Holly Grove

About the Book

Officer Joe Duncan was fulfi lling a lifelong dream of being a big-city police offi cer. Offi cer Duncan had graduated from the academy at the top of his class and was immediately off ered a position in the Chicago Police Department. As with everything, nothing lasts forever. After a few years, the luster of the big city was gone, and Joe was now ready to move on. He talked a lot about leaving Chicago and going home, but no one could have prepared him for the way he would leave or at least why he would leave. On a cold Chicago night, the lives of Joe Duncan and Bill Wood would be changed forever. Both men were injured in a shootout at Big Sal’s Bar. Bill Wood died from his injuries a few months later, but both would witness something that neither would ever forget. Th e ghost of a small blond-haired, blue-eyed little girl named Jenny Bell would appear during the shootout and eventually enter Joe Duncan’s life on a daily basis, appearing in his patrol car on any given day. Th is little girl would eventually convince Offi cer Duncan to return to her small town and solve her murder mystery. At the time, the people in Holly Grove only considered her death an accident until Joe Duncan came snooping around and asking questions. What he found was astounding to himself and to the people of Holly Grove. After Joe Duncan had fulfi lled his promise to Jenny, she left and never appeared to him again. Or maybe she did?

About the Author

The work of Alton Ellison has never been published, but he has worked on several books throughout his life. He resides with his wife, Terry, in Union Grove in Chilton County, Alabama. Alton and Terry have two sons and daughters in- law, with five grandchildren. This particular book was a vivid dream that occurred for several nonconsecutive days. It has taken over ten years to write, beginning in 2001. Th is particular work is complete fi ction, and any similarity of places and persons is purely coincidental. Alton is also working on a fi ctional Western called Common/Uncommon: Th e Life and Times of Frank Common.