J. Beckham SteeleStyle: Mystery, SuspenseJ. Beckham Steele lives the quiet life of a poet hidden amongst the shadows of tall Texas pines. Scarlet Crosses is JBS’s first novel.
Book Description
Judgement and justice turn the heart of New Orleans police detective Albert Harris inside out in Scarlet Crosses, a timely story of family, hidden identities, rejection, bullying—and poetic justice. Layered within the Crescent City’s all-night bars, iconic cathedrals and cemeteries, and pastoral lands rising from the Mississippi valley are riveting mysteries of identity and consequences of actions—both innocent and criminal—ripped from today’s headlines. For Harris, “just another case” in a long career of investigations will become a transformative journey, heartbreaking and inspiring, proving that sometimes the search for answers yields unexpected truths.
Scarlet Crosses: The Truth Lies Within
Judgement and justice turn the heart of New Orleans police detective Albert Harris inside out in Scarlet Crosses, a timely story of family, hidden identities, rejection, bullying—and poetic justice. Layered within the Crescent City’s all-night bars, iconic cathedrals and cemeteries, and pastoral lands rising from the Mississippi valley are riveting mysteries of identity and consequences of actions—both innocent and criminal—ripped from today’s headlines. For Harris, “just another case” in a long career of investigations will become a transformative journey, heartbreaking and inspiring, proving that sometimes the search for answers yields unexpected truths.
