The Killing Fields: The Beginning

by Bobbie Lou, J. Love

Detective Lance Mason knows how the system fails the vulnerable... because he used to be one of them. When eighteen-year-old Lexi Jameson goes missing after a campus coffee date, Lance discovers patterns that don’t add girls tied to foster care, abortion clinic rumors, a nightclub owner with too many secrets, and someone who leaves a grisly signature in the fields. As he follows the thread from coffee shops to abandoned barns, he unearths collusion he never expected... informants who lie, a retiring cop who looks the other way, and a community that would rather not know the truth.

Time runs out when a surveillance clip surfaces showing Lexi with a young man who isn’t who he seems. As Lance pieces together the lives behind the missing—a social worker’s guilt, a foster mother’s devotion, an abuser’s charm—he must confront how far some will go to keep the past buried. The rescue will demand everything he’s kept bottled up and a reckoning that could cost him his job, or his life.

This is a prequel ("Book 0") in the Chronicles of Iniquity Series.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication April 22, 2026

About the author

A warm welcome to all who read and all who write. I’m a little late to the game, but I’m here!!

As a reader, I love almost everything… thrillers, romance, contemporary, a wee bit of fantasy, nonfiction, etc. It really depends on the storyline. I love thriller/suspense stories with emotion.

As an author, I enjoy writing about real-life issues… with a twist. I write in a couple of different genres, trying to see what feels most comfortable. If you enjoy character-driven stories with messy emotions, you may like my books. Some common themes you will find in my books are: found family, survival, social justice, healing, hope, faith, redemption, etc. Even though my books sometimes tackle societal issues and intense subjects, they remain clean in terms of language and content, focusing on emotional depth and storytelling rather than explicit scenes.
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