Murder & Mayhem in Jefferson City is Michelle Brooks's fifth book. After nearly twenty-five years as an award-winning newspaper reporter and editor, she has published Hidden History of Jefferson Ci...view moreMurder & Mayhem in Jefferson City is Michelle Brooks's fifth book. After nearly twenty-five years as an award-winning newspaper reporter and editor, she has published Hidden History of Jefferson City and Lost Jefferson City with The History Press and self-published I nteresting Women of the Capital City and co-authored Buried Jefferson City History with Nancy Thompson. Her next book with The History Press will be The Jefferson City Civil Pilots: From Lincoln University to Tuskegee Airmen . Brooks graduated from Lincoln University in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in liberal studies, with an emphasis in anthropology and history.view less