It's no secret that I love dogs. It's not just the family pets, but all types of working dogs. It's truly amazing to understand how these incredible dogs are trained and how they perform their duties, whether it's for therapy, search, police, or military jobs. I've had the amazing opportunity to train in the areas of advance obedience, agility, and scent detection. Currently, I’m training with one of my dogs for search and rescue as a cadaver/forensic K9 team. With my background in criminology and police forensics, my writing has taken me into the crime fiction genre.
In the Detective Katie Scott and K9 Cisco series, I created a character with a background in the Army as an explosive K9 unit as well as a police officer. I wanted to write a continuing storyline revolving around a cold case unit with all the ups and downs of the varied cases. It has been challenging because not all of these cases are immediate. Many have gone cold for months or even years, but that's where the creativity and fun come into play as a writer. I had this idea about the detective finding a child in the wilderness and that's how The First Girl began.
Out on her morning run, Detective Katie Scott is stopped in her tracks when her retired military working dog, Cisco, alerts her to something. Weaving through the towering pine trees, Katie is horrified to find a little girl alone in the woods, dressed in a white nightgown. The child sobs into Katie’s arms. She’s unharmed, but clearly traumatized. Scooping her up, Katie follows the trail to a large farmhouse. But what she finds there rips the air from her lungs: one, two, three, four bodies laid out side by side, all in matching pajamas.
By incorporating my knowledge of crime scenes, homicide
investigations, forensics, and dog training, it has become the
background and the story behind my book The First Girl.
Title: The First Girl: Detective Katie Scott Book 11
Author: Jennifer Chase
Pages: 354
Genre: Crime Fiction/Thriller
The cold night breeze slams the barn door shut with a sickening crash. The girl curled in the corner wakes with a start. Her gold butterfly necklace catches the pale moonlight as she clutches it tight, thinking of her family. Will she ever escape? Or is this the last face she’ll ever see?
Detective Katie Scott stares in horror at what she and her service dog Cisco have discovered: seven shallow graves, the bodies of young women each wrapped carefully in a blanket and buried in makeshift coffins. Miles of abandoned farmland stretch out from the treeline behind her. Has Katie uncovered the horrifying graveyard of a monster who has been stealing Pine Valley’s daughters for years?
Katie quickly identifies one of the victims as Abigail Andrews, a beautiful young woman who disappeared fifteen years ago. Katie is heartbroken that she’ll have to tell Abigail’s mother her darling girl is gone.
When Katie is ambushed working late at the scene, fired upon by an unknown assailant, she knows she must be close to finding the killer. But the shooter vanishes into thin air. And when a new young woman is taken, dark haired and dark eyed like the others, Katie realizes her time is running out. Can she stay alive long enough to track down this twisted murderer before another young life is stolen too soon?
“Fast paced, characters intelligent and had each others back. The plot was a bit harrowing, but from what plot entailed I was confident one of the main protagonists, Katie had the situation under control. At least the best of her capabilities as the situation warranted. This ebook was fresh, tasteful and powerful. It was a boon to read about a female with military experience who maintained a level head and who put her knowledge to practice.” ~Amazon
“AMAZING characters (including Cisco of coarse) & suspense in a twisty plot that sucks you in & never lets you go. Highly RECOMMEND the entire series for some great reading.” ~NetGalley
“AMAZING characters (including Cisco of coarse) & suspense in a twisty plot that sucks you in & never lets you go. Highly RECOMMEND the entire series for some great reading.” ~Goodreads
The First Girl is available at Amazon & Other Retailers.
Jennifer Chase is a multi award-winning and USA Today Best Selling crime fiction author, as well as a consulting criminologist. Jennifer holds a bachelor degree in police forensics and a master’s degree in criminology & criminal justice. These academic pursuits developed out of her curiosity about the criminal mind as well as from her own experience with a violent psychopath, providing Jennifer with deep personal investment in every story she tells. In addition, she holds certifications in serial crime and criminal profiling. Her latest book is The First Girl.
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