Based on an actual abduction that has never been solved filled with drugs, violence, and lies.
"Missing-- Gone but not Forgotten." is about the abduction of a little girl in a rural Florida community. Drugs, family feuds, underage sex, and lots of lies abound. Since this is a fictionalized version, my biggest challenge is ... to keep it exciting and still true to the real life case upon which the story is based. Another big challenge is when I have my protagonists give their opinions as to what really happened to the missing child, is to be able to back up their ideas with facts that they have already learned. In their investigation, The real life case has never been solved. I lived in the county the abduction occurred at one time, and followed the case from day one, so it feels very personal.
Excerpt:
Jon unsnapped his gun from its holster but didn’t remove it. Clair reached toward the Colt Official Police Pistol strapped at small of her back and nodded at her partner to let him know she was ready and prepared for anything. Jon rapped hard on the door, “Sheriff's Department responding to your call. Please open the door.” When the trailer became silent and the door swung open,
Clair's first thought was this was another child in the family. The person standing in the doorway was about five foot three or four, thin to the point of emaciated, with long brown hair straggling in her face. She was wearing a rumpled tee and a pair of skinny jeans and tennis shoes. Her large blue eyes with a totally blank expression gave the only hint that this was 17 year old Autumn Daily, the person reporting the missing child. She looked like she was stoned out of her mind on some strong chemicals.
Behind her loomed a man a bit over six foot in his mid twenties. He had dark short hair, a small mustache and weighing about 160 with enough muscle to take on either detective. His knuckles were bloody as if he had been punching something, or someone. He clarified that by slamming his fist into the trailer's side. “It's about damn time you get here. Some fucker took my daughter! If I find ‘em, I'll kill 'em so you better get them first.”
“Calm down, Mr. Shatner. We're going to find whoever took your daughter but we need some background ...read more
BIOGRAPHY Kathleen Walls is the author of Georgia’s Ghostly Getaways, Finding Florida’s Phantoms, Last Step, Man Hunt- The Eric Rudolph Story, Kudzu, Tax Sale Tactics Hosts With Ghosts: Haunted Historic Hotels in the Southeast and Wild About Florida, the War in the West Series Under a Bloody Flag, Under a Black Flag, For Want ... of a Ship, and Missing—Gone but not Forgotten, a fictionalized version of a true abduction that occurred near her home in Florida in 2009 and has never been solved. Her latest fiction are Realtor Mystery series starting with The Tenant from Hell, All published by Global Authors Publications (GAP). Kathleen is the publisher/owner of GAP. Several of her books are now audio books and most are also ebooks. Last Step was made into a movie by Forbes Productions.
She is currently working on American Music: Born in the USA, a history of American music.
She is also a successful travel writer/photographer who has been published in numerous publications as well as her own online travel magazine, American Roads (www.americanroads.net ) and several online tour guides.
She is a member of International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA).
Her dual B.A. in Anthropology and Sociology from the University of Central Florida gives her a good insight into human behavior which is very helpful in writing realistic novels. You can visit her website at http://katywalls.com/read more