Justin Case You Need to Read Great Books

Can a struggling PI find his missing girlfriend and Africa? Will aliens, time travel, multiverses and the pyramids of Giza all be part of the adventure? And are ghosts more than what we think them to be? In the case files of Justin Case by author Scott Edwards, the answer is yes.

In my life I have worn many hats. Paid public speaker, author, columnist, photo journalist, band promoter, and marketing and PR campaign consultant. Over the years I have been fortunate enough to meet many people who are creatives. Writers, poets, musicians, models, artists, and politicians.

I am the editor in chief of an online and print magazine that has a growing audience. When I wrote about Siouxsie Sioux, I learned that some of my readers did not know her music. What else are you missing out on but will enjoy? Every Sunday Showcase will feature either a Gen X creator or someone inspired by Gen X icons to create. Stuff that you should discover!

To date there are three books covering the adventures of Private Detective Justin Case with a fourth in production. The books feature struggling PI Justin Case. He is a detective with a backstory that includes 15 minutes of fame now at an end as he struggles to make ends meet. His girlfriend is missing, but before he can start looking into that mystery, he is contacted by the US government to assist in a Top Secret mission.

Africa is missing. The entire continent!

Earth is in peril because of this! Justin and his eclectic team will have to navigate aliens, time travel, the multiverse, and even “ghosts” to save existence. It is cleverly written science fiction that has reflections of Douglas Adams, Christopher Moore, and many others that include humor and social statements into their work without going Ayn Rand on you with an agenda.

The comedy is seamlessly written into the plot, but it also contains many bittersweet moments that will draw you in to the characters on an emotional level. The pace and story development is excellent and keeps you engaged without overwhelming you.

These books have swiftly become some of my favorite Sci Fi books and are proud additions of my personal library!

Later in this article there will be an incentive for you to buy and review these books for yourself!

In the truest and most excellent craftmanship of writing, author Scott Edwards seamlessly works in pop culture references into the fabric of the story. As a nostalgia fueled Gen Xer this has always been a draw to me. Family Guy, Psych, Ready Player One, Black Mirror, Gravity Falls, and many other works do this so very well. But Scott Edwards does it better than any of the ones I have listed.

I asked the author, Scott Edwards, about his use of pop culture references from Gen X lore and his answer was fascinating!

“The pop culture references really comes pretty natural for me. I’m a movie lover, a comic book geek, a television junky, and the son of a former independent DJ, so my own head is full of this stuff. Pop culture is an unavoidable part of our society and a reflection of who we are, so I figure it’d be the same way in the fictional world of The Justin Case Chronicles as well.

Some of the references are planned ahead, and some just come to me as I’m writing a scene. Early on in the writing of Here At There I made a post on Facebook where I asked for suggestions of tv shows or movies that people might like to see me work into the book somehow. One reply was HR Puff n Stuff, so that’s where that reference came from.

A lot of things in the books were influenced by other books, shows, or films that I’ve consumed in my life. Some are probably pretty obvious and some not so much. Occasionally I make direct reference to it, like when Justin tries to affect his present by manipulating his own future actions with regard to time travel. In the book Justin says something along the lines of, ‘I saw something like this in a movie once. Bonus points if you know which one.'”

Private Detective Justin Case’s 15 minutes of fame are up. The world has all but forgotten him, he is out of money, and he hasn’t had a client in weeks. If not for his awesome girlfriend Sue Crose, he’d most likely be out of business and flipping burgers for a living.

But now Sue seems to have gone missing, and before Justin can even begin to search for her a government agent shows up at his door with a lost item case like none he’d ever imagined — one that brings him face to face with people who don’t exist, technologies that haven’t been invented yet, and a trip he never thought he’d take. But no matter what happens, this case must be solved quickly. The fate of the Earth depends on it.

Private Detective Justin Case and his friends just gave their lives to stop an accident that would destroy the world. At least, that’s what they had intended to do. Somehow, Justin, Freddie, and Elias find themselves to be very much alive. What’s more, it appears as though their sacrifice has failed.

Now they find themselves on a barren landscape somewhere in the blackness of space, lost, helpless, and alone. Surprisingly, it isn’t long before some new friends join the adventure, but which are truly allies and which are secret enemies? From a hidden bunker in the desert to a hospital in the far future to the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza to a space station in an interdimensional pocket of space-time, Justin isn’t about to let failure stop him from saving the world after all.

Private Detective Justin Case’s brief period of fame is long over, his bills are all overdue, and he hasn’t had a client in weeks. He’s broke and bored. But when Terry Lambert comes through his door with a manuscript supposedly written by Justin himself and relating a wild and crazy tale of adventure, things start to get quite a bit more interesting. Before long Justin is paying visits to the FBI, NASA, a secret underground organization, and the pyramids of Giza, all in a quest to prove the events in Lambert’s story are true, discover whether ghosts really exist, and most importantly of all, save the world. Again.

Scott Edwards spent his early years in Western New York and grew up in suburban Chicago, Illinois. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree from University of Central Florida and has spent his entire professional career in retail management for a variety of companies. He is a lifelong fan of the Buffalo Bills and an admitted comic book geek. Today he lives in the Orlando area with his wife, son, daughter, and a too-smart-for-his-own-good Jack Russell mix, all of whom deserve awards for putting up with him. He has been a Star Wars lover since the summer of 1977. THE JUSTIN CASE CHRONICLES is his first published novel series.

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