Heavy Metal Murder: a Jessica Byrne, P.i. Mystery Novel

Jessica Byrne’s a rookie PI with an attitude, an overactive sweet tooth, and big problems. She’s only got two clients—and one of them is dead. Wealthy jeweler Daniel Lakeland is chilling at the morgue, and her other client, sketchy mechanic Vlad, is cooling in the clink, charged with Daniel’s murder.Despite his questionable reputation, Jessica is convinced Vlad’s innocent. Now she has to find the real killer before Vlad goes up the river for good, the real killer goes free…and before her fledgling business flatlines.Luckily, Jessica’s got backup—her best friend and business partner Sam, a paranormal investigator who swears her Ouija board knows more than the cops do. Unluckily, Jessica’s case collides with her heartthrob ex and main rival, PI Max O’Conner, and they’re forced to team up and beat the weird streets of Pottstown, Pennsylvania—a town overflowing with eccentrics, secrets, and trouble.On the hunt for a murderer, they’ll bend the law, dodge wannabe gangsters with a fast food habit, go undercover at an ’80s party, and try (and fail spectacularly) to keep their chemistry under control.Snark, sparks, and small-town scandal—this mystery proves that sometimes the dead aren’t the only ones haunting you.