Haunted by the specter of her abusive childhood and a series of bad life choices, PI Janelle Watkins would just as soon keep a low profile. But impossible cases seem to walk right through her front door without knocking and despite her better judgement, she’s fighting for the underdog again. If you like edgy mysteries that feature a flawed but likeable private investigator, check out the Janelle Watkins Mysteries series.

Clean Burn

When an abducted child died on Janelle Watkins’s watch, she quit the San Francisco Police department. Now she’s a private investigator chasing deadbeat dads and cheating spouses.

Then two distraught women beg for Janelle’s help finding a pair of missing boys. Janelle can’t say no, even when the trail leads to her despised hometown of Greenville. Worse, the new Greenville County Sheriff is Ken Heinz, her former SFPD partner and ex-lover.

Ken grudgingly agrees to help. But when several more children turn up missing, Janelle and Ken find themselves in a race against the clock to save them.

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Hangtown

Marooned in her despised hometown of Greenville, California, private investigator Janelle Watkins wants nothing more than to keep her head down and make enough money to move back to the City. But even in the sleepy town of Greenville, the edgy, smart-mouthed private investigator seems to attract mayhem.

It starts with the apparent suicide of a nineteen year-old off a highway bridge. Then another young man goes missing and Janelle begins to suspect that there might be a connection between the incidents. With the help of her former SFPD partner and occasional lover, Sheriff Ken Heinz, Janelle begins to follow the convoluted trail, not realizing that the darkness of her past might finally be catching up. Buy your copy today.