and small town police chief, Sid finds all leads point to dead ends. A night-time explosion behind the home of his associate, Jaz LeMieux, threats, and three possibly-connected murders turn up the heat.

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