Georgia Barnett Mysteries

Yolanda Joe, author of the best-selling novels Bebe's By Golly Wow and This Just In, takes a pen name to craft her first mystery novel. Her smart-as-a-whip, wisecracking heroine is Georgia Barnett, a daring television news reporter who knows her way around Chicago's toughest neighborhoods. When a young girl known as Butter describes a drive-by shooting suspect to Georgia on live TV, the girl soon turns up missing. Feeling responsible, Georgia works her way through a terrifying world of gang violence to find Butter. Amid the turmoil, sparks start flying between Georgia and a handsome new ally, detective Doug Eckart.