Jess Lourey
✨ How much can go wrong in a single Monday? PI-in-training Mira James is about to find out. ✨
Big city gal Mira James is finally settling into itty bitty Battle Lake. Sure, there's that pesky dead-body-a-month hitch, and her hunky musician boyfriend has begun receiving mysterious late-night texts. The fact that her problematic ex-boyfriend seems to be tailing her doesn't help, either.
But Mira is determined
3) May day
WARNING: This book has all the feels: belly laughs, passion, and suspense, but also tears.
All Aboard the Murder Express!
Mira James' hot and heavy relationship with Johnny Leeson is definitely warming up her winter. But when Johnny has to travel to Portland, Oregon, for a month-long internship, airplane-averse Mira lets Mrs. Berns talk her into a visit.
On the plus side, Mira can make the trip a tax write-off
...5) August moon
"[H]ilarious, fast paced, and madcap!"―Booklist (starred review)
Furious after being stood up by local hottie Johnny Leeson, Mira decides to abandon Battle Lake, Minnesota, where the women are churchgoers, the men like to hunt, and the body count is above average. But when a cheerleader bites the dust, Mira is called back to the town that has done her wrong.
She begins investigating the New Millennium Bible Camp, a disturbing
7) October fest
Finalist for the Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery!
There's big trouble brewing in little Battle Lake...
Beer and polka music reign supreme at October Fest, Battle Lake's premier fall festival. To kick off the celebrations, the town hosts a public debate between the two congressional candidates: straight-laced Arnold Swydecker, and slippery incumbent, Sarah Glokkmann.
As a reporter for the Battle Lake Recall,
10) April fools
11) September mourn
12) June bug
Finalist for The Lefty Award for best humorous mystery!
Chosen as a Killer Book by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association!
What's so wrong with admiring from a distance?
After all, Mira's quirky attraction to Chief Wenonga, a well-muscled fiberglass statue, might be a safer love pursuit than online dating. But when the 23-foot Chief goes missing and a human scalp is discovered at his cement base, Mira's
...14) December dread
Finalist for The Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery!
Silent Night, Deadly Night
With Christmas just over a week away, 'tis the season for grinning elves, maddeningly jolly Muzak, and a guilty Nut Goodie addiction. But the holidays are marred by something far worse―a serial killer leaving candy canes as his calling card.
His target? Thirty-something brunettes who look just like Mira James. When a woman from her
15) November hunt
"It's not easy to make people laugh while they're on the edge of their seats, but Lourey pulls it off...in her very clever series"―Booklist (starred review)
November in Battle Lake, Minnesota, is cold enough to freeze the balls off a pool table. lt's also deer hunting season. When Tom Kicker is killed in a hunting accident, Mira James is hired to investigate―a job that brings her closer to her P.I. license.
Braving subzero
16) The quarry girls
17) January thaw
January Thaw is a laugh-out-loud comic caper cozy, perfect for readers who enjoy the humorous mysteries of Janet Evanovich, Denise Grover Swank, Jana DeLeon, and Stephanie Bond!
The Ice Man Succumbeth
Private-eye-in-training Mira James loves Minnesota's crisp January days, as long as she can spend them in the arms of hunky Johnny Leeson. But when Mrs. Berns' erratic Zamboni driving uncovers an icebound dead man,