Deadly Niche Press has, for a limited time, lowered the price of the Kindle and Nook versions of my legal mystery, The Past Never Ends, to 99 cents.

Author and CrimeSpace member Dana King writes in his review of the book, "What makes this book stand out for me is Burnett's deft handling of the courtroom scenes. Don't expect to see Perry Mason breaking down a lying witness. The trial scenes are understated, but riveting, and advance the plot in oblique ways. Burnett trusts his…

The Past Never Ends, a legal mystery by Jackson Burnett, has been submitted for consideration for the Edgar Awards in the Best First Novel category.



Mystery Writers of America recognize the best in crime and mystery writing with their annual Edgar Awards. Nominees will be announced in January, 2013 and the winners given awards at a New York banquet in May.



Set in the American Southwest in the days before 9/11, The Past Never Ends is both a complex murder mystery and a…

An interview with Jackson Burnett regarding his legal mystery, The Past Never Ends, appears at Open Book Society.  Check it out.  Here's the link:http://openbooksociety.com/article/jackson-burnett-author-of-the-past-never-ends-exclusive-interview/

The Past Never Ends, a legal mystery by Jackson Burnett, has received a five star review at Open Book Society.

Here's the link:  http://http://openbooksociety.com/article/the-past-never-ends-jackson-burnett-obs-book-review/

You've met her.  Maybe not in person, but she appears in almost every James M. Cain and Raymond Chandler novel.  Pulp fiction would have never gained an audience without her.  She appears in movies and in novels of all types today.  The femme fatale -- the sexy, seductive woman who leads men to destruction.

Women wonder why men are so stupid they can't recognize her for what she really is.

You've met him.  Maybe not in fiction,…

The Past Never Ends, a legal mystery by Jackson Burnett, is now available for the Kindle and Nook.  A paper edition will be available soon from Amazon.com.

This is the upshot:

A simple task, Attorney Chester Morgan thinks. Get a copy of a public record for a young man whose only friend has died in an unexplained accidental death.…