White Gold

by Micheal E Jimerson

Overview

E.J. Kane is a disgraced former Texas Ranger working his last chance job as head of security at an energy company. An oilfield death leads to discovering an ingenious theft ring involving a sovereign citizens' organization. Losing his son in Afghanistan began a spiral, destroying his marriage and exacerbating his daughter's drug addiction. Addiction pushes his daughter into the hands of human traffickers. E.J.'s ex-wife's skill as an attorney reveals the identity of a murderer trying to take over a giant energy conglomerate. When the killer offers a deal to save his daughter, can E.J. rescue her and bring the guilty to justice?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781639883059
Publisher:	Elwood Jimerson Farms L.L.C.
Publication date:	05/18/2022
Series:	An E.J. Kane Mystery , #1
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Micheal E. Jimerson lives with his wife, Mona, and son, David, on the family farm in East Texas where he still lives. Mona runs Simply Southern, a catering business. David keeps both his parents on the baseball field most of the year. Micheal graduated from the Baylor University School of Law in 1993. Thereafter, he entered private practice. He concentrated on personal injury, civil litigation, and criminal defense. Pro Bono work for the local women's center led him to be elected office as County and District Attorney. The privilege to serve as an elected prosecutor has led to many jury trials, accolades, and documentaries, but more important it has provided an opportunity to witness the timeless values, faith, and courage of ordinary people facing down exceptional evil every day.White Gold An E.J. Kane Mystery published May 17, 2022 Elwood Jimerson Farms L.L.C. White Gold is a hard-boiled cowboy detective thriller about choosing the lesser of evils in an imperfect world.Draw A Hard Line, An E.J. Kane Mystery published June 11, 2024 Elwood Jimerson Farms L.L.C. The fast-paced modern world of changing social norms forces E.J. Kane to question the traditional codes of his heritage. He must embrace truth and reject false values to draw the hard lines necessary to forge the future.Where No Man Pursueth published February 2, 2021, is a 2021 Will Rogers Medallion Silver Winner for Inspirational Fiction. Authors start writing books to share something about the human condition. The exercise is humbling because it brings us closer, increasing the connection to our fellow men and women and our Creator. This is the tale of such a journey for the author and protagonist. I hope you enjoy it.

Editorial Reviews

05/16/2022

A former Texas lawman battles to save his family, solve a murder, and make sense of his own damaged life in this gritty and gripping mystery. Working in private security for wealthy energy CEO, E.J. Kane is facing a broken marriage, a son killed in Afghanistan, and a troubled daughter. A storage tank explosion leads to a investigation involving the feds, the Texas Rangers, an untrustworthy sheriff, and the mysterious "Widow" Welchel, a femme fatale whose game isn't immediately clear. E.J. eventually discovers that a sovereign citizens group has a stake in the crime, and that he must uncover layer after layer to wrap up these complex investigations.

Jimerson has worked as a district attorney, and his knowledge of the milieu lends a powerful sense of verisimilitude, as when the aging E.J. muses over the changes over the years in law enforcement. The author does an equally fine job with the settings of his native East Texas: "The pallet of colors pouring out on the green hills and pine trees gave him pause." The sense of this tightly knit community is also strong, as a shared background connects E.J. more closely to an opponent than his supposed allies. Although the plot gets a little convoluted, individual scenes carry the story to a satisfying conclusion.

Best of all are the sharply limned characters—E.J. is no cardboard cowboy, but a complex figure with a difficult past and tangled family life. Jimerson does an especially effective job of showing E.J.'s sense of powerlessness as he watches his daughter’s life fall apart. E.J.'s relationship with his ex-wife Rebecca is both subtle and real: A series of sharp exchanges reveals both why they got married and why they got divorced. Readers will be heavily invested in E.J.'s odyssey, turning pages rapidly in hope that his journey ends in victory.

Takeaway: Richly drawn characters and a vivid East Texas setting highlight this noir-flavored murder mystery.

Great for fans of: Craig Johnson’s Longmire series, Jon Land’s Caitlin Strong series.

Production grades Cover: A- Design and typography: A- Illustrations: N/A Editing: B Marketing copy: B

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