Geek Girl Mysteries

Geek girl Mia Connors has to find her missing friend, solve a murder and clear her name. Read the first book in Julie Anne Lindsey's addictive new mystery series! IT manager Mia Connors is up to her tortoiseshell glasses in technical drama when a glitch in the Horseshoe Falls email system disrupts security and sends errant messages to residents of the gated community. The snafu's timing couldn't be worse-Renaissance Faire season is in full swing and Mia's family's business relies on her presence. Mia doesn't have time to hunt down a computer hacker. Her best friend has disappeared, and she finds another of her friends murdered-in her office. When the hunky new head of Horseshoe Falls security identifies Mia as the prime suspect, her anxiety level registers on the Richter scale. Eager to clear her name, Mia moves into action to locate her missing buddy and find out who killed their friend. But her quick tongue gets her into trouble with more than the new head of security. When Mia begins receiving threats, the killer makes it clear that he's closer than she'd ever imagined. 75, 000 words

Sixteen-year-old Farris Barnett is a girl with a big heart and a mouth to match. Recently relocated to sunny North Carolina, she's all too pleased to be leaving her old lifeand the stigma of her troubled pastbehind her. A new school, new friends, and not one but two hot guys vying for her attention, life certainly doesn't suck. But just as things seem to finally be going her way, a series of computer hacks puts her newfound happinessand the lives of the people she lovesin jeopardy.Farris must put her amateur sleuthing skills to work and uncover the identity of the person behind it all before they graduate from harmless tampering to all out murder, even if it means risking her own life in the process. And unfortunately for Farris, the guy she's falling for just happens to be the prime suspect.

When one reckless night leads Farris Barnett to the washed up body of a dead classmate, she's as willing as everyone else to write it off as a suicide. That is until cryptic messages start coming in from someone who knows the truth, and they want Farris on the case. Her love life in turmoil, Farris turns to the only person she can trust to help her get to the bottom of things, Cole, a notorious playboy and friend on the verge of becoming much more. Putting her emotions aside and her detective skills to work, she begins to unravel the life of a victim who might just have been the guiltiest of them all.With her lifeand her hearton the line, Farris will confront a killer with a secret so shocking not even she could have decoded the truth.The biggest bombs, the ones that do the most damage, are the ones you never see coming.

It's been three months since Jake Archer rolled into town, accused Mia Connors of murder and stole her heart. She hasn't heard from him since. So when a man collapses at the fall Renaissance Faire, she's surprised to see the US marshal arrive on scene. And shocked when he points the finger at her - again. Mia would sooner be able to resurrect the poor fellow than poison him. Jake Archer's career has been rising fast, but it's about to come to a crashing halt. The Ren-Faire victim was in protective custody - Jake's custody - and they were painfully close to nabbing a major crime boss. If Jake doesn't solve the murder soon, he'll be fetching donuts instead of protecting his nation. A difficult enough task without the alluring Mia Connors in the way. Working with Jake to catch the killer might push Mia into crazy-cat-lady territory. But with a murderer on the loose - and Mia's reputation on the line - they'll have to work fast to find the killer before the killer finds them. Book two of the Geek Girl Mysteries

Still reeling from her devastating loss, Farris is barely holding it together when she's approached by a covert government agency. When they make her an offer she can't refuse--a shot at catching the people responsible for the death of her father--she's all in. But success will mean forging new alliances, leaving behind the people she loves, and trusting an old enemy. The mission will take her far from the safety of home and into the middle of one of the most dangerous places on earth. If she succeeds, she might finally get the closure she needs. If she fails, it's not just her neck on the line but that of her handsome new partner as well. Things are changing forFarris, and for the people around her, but change doesn't always mean for the better.How far will this clever young detective go for a shot at revenge?