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…

[Jackson Burnett]

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. Except...

The police file regarding the demise of sex worker Tanya Everly has been sealed by the order of the chief of police, and no one will talk. Warned to drop the matter, Attorney Morgan knows that if he doesn't speak for the dead young woman, no one will.

Haunted by his discovery of the body of a prominent local oilman, Morgan pursues a quest for justice that puts his reputation, career, and life at risk. A journey that takes him into the dark shadows of the sex-for-sale business, into the marble courtrooms of Oklahoma, and into the aching loneliness of his own soul. 

Set in the American Southwest in the days before 9/11, The Past Never Ends is both a complex murder mystery and a meditation on the self-perpetuating nature of injustice and the ethereal nature of justice itself.

From a review at Amazon:

The Past Never Ends is finely crafted crime noir with compelling characters in a gritty, but not over-played, fictional Midwest town--a place that seems reminiscent of Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles, except we're in the middle of the country where money is scarce and those who have it hold on tight. Many wonderful components are utilized in the book--from dirty cops to rough and tumble criminals to all manner of strippers--and Burnett makes all these people seem real; Each has their own motivation and voice. Still, the main course here is mystery, which is both intriguing and deep. This lawyer turned sleuth chases other's secrets into the dark recesses of his own life. Nothing is two dimensional, giving the book both a cinematic feel and a true resonance. This book is a good read, compelling, finely crafted, and a fantastic mystery.

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