A Mountain of Evidence

Colorado Skies series, book one

Kim Jackson told herself to stay out of it. She didn’t listen.

All Kim Jackson wants to do is live under the radar in a town where no one knows she was once an accounting manager at a Fortune 500 company—or that she’s been framed for corporate fraud and murder. Instead, she gets involved in a homicide investigation.

High school senior Emily Riley made no secret of her desire to escape her hometown in the shadow of the San Juan Mountains. Locals thought she had left, until Emily’s murdered body is discovered at the base of Red Mountain. Kim Jackson steps in when she senses the investigation going cold. Using her advantage as an unbiased outsider, Kim seeks to understand who Emily was and who might have wanted her dead. As she gets closer to finding out what happened to Emily, Kim underestimates how much exposing the truth will cost her.

A Mountain of Evidence is the first book in the Colorado Skies mystery series. It follows a woman desperately aiming to solve a murder while struggling to come to grips with what she’s lost—her past.


Praise for A Mountain of Evidence

“Lewis’s promising first Colorado Skies mystery couples an unusual concept with solid prose and a clever plot. C.J. Box fans will want to check this out.” —Publishers Weekly

“Set in a small town, the charming mystery novel A Mountain of Evidence centers on a fugitive whose vulnerability becomes her strength.” —Foreword Reviews

“A multilayered thriller with a sympathetic protagonist. This is the first installment in Lewis’s Colorado Skies series, and it unfolds at a brisk, action-packed clip, with enough suspense to satisfy thriller fans. The conclusion leaves the door open for potentially exciting sequels.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Fast-paced and diving right into the thick of the plot, A Mountain of Evidence weaves an intricate mystery sure to keep readers engaged and guessing until its satisfying conclusion.” —BookLife by Publishers Weekly

It hadn’t occurred to her she would notice—or care—when the last ordinary moment spun itself out of the dark web that had led to now. Now that she had noticed, she did care.
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What happens next?

Join Kim Jackson in Durango, Colorado in Half-Told Truths, the second book in the Colorado Skies series. Watch for book three, The Last Temptation, coming December 2022.