Jessica James Mystery

If James Patterson and Janet Evanovich had a love child... meet Jessica James. She knew she'd have to defend her thesis. But she didn't think she'd be defending her life. Is the professor's weird note the final nail in her coffin? Is the hot art dealer putting the moves on her for real? Or is he the killer? And why is the Russian janitor forging masterpieces in the broom closet? Armed with only her quick wit and the secrets at the bottom of her book bag, Jessica had better find answers before her degree gets buried six feet under and her along with it.

She came back for vacation. If she's not careful, she might leave in a body bag… Philosophy grad student Jessica James isn't thrilled to be back home in Montana. But her boring summer break becomes a nightmare when her cousin dies at the local sawmill. Devastated by the death, she can't help but draw connections between the supposed accident and her own father's unsolved demise… With the mill's owner pushing hard to start fracking on Native American Blackfeet land, Jessica starts to connect the dots between the killings. And when two young girls go missing, Jessica calls in her posse to fight blood with brains. Can Jessica expose the town's dirty money, or will she too end up as sawdust? "A fine blend of humor with tense storytelling makes this mystery book series a complete pleasure to read. Very Highly recommended."--San Francisco Review of Books COYOTE is the second novel in the action-packed Jessica James mystery series. If you like laugh-out-loud entertainment, fearless heroines, and a dash of real-world issues, then you'll love Kelly Oliver's riveting tale. Buy COYOTE to drill into an action-packed girl-powered mystery today!

Killer Nashville Claymore Award Finalist, Best MysteryGenes to die for--and someone does... When Jessica James wakes up half naked behind a dumpster in downtown Chicago, she thinks at first the hot intern feeding her Fiery Mule Slammers slipped her a Mickey. But after a pattern of similar incidents around Northwestern Research Hospital makes the news, Jessica realizes she wasn't raped, she was robbed. Robbed of something as valuable as life itself. The "dumpster girls" are all top of their class, attractive college students, who are drugged and dropped unconscious behind dumpsters. When rape-kits all come back negative, the police are baffled. But when the perp escalates and kills one of his victims, Jessica takes it on herself to solve the bewildering mystery and save herself and her friends as the "thief" closes in on them. Hunting for the predator, Jessica discovers secrets about her own identity that force her to rethink her past. The solution to the mystery lies in the cowgirl philosopher's boot-cut genes. Gritty and haunting, award winning author, Kelly Oliver's, page-turning Jessica James adventure blends a humorous, complex murder mystery with a suspenseful medical thriller for a result that is riveting.

Donors to the new world-class Chicago museum of Russian art are dropping like flies, and Jessica is at the center of the carnage. Can she track down the killer before she falls into his trap? Speaking of traps, this doozy puts Jessica in the middle of a love triangle she'd do anything to avoid. In her latest outing, Jessica once again puts her boots in the stirrups and cracks the whip on first-class entertainment.

She's obsessed with finding an old boyfriend. But can she track him down without leading the mafia straight to him? And what about the hot Federal Marshal hellbent on stopping her? Jessica is back in another witty, fast-paced, adventure full of suspense, romance, and Diet Mountain Dew PRAISE FOR THE SERIES "For thrills, the must read series of the summer." The Baltimore Sun "Edgy, thrilling, and captivating." The Chicago Tribune "Crackling with energy… Refreshingly authentic" Kirkus Review "Very funny." Foreword Magazine "Fast paced and full of fascinating characters." BookLife Prize for Fiction "A fun romp of a read through mystery and mayhem." Mystery Book World Live

Jessica James is back in the saddle in this fast-paced and funny whodunnit. Facing life as an unemployed philosopher, a pair of pocket rockets in Texas Hold 'Em sends her to Italy where she takes a crash course in Art Crimes. She lands an internship with the FBI. But wouldn't you know it. Her new boss is Federal Marshal Lexington Colt. Does sharing an old boyfriend count as a conflict of interest? Jessica and Lexi once again have to team up to catch a killer and solve one of the biggest art heists in history. Grab it now and start the fun.