J.B. Lynn

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  • Bibliography:
    70 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2011
  • Latest Book:
    February 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman

1 - Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman (Feb-2012)
2 - Further Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman (Nov-2012)
3 - The Hitwoman Gets Lucky (Mar-2013)
4 - The Hitwoman and The Family Jewels (May-2013)
5 - The Hitwoman and the Neurotic Witness (Sep-2013)
6 - The Hitwoman Hunts a Ghost (Feb-2014)
7 - The Hitwoman and the 7 Cops (Jun-2014)
8 - The Hitwoman and the Poisoned Apple (Nov-2014)
9 - The Hitwoman's Downward Dog (Feb-2015)
10 - The Hitwoman's Act of Contrition (Jul-2015)
11 - The Hitwoman Hires a Manny (Nov-2015)
12 - The Hitwoman and the Sacrificial Lamb (2016)
13 - The Hitwoman and the Chubby Cherub (Feb-2016)
14 - The Hitwoman and the Mother Load (Apr-2016)
15 - The Hitwoman Under Pressure (Jun-2016)
16 - The Hitwoman Plays Chaperone (Nov-2016)
17 - The Hitwoman Takes a Road Trip (May-2017)
18 - The Hitwoman in a Pickle (May-2018)

A Matchmaker Mystery

1 - The Mutt and the Matchmaker (May-2014)
2 - A Match Made in Mystery (Oct-2014)
3 - Catnapped! (Apr-2015)
4 - A Woof in Sheep's Clothing (Jun-2015)

Unjustly Accused

1 - Until Proven Innocent (Oct-2015)

Book List in Order: 70 titles

  • The First Victim

    She was like all the other victims. Naked, flawed, helpless... Fifteen years ago, Emily Wright barely escaped from a serial killer dubbed the Baby Doll Strangler. She wants nothing to do with the small town where she was abducted, but when her fathe...

  • Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 1

    Maggie Lee is not your average hitwoman. For one thing, she's never killed anyone. For another, after hitting her head in the car accident that killed her sister, her new best friend is a talking lizard -- a picky eater, obsessed with Wheel of Fortun...

  • Further Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 2

    Take three wacky aunts, two talking animals, one nervous bride, and an upcoming hit, and you've got the follow-up to JB Lynn's wickedly funny Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman Knocking off a drug kingpin was the last thing o...

  • The Hitwoman Gets Lucky

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 3

    Meet Maggie, the queen of misadventures, in this light-hearted novella.Maggie Lee’s a lot of things:The daughter of a mom in a mental institution and a dad serving time;The niece of three meddling aunts;The aunt (and now legal guardian) of her belo...

  • The Hitwoman and The Family Jewels

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 4

    How do you say “no” to a mob boss?When bumbling hitwoman Maggie Lee is asked by her mob boss employer to kill a cop, she wants to say no.When her sexy murder mentor, Patrick Mulligan tells her the cop in question is a guy she once dated, she REAL...

  • The Hitwoman and the Neurotic Witness

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 5

    When her apartment building is blown to smithereens, bumbling hitwoman Maggie Lee is forced to move back into the Bed & Breakfast she grew up in.Living with her three meddling aunts is bad enough, but it just so happens that the B&B is also occupied ...

  • Nearly Departed

    Victoria Spring hates her job. The last career a reluctant medium should pursue is crime scene clean up; it would have been nice to know she could talk to ghosts before taking the job. As the co-founder of SPRING CLEANING, most of the hard work shoul...

  • The Hitwoman Hunts a Ghost

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 6

    Bumbling hitwoman Maggie Lee has discovered the sister she thought was dead might be alive. She’s desperate to find her, but all of her bosses are making unreasonable demands. Demands she can’t afford not to meet.Once again, Delveccio, the chocol...

  • The Mutt and the Matchmaker

    A Matchmaker Mystery - 1

    When private investigator Tom Hanlon agrees to help out his elderly neighbor by taking her Maltese to the dog park, he has no idea he’s about to meet semi-psychic, wanna-be-matchmaker Armani Vasquez. Or that the pushy woman will insist on setting h...



  • The Hitwoman and the 7 Cops

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 7

    All reluctant hitwoman Maggie Lee really wants is to have a calm, normal life. She doesn’t want to go around killing people for money.She doesn’t want her sister to be terrified of her ex-pimp.She doesn’t want her Dad to disappear from the Witn...

  • A Match Made in Mystery

    A Matchmaker Mystery - 2

    Attorney Brady Stewart knows he’s in for a wild ride when psychic matchmaker Armani Vasquez tasks him with finding a Purple People Eater. His life becomes even more complicated when he meets Amy Winn, a woman crazy enough to take on a would-be mugg...

  • The Hitwoman and the Poisoned Apple

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 8

    How do you solve a murder when the victim is still alive?Maggie Lee’s murder mentor (and almost lover) Patrick Mulligan wants her to find out who poisoned him before it’s too late. Keeping the man she loves alive would be hard enough if all she h...

  • The Hitwoman's Downward Dog

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 9

    So many men….so little help.Maladroit hitwoman Maggie Lee has never been one to ask for help. But now she’s found out that her niece, Katie, will soon be discharged from the hospital - making Maggie her guardian not just in name - and her semi-ps...

  • Catnapped!

    A Matchmaker Mystery - 3

    Cats have nine lives.People don’t. When cyber-sleuth Pete Hanlon goes to the gym, he has no idea he’ll reconnect with the red-hot woman he shared a single, memorable dance with at his brother’s wedding.Coolly confident ex-cop Alyssa Montgomery...

  • A Woof in Sheep's Clothing

    A Matchmaker Mystery - 4

    While investigating the disappearance of a psychic matchmaker, Detective Brian Griswald meets dog trainer Stephanie Browne, a beautiful woman who can be just as prickly as the rescue mutts she works with.Like her dogs, Stephanie’s not quick to trus...

  • The Hitwoman's Act of Contrition

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 10

    Imagine a high-strung, comfort loving hitwoman at a rustic spiritual retreat.Things are finally looking up for Maggie Lee.Her almost-lover Patrick is taking steps (albeit deadly ones) to insure they’ll have a future together, her niece Katie is abo...

  • Until Proven Innocent

    Unjustly Accused - 1

    Seven years ago Kimberly Richard was convicted of a murder she didn't commit.Six years ago she escaped from prison and lived on the run ever since.Now her conviction has been overturned and she's returned home to try to rebuild her life.When a storm ...

  • The Hitwoman Hires a Manny

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 11

    Inept hitwoman Maggie Lee has a lot to juggle. She’s about to start a new job, her niece, Katie, who she is responsible for, is finally coming home from the hospital, and her ever “helpful” aunt has hired someone to help with her care. Fresh ou...

  • The Hitwoman and the Sacrificial Lamb

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 12

    Some jobs are more challenging than others.Take for example, Maggie’s latest assignment: assassinating a heartless, indiscriminate sniper. He deserves to die, but making that happen is tricky, especially considering that a certain red-headed police...



  • The Hitwoman and the Chubby Cherub

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 13

    Love and Murder are in the air.In years past, Maggie Lee has not been a fan of Valentine’s Day, but this year, the holiday has warped into its own special hell.She's stuck working at her aunt’s lingerie shop during the busiest (and cheesiest) tim...

  • The Hitwoman and the Mother Load

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 14

    You think you've got problems? Don't talk to Maggie Lee about problems.Her mother's escaped from the loony bin, and rumor has it she's robbing people for ice cream money. A mob boss is insisting she liberate his daughter from a mental hospital that M...

  • The Hitwoman Under Pressure

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 15

    Maggie Lee's dedication to her family knows no limits. Even though her life is in chaos, she'll take any chance to repair her fractured family.All she has do is:Get out of the loony binEliminate the killer who’s hunting her sisterMake sure her fam...

  • The Hitwoman Plays Chaperone

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 16

    Maggie Lee’s done a lot of questionable things that have made her question her own sanity. Chaperoning her niece’s class trip is one of them. Not only must she attempt to corral a bunch of energetic kids, but at the same time she has to argue wit...

  • The Hitwoman Takes a Road Trip

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 17

    Some people just can’t outrun trouble.Overwhelmed hitwoman Maggie Lee thinks she’s leaving her family worries behind when she’s convinced to take a road trip with her buddy, Armani.But pretty soon an old friend, a pesky relative, and even her p...

  • The Hitwoman in a Pickle

    Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman - 18

    What kind of trouble is Maggie in this time? The klutzy contract killer must enlist the help of both her psychic friend, Armani, and her ever-growing collection of talking pets, as she desperately searches for not one, but two, missing relatives. At ...

  • The Hitwoman and the Gold Digger

    Just when she thinks she may be catching a break, Maggie Lee is saddled with babysitting her psychic friend, Armani, whose spirit guides have suddenly deserted her. They never warned Armani that she'd be robbed while waiting for an online date who st...

  • Once Cursed, Twice Shy

  • 1 Flew Over the Raven's Nest

    You may think your mother-in-law is a witch, but RV's really was.And now there's a very real chance she'll be haunted by Mildred Bloodworth for eternity.The only way to free herself from the curse that binds them, is for RV to make amends for Millie'...

  • 2 Spells Too Many

    Sometimes you've got to kiss a frog....literally.To rid herself of being haunted by her witchy mother-in-law for eternity, Ravena Valentina is on another magical quest.Accompanied by Sol, a secretive, magically deficient (but hot) magician, Marco, a ...



  • 3 Times a Charm

    The third novel in the Cursed Chicks Club series continues the adventures of reluctant witch Ravena Renata Valentina as she tries to rid herself of the curse of being saddled with her former mother-in-law for eternity.Family Reunions Can Be Magic...O...

  • The Hitwoman Owes a Favor

    Maggie Lee may be an inept hitwoman, but she pays her debts. When Maggie told her friend Mia that she'd help her out of any mess she found herself in, she meant it. Of course they'd both been fifteen at the time.Maggie hasn't seen Mia in forever, unt...

  • The Hitwoman and the Teddy Bear

    Maggie Lee has done some really questionable things, but she's never stooped so low as to steal a child's toy. There's a first time for everything.Maggie's life is always complicated, but her tenuous balancing act becomes even more dangerous when she...

  • Something Old, Something New

    Love is in the salty, sea air of Sarasota, Florida.But so is murder...The Concordia sisters, owners of the One Woman's Junk consignment shop are up to their eyeballs in trouble as they try to help their friends, solve a murder and plan a wedding. All...

  • 4 Wonky Jinxes

    Things should be getting easier as Ravena masters more magic. Instead, they're getting wonkier. Outnumbered and outmatched, Ravena's ragtag caravan struggles mightily as they fight a series of deadly battles to keep Richie safe from the myriad of mag...

  • The Hitwoman and the Body

    When mob boss Delveccio is framed for murder, it's up to everyone's favorite hitwoman to prove he didn't do it.But that's not the only problem Maggie and her menagerie are dealing with. It's not even the biggest one.The person wh...

  • The Hitwoman Pays a Debt

    Maggie Lee is a woman who pays her debts and now she's running herself ragged.When the mysterious Ms. Whitehat asks her to work at a dentist's office to gain access to a safe, Maggie can't say no. She probably should have turned down her murder mento...

  • The Hitwoman Plays Courier

    No good deed goes unpunished.When Maggie Lee helps an old man who's fallen, she ends up working as a courier for his well-to-do son.Proud of herself for landing a legitimate job that doesn't involve a windowless office, Maggie ignores red flags and t...

  • The Hitwoman's Girls' Night Out

    What could possibly go wrong when a girls' night out is arranged by Armani Vasquez?Maggie Lee is about to find out.When Maggie humors her quirky, psychic friend and agrees to a long-delayed night of fun she has to deal with the uniquely challenging d...

  • The Hitwoman's Getaway

    A romantic room, gourmet meals, free booze, massages...that's what Maggie is promised when she's sent away on a pet-friendly romantic getaway. Crazy fellow guests, a missing couple, a human skull, and someone trying to kill her is what she ends up ge...



  • The Hitwoman vs The Security Guard

    THE HITWOMAN VS THE SECURITY GUARD Even though they drive her crazy, Maggie Lee is all about family. Now it seems her half-brother has gotten himself into trouble with someone known as The Security Guard. Luckily (or not!) The Security Guard is now p...

  • The Hitwoman Investigates

    Maggie Lee knows she should just say no to retired US Marshal Lawrence Griswald when he asks for her help. But when has Maggie ever NOT helped a family member?At Griswald's request she partners with Nat Hunting to figure out what the hold up is wit...

  • The Hitwoman Gets Her Man

    When her boyfriend mysteriously vanishes, Maggie Lee doesn't know what to think. She wants to search for him, but her efforts are hampered by a friend needing her help and the fact that she's supposed to be babysitting her nieces for the weekend. Lit...

  • The Hitwoman and the Ninjas

    Maggie Lee has had a lot of jobs, but her current employment may be the worst of the bunch. It's a real grind.Recruited to work as a barista, Maggie contends with demanding customers, quirky co-workers and an overbearing teenage boss all while trying...

  • Oh Shoot!

  • The Hitwoman's Charity Case

    Not paying attention can get you killed.As an assassin, albeit a part-time, inept one, Maggie Lee should know that.But she got distracted. Easy enough to do when you have a large dysfunctional family, a menagerie of talking pets, and more than one bo...

  • The Hitwoman's Egg Hunt

    Why is it that Maggie's legit jobs are just as crazy as her illegal gigs? When Griswald asks for Maggie's help to investigate a burglary, she jumps at the chance to do something that won't involve breaking any laws (spoiler alert: laws are broken). W...

  • Shoot First, Ask Questions Later

    Pet portrait artist Kiki Long is driving to her first day of work at her new job as the Pride Falls forensic photographer when she spots a smoking car that's skidded off the road.After confirming nobody is inside, her natural inclination to document ...

  • The Hitwoman and the Sitting Duck

    When Maggie Lee agrees to take her nieces to the traveling carnival, she anticipates cotton candy, rickety rides and games of chance. But when she's recruited by Templeton to take on the owner of the carnival, she ends up scrambling through her most ...

  • Shoot the Moon

    Her son has dropped out of college, her husband is still missing and presumed dead, and Kiki Long is struggling to get the hang of her job as the crime scene reporter in her small town in the foothills of North Carolina. Things only get more complica...



  • The Hitwoman and the Flash Mob

    Bumbling assassin Maggie Lee has done some crazy things but getting involved with a flash mob may be her wackiest endeavor yet! Don't miss Maggie's newest misadventure, The Hitwoman and the Flash Mob, the latest in the Confessions of a Slightly Neuro...

  • The Hitwoman Gets Caught

    When Maggie Lee agrees to help her Dad retrieve something from a safety deposit box, she inadvertently puts herself and someone she loves in danger.Will a botched bank robbery be the end of our favorite bumbling assassin?Don't miss the next wacky mis...

  • The Hitwoman VS the Training Schedule

    Everybody knows that bumbling assassin Maggie Lee isn't in the best of physical shape, but that is about to change. Not because she's caught the fitness bug, but because it's a job requirement. (A job she tried to refuse, but there were mentions of d...

  • The Hitwoman VS the Embezzler

    When Armani Vasquez is ripped off by her financial advisor, she recruits her good friend (and occasional assassin) Maggie Lee, to help her track him down.Piling into Armani's RV with a know-it-all lizard, an airhead Doberman pinscher, a one-eyed cat,...

  • The Hitwoman Spirals

    Maggie Lee's life is spiraling out of control. (What else is new, right?)Her family is pulling her in a dozen directions. Her pets are bickering incessantly. She's got a job that she's not quite sure she's up to doing. And it kind of feels like every...

  • The Cat, The Witch and the Dead Dude

    While pulling a Halloween prank, a group of teenagers find the town's homeless man covered in blood, muttering about a witch. Most of the residents of Pride Falls assume he's responsible for whatever terrible fate has befallen the missing town librar...

  • The Hitwoman's Reunion

    Maggie Lee is stressed as she plans a hit ordered by the mob boss while simultaneously coordinating a Going Away party for her brother. Things only get worse when the body of a kid she went to high school with is found and her old friend Zeke becomes...

  • Thankful, Grateful, Busted

    When her friend volunteers her pet photography services to the local animal shelter, Kiki Long finds herself partnered with a juvenile delinquent who is performing court-ordered community service. Soon after, the girl is accused of setting fire to th...

  • The Hitwoman's Knight Fight

    Our favorite part-time assassin, Maggie Lee, is no damsel in distress, but she does end up as a serving wench. Working undercover at Fight Knights, a medieval-themed dining experience, Maggie must deal with a suffocating corset, a pair of cocky and s...

  • The Hitwoman and the Evil Ex

    The Hitwoman and the Evil ExWhen the lingerie shop, The Corset, is trashed, everyone rolls their eyes, assuming that one of the owners left the shop unlocked and it was a crime of convenience. But then a campaign of harassment begins, and Maggie real...

  • Another Woman's Treasure

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    The psychic powers of the Concordia sisters are increasing, but so is the body count...(You'd think this was Cabot Cove or Midsomer instead of Sarasota, FL.)Amanda and her sisters are on the hunt for a treasure buried by their godmother, Letty.A mood...

  • Gently Used, Still Works

    • / Amateur Sleuth
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    Are the Concordia sisters about to get burned?Running One Woman's Junk consignment shop, with its constant stream of quirky characters stopping in, is a lot for Winnie and her sisters Bea and Amanda to contend with. So is dealing with each other.Are ...

  • The Hitwoman and the Exorcism

    • / Law Enforcement
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    Maggie Lee will do anything to protect her family...including participating in an exorcism.When her niece is threatened by an evil spirit, Maggie and her menagerie (with the help of friends Armani and RV) must find a missing skull and rob a graveyard...

  • The Hitwoman and the Fallen Angel

    • / Amateur Sleuth
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    Even a good man makes mistakes...In Maggie Lee's topsy-turvy world, Angel Delveccio is one of the good guys, but now it seems he's gotten himself into some trouble. Can Maggie get him out of it?It's not like she doesn't have enough problems of her ow...

  • The Hitwoman Goes to Prison

    • / Law Enforcement
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    Family is everything.That's the motto Maggie Lee lives by. She's proven that she'll do anything (even become an assassin...albeit an inept one, as God likes to remind her) to take care of those she loves.Even when they drive her crazy.But as Maggie a...

  • The Hitwoman Plays Games

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    Life's not all fun and games...Hitwoman Maggie Lee has faced off against some bad people in the past, but nothing she has ever faced before has prepared her for her new assignment. Nothing.What could be worse than working at a kid's game center? Flas...

  • The Hitwoman's Dying Wish

    • / Mystery
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    Maggie Lee is just doing the right thing when she drives her boyfriend to the hospital so that he can donate part of his liver to a stranger, but things quickly go wrong.On her way home, Maggie witnesses a car crash and rushes to try to help the driv...

  • The Hitwoman's Juggling Act

    • / Law Enforcement
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    You know things are out of hand in Maggie Lee's world when the least of her problems is tripping over a body.Her family has lost their home. Her friend, Armani, has lost her psychic mojo. And Maggie's in danger of losing custody of her niece.Making m...

  • Mind Your Own Magical Beesness

    • / Fantasy
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    Ravena has no idea what kind of sticky mess she'll end up in when her witchy former mother-in-law, Mildred, insists she stop and buy some honey. Accompanied by her pal Marco, Ravena embarks on a short (but not so sweet) quest to right another of Mild...

  • Oh, Shoot! A Kiki Long Mystery

    • / Cozy Mystery
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    Ever since her husband disappeared seven months ago and it came out that he'd been embezzling funds from the town, pet photographer Kiki Long has been keeping a low profile. But now it's time to focus on creating a new life for herself. Risking the...

  • One Woman's Junk

    • / Law Enforcement
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    Letty wanted her ashes scattered under a full moon at the beach, but she couldn't have known about the lightning strike....or did she?When their beloved godmother dies suddenly, the Concordia sisters converge on the beach town of Sarasota, Florida to...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

J.B. Lynn has published 70 books.

The next book by J.B. Lynn, The Hitwoman and the Evil Ex, will be published in February 2025.

The first book by J.B. Lynn, The First Victim, was published in June 2011.

Yes. J.B. Lynn has 3 series.
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