Cole St. James

Biography

The author was born in 1947 in California and raised in Kansas. He acted as an operating room tech in the U.S. Army where he served from 1966 to 1969. He married his high school sweetheart during his enlistment. They've been married 44 years and have two children and five grandchildren. He graduated from Wichita State University with majors in English and French, then taught in Annecy, France, before attending graduate school at Purdue. He taught for thirty years in a rural high school in his home state. His hobbies are an 85 IROC-Z, car shows, music, and movies. Writing has always been an important part of his life.

Like Cold Around Bones to come.

Smashwords Interview

When did you first start writing?
From my earliest years, I've always been a reader and writer. I take great pleasure from both.
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in Kansas. With the exception of Old Dead Cold, which takes place in Breckenridge, CO, the other three books, Cold Cold Blood, A Cold Instinct and Like Cold Around Bones, are all set in Kansas. The latter two books will be up as time allows.
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Where to find Cole St. James online

Books

A Cold Instinct
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 34,720. Language: English. Published: February 25, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
Two members of the VanLeewen family are found dead in their home, and a third is missing. Detective Max Cooper has asked his brother, Dutch, a former professional boxer with a mysterious past and a fondness for snooping, to look into the case. With a psychopath afoot, will Dutch be able to solve the case—and protect his young lover and his precocious eight-year-old daughter?
Old Dead Cold
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 48,040. Language: English. Published: April 29, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
Part I: In the Colorado mountains, a hiker discovers a mass grave. Sheriff Jake Galleon investigates, but with a friend interfering, with his job at stake, with his wife's illness, and with the return of a former lover, Galleon will have his hands full. Part II: With emotional wounds healing and with new horizons before him, Galleon investigates the murder of an art gallery owner.
Cold Cold Blood
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 41,760. Language: English. Published: February 7, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Romance » Erotic
In a small Kansas farming community, Chief John Pope is called on to investigate a murder at a retirement home, but with his alcoholism, a jilted girlfriend, animal mutilations, and his sexual obsession with a celebrity who has suddenly returned to his bed, can he remain focused enough to catch a killer—and save himself and all that he loves?