The Keokee Triangle

The crime was real. What happened after it is where the story begins. Special Agent Debra Dellon comes to the Virginia coalfields investigating a high stakes theft based on an actual crime. What she finds is something no FBI training manual prepared her for. Moonshine legends. Mountain superstitions. A modern day Granny Witch. Mountain justice. And a handful of Appalachian characters who seem to know a whole lot more than they're telling. Welcome to The Keokee Triangle. Debra's investigation takes her from Big Stone Gap into the mountains around Keokee, where she quickly learns that following the evidence is one thing. Understanding the people who live here is another. There's Mitch Swinney, a handsome former football hero who introduces Debra to a side of mountain life she never expected. There's Johnny Frazier, a likable outlaw who just happens to be a prime suspect. And then there's Kelli Tipton. Kelli is Johnny's vivacious girlfriend, a hairdresser, a modern day Granny Witch and a Seer. She sees things before they happen. She's friendly, charming and always seems to know a little more than she ought to. Before long, Debra starts wondering whether Kelli is helping her investigation or quietly nudging everybody exactly where she thinks they need to go. Because that's the thing about The Keokee Triangle. The deeper Debra gets into these mountains, the more she encounters a world of moonshine stories, Granny Witches, Woodboogers, old crimes, long memories and local lawmen who don't always see justice quite the way they taught it at the academy. But she discovers something else about Appalachia, too. Family takes care of family. Friends stand by friends. Your word still means something. And when something ain't right, sometimes good men figure they ought to set it right. That's mountain justice. Debra came to Appalachia looking for the people behind a crime. Along the way, she finds larger than life characters, friendship, loyalty, laughter and a mountain culture unlike anything she's known before. And she sure didn't come looking for romance. That finds her anyway. Inspired by an actual crime, The Keokee Triangle blends crime fiction, Appalachian culture, mountain folklore, humor, friendship, loyalty and romance into a story filled with characters as big as the mountains they call home. Come meet the folks of The Keokee Triangle. Just don't expect them to tell you everything they know.