Crimes of memory
Subtitle: a Detective Jackson mystery
By: L. J. Sellers
Series: A Detective Jackson mystery
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Las Vegas, Nevada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781477809471
Subjects: Murder; Fiction; Investigation; Incendiary bombs; Ecoterrorism; Wade Jackson (Fictitious character); Undercover operations
Description: Fresh off the leave-of-absence he took following his ex-wife's tragic death, Detective Wade Jackson's life is in upheaval. He struggles to keep his grief-stricken, out-of-control daughter, Katie, from succumbing to the same alcoholism demon as her mother, while trying to reinvigorate a passion for his work. When a body is found in a local storage unit, Jackson hopes a simple open-and-shut homicide case will help him get back on track. But when the victim is identified as ex-con Craig Cooper--a former meth addict who did time for bank robbery, the spoils of which were never recovered--it becomes quickly apparent that the case will be challenging. The same  night Cooper is murdered, a firebomb goes off in a bottled water factory on the other side of town. The prime suspects are from an organization called Love the Earth--eco-terrorists believed to be modeling themselves after the infamous Earth Liberation Front. Fears that new group is plotting another attack bring agents from the ATF and FBI to town, among them Jamie Dallas, an undercover agent with a wild streak,  and Carla River, an FBI agent with a complicated past. When Jackson discovers a shocking link between the murder case and the bombing,  they will have to work together to solve both crimes before they blow up in their faces.