AUTUMN VINDICATION - Sally Jo Pitts - One Free Book

Welcome back, Sally Jo. What are some of the spiritual themes you like to write about? 

God gives everyone a purpose, and it’s not what happens to us but what we make of what happens that matters.

 

What other books of yours are coming out soon? 

This featured book, Autumn Vindication, is the first in my Seasons of Mystery series. The winter book will come out soon and I’m currently writing the spring book.

 

If you could spend an evening with one contemporary person (not a family member of yours), who would it be and why? 

The author, Ruth Logan Herne. She is a prolific writer of faith-based fiction who I’d love to chat with about story ideas and how she organizes her writing time.

  

What historical person would you like to meet (besides Jesus) and why? 

George Washington. I’d love to talk to him about his thoughts and feelings during the days our country fought for independence.

 

How can you encourage authors who have been receiving only rejections from publishers? 

Don’t quit. Study the craft and if the rejection includes suggestions learn from it. I entered ACFW Genesis and the suggestions were extremely helpful.

 

Tell us about the featured book.  

Private Investigators Robert Grey and Jane Carson arrive in Pine Bluff, Alabama, to work a voter fraud case but find themselves in the middle of a homicide and their client, the local sheriff, is the prime suspect.

 

Please give us the first page of the book.

Prologue

Jackson Dibbs’ heart pounded with short rapid beats as he pulled his pick-up into Fannie’s Truck Stop on State Road 52 outside Dothan, Alabama. He longed to be a regular customer stopping to take a break, get a cup of coffee or eat dinner.  But he wasn’t.

Was he supposed to park on the right or left side of the car wash? He hadn’t written the instructions down. He had been told to memorize the details. But after spending another restless night at the hospital and driving from Albany, Georgia, Jackson strained to think clearly. Pulling behind the car wash, he rubbed his sweaty palms on his jeans, rolled down his windows, and waited on the van. The warm, damp air carried the smell of hickory smoked barbeque and gasoline, sickening his stomach.

Jackson had been working his civilian job at the Marine Corps Logistics Base for about five months when he first met the tall man he knew as Tip.

Tip started the conversation as he was getting into his truck in the Hardee’s parking lot. “Hey man. I see you work at the marine base.”

“I do. How did you know that?”

“I noticed the sticker on your truck. If I could talk to you a minute, I think you might be interested in what I have to say.”

And that was how it began. When Jackson heard Tip’s proposition, it seemed to be a direct answer to prayer, but now he wondered.

 Out of the glare of the parking lot lighting, the white van materialized.  The vehicle slowly scoped the parking lot, like a buzzard circling his prey, and then pulled beside Jackson’s truck. Jackson got out and greeted Tip with a nervous handshake and smile.Tip got his name from the small mole on the tip of his nose. This was no ordinary mole. This one changed color, like a mood ring, depending on what was happening.

Jackson studied the peculiarity. Blue must be his good mood color. Chad, another one of Jackson’s contacts, claimed he could always tell when Tip was lying—the mole turned yellow.

“Relax man,” Tip said and gave Jackson a pat on his shoulder. “You’re all tense.”

“I wish I could be as cool as you.” Jackson shoved his hands deep in his jeans pockets, rolled his shoulders back and turned his head from side to side to loosen the tension in his neck.

 “It’s easy to be cool. Just think of the money we’re makin’ by side-steppin’ the bureaucrats.”

“Are you sure? I mean really sure? I don’t mind telling you, I’m scared,” Jackson said. He kept a cautious eye on the other cars and trucks in the parking area. Tip rested his tall, lanky body against the van and crossed his short, narrow boots at his ankles. Jackson found himself thinking he must have trouble finding shoes that fit. 

 

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