JC Simmons
Biography
JC Simmons is the author of an Ernest Hemingway biography, several short stories and ten critically acclaimed serial mystery novels, known as the "Jay Leicester Mysteries Series". Included in the series are: Blood On The Vine, Some People Die Quick, Blind Overlook, Icy Blue Descent, The Electra File, Popping the Shine, Four Nines Fine, The Underground Lady, Akel Dama, and The Candela of Cancri, all of which have been recently re-released as ebooks by Nighttime Press LLC.
The author was born, raised, educated, and stayed in the great State of Mississippi. He is a retired Airline/Corporate pilot and lives with his wife on the family farm in Union, Mississippi where he is working on a autobiographical work detailing his life and times as a pilot.
Where to buy in print
Books
Blood on the Vine (Book 1 of the Jay Leicester Mysteries Series)
by JC Simmons
Price: $4.99 USD. 51540 words.
Published on April 27, 2012. Fiction.
The crash of a Gulfstream V corporate jet with three of his friends aboard leads Leicester from Mississippi to the Napa Valley wine country in California where he becomes involved with an old world family winery, the investigation of the crash, murder, and a beautiful raven-haired siren who could love him or kill him, and a beautiful blond who almost does kill him.
Akel Dama (Book 9 of the Jay Leicester Mysteries Series) Special Preview Edition
by JC Simmons
Price: Free! 26010 words.
Published on January 29, 2012. Fiction.
AKEL DAMA is exciting and well written, with pervasive humanity and the grit of truth. This work tells a vivid and compelling story, reminding us that we live amid pending horror. This is an impressive evocation of a threat of terrorism around the world at a crucial time in history. It is an important work that will be useful to all who are interested in the world from this time on.
Four Nines Fine (Book 7 of the Jay Leicester Mysteries Series) Special Preview Edition
by JC Simmons
Price: Free! 26030 words.
Published on January 29, 2012. Fiction.
One hundred million dollars' worth of pure gold traded for stolen military arms... the brutal murder of a Mexican Governor... the involvement of La Eme, the Mexican Mafia, Outlaw Motorcycle gangs, and violent street gangs, and a contract ordered on his life... These are the pieces of the puzzle Jay Leicester must put together to save not only himself, but those of innocent people working with him.
The Underground Lady (Book 8 of the Jay Leicester Mysteries Series) Special Preview Edition
by JC Simmons
Price: Free! 24920 words.
Published on January 29, 2012. Fiction.
A small airplane mysteriously disappears in the dense piney woods of Mississippi. The pilot, a young widow named Hadley Welch is the lone occupant. Now, 25 years later, her daughter hires Aviation Consultant, Jay Leicester, to investigate. Jealously, revenge, and murder with colorful and deadly characters, all heading toward one climatic question: What happened to Hadley Welch and her airplane?
Popping the Shine (Book 6 of the Jay Leicester Mysteries Series) Special Preview Edition
by JC Simmons
Price: Free! 23310 words.
Published on January 29, 2012. Fiction.
New Orleans settings, gangland murder, police corruption, and international drug operations are the backdrop for J.C. Simmons' sixth serial mystery. Jay Leicester, P.I., is drawn into a worldwide drug manufacturing operation when an old family friend's grandson is brutally murdered and nailed to a French Quarter street in New Orleans, Louisiana.