Jack Kraft’s struggle to achieve scientific excellence made him a driven, antisocial and myopic genius, but he was still sought after by the agricultural industry for his creative ingenuity. Ostracized by his family, the damaged young man become a world-renowned horticultural professor who aspired to create the most important and dynamic seed the world has ever known.
This book tells of two strangers’ search for the lost civil War wealth of Atlanta.
Against all odds, a young unemployed white man and a young female African American attorney meet, then find, and finally try to hold on to their unimagined bounty. During their search, they must address their prejudices regarding each other and overcome them as they increasingly rely on one another when their adventure grows more dangerous.
Jay Beck’s new novel, his first mystery, draws the reader into labyrinth as the waters of Lake Blackshear lap around the edge of the shore to an unidentified body. Law enforcement officers converge on the scene in Crisp County, Georgia, bringing their skills to follow a twisting trail that will lead them on a chase throughout the county. It takes the unexpected support of the dog tracker woman to help the lead investigator sift through the evidence to search for killers who are intent on escape.
Set in the 1950’s, Cordray’s Mill is a story that begins with the largest bank robbery in U.S. The money trail leads to a small village in South Georgia where love binds a family with two small boys trapped amid the animosity of segregation and the ceaseless intent of the thieves to regain their lost fortune.
This story of survival is set in Albany, Georgia, after the COVID 19 virus has come under control, and considers the very real challenges faced by a society under great stress and the choices it must make to survive. Although the novel dramatizes the dynamics of handling a crisis, at its core, it is a love story of an unlikely couple thrown together from morally and socially divergent backgrounds in an apocalypse caused by catastrophic political failure.
Jay Beck is a marketing and communications veteran and political consultant. He worked in the Executive Office of the President under Jimmy Carter, and is a decorated Vietnam veteran with experience in finance, sports, government, as well as many political campaigns both domestic and international.
