At a dime a dozen, I'm going broke handing out excuses for my dad. The name on the door says JD Pierson, Investigator, but most days the chair behind his desk is empty. It's 1936 and times are hard for everyone in Tyler, Texas, but it...
A trip to state prison puts Jenny on the trail for a stolen necklace and right into the path of a killer…The lights are just about to go out for good in my father's PI office when I get an unexpected call from the state penitentiary. My mother'...
A Texas Ranger—a virtual relic from the past–walks into a bar… but it isn't funny when he gets shot down on the street the moment he walks out…Just like the doctors warned, Dad has made lots of promises about staying off the b...
When a top insurance agent dies in a boating accident, it's a tragedy, but when the books for that agent turn up short twenty-five thousand dollars, doubt becomes the name of the game…Cliff Wildmon was a friend and a colleague, so when we learn...
Christmas festivities are swinging into high gear, but it's the arrival of a stranger connected to their past that has Jenny worried about J.D.'s tenuous sobriety. The year 1937 has been full of ups and downs for my dad and me, but I can lo...
Jenny uses the excuse of a new case to set off on a romantic visit, but when things take a shocking twist, she heads back to Texas to follow a lead and avoid complications…Dad and I take to the rails and head north on a new assignment to protec...
Summertime, suicide, and secrets…The mid-year slump is about to turn into a nosedive for Vangie Guillory's bookstore. To keep The Mystery Book Nook firmly out of the red, she needs an influx of funds to bolster sales, but how can she make that ...
A mysterious call from an old friend gives Jenny the perfect chance to step into her sleuthing shoes again… Even after I recover from my illness in the Missing Daughter Case, my father keeps me on a short leash, and it's driving me mad. He...