Two Sisters and a Journalist Series

Jo Ravens is thirty-two, divorced, and stuck in a rut. She wants a new career, and she wants to lose the sixty pounds she packed on after her divorce. Her knack for finding dead bodies points her in the right direction for a career change, while her sister’s exuberance for weight loss gimmicks enables both of them to try new, creative ways to shed pounds. When Jo crashes her bike in a construction site, she lands on a naked girl with a knife in her chest. Because Jo was instrumental in solving two previous murders with the help of her sister and their journalist friend, she enlists them once again to help solve the girl’s murder. Things become creepy for Jo when the murdered girl appears in her dreams and offers unusual clues to her death. Murder Under Construction is a humorous mystery with Jo’s family adding to the antics of the three women. Mama caterwauls, her sister's two children offer sleuthing assistance, and her brother laughs at all of them from the sidelines. Murder Under Construction is light, easy-breezy reading from Maddie Cochere.

Amateur private investigator, Jo Ravens, is the only common link in the murder of three people and the abduction of a cab driver. While police are busy building a case against her, Jo races to prove her innocence. Her sister, Pepper, and journalist friend, Jackie, are on hand to assist in catching the real killer. The antics of her ex-husband and eccentric Mama add to this humorous mystery.

A pan of lasagna and an out-of-control, lottery-playing Mama turn the life of private investigator Jo Ravens upside down. By the end of the week, Jo is so unpleasant and cranky, she has alienated all of her friends and family. Things get worse when she finds her highest-paying client murdered, and the primary suspect is the girl Jo was hired to follow. The icing on her birthday cake is having to serve on jury duty – with Mama! Murder Wins the Game is a humorous mystery, which is usually Mama’s fault.

Jo Ravens is busy trying to locate a stolen car, find a missing teen, and catch a philandering husband in the act. She already has more work than she can handle when she finds a murdered girl leaning against a dumpster. Has the girl really been strangled for stealing a cell phone? Jo also meets Susan Hunter when Susan comes to town to assist in the opening of a Slimmers Weight Loss center. Their interaction, as well the continued antics of Jo’s madcap family, adds to the humor in Murder Welcomes You to Buxley.

Private investigator Jo Ravens and her sister Pepper are in a world of trouble when Jo is accused of attempted murder and Pepper is wanted for an actual murder. Now Pepper is on the run and holed up in a secret hideout while Jo looks to find the real killer. The turmoil in Jo’s life is intensified when an attractive female police officer joins the ranks of the Buxley Police force and is assigned to ride along with Jo’s fiance, Glenn. Vicious dogs, a drug dealer, and Mama and her bowling cronies add to the mayhem. Beware of Lucille – she has chronic flatulence.

It’s Christmastime and there’s a treasure hunt underway in Buxley, Ohio. Private investigator Jo Ravens doesn’t have time for Christmas shopping, decorating, or putting up a tree. She’s busy running surveillance on a laundromat, and she’s keeping an eye on Buxley’s new mayor. He’s secretly looking for someone or something, and Jo intends to find out what’s he up to. Both jobs take a back seat when a strange woman shows up in town at the bookstore, and a short time later, Jo discovers a body in the backroom. The death is quickly ruled an accident, but Jo suspects foul play. Take the numerous suspects, mix them with the Buxley legend of stolen Confederate gold, and you have a romp through a week with Jo as she attempts to prove the murder, overcome her fright of Glenn’s basement, and help open Estelle’s Emporium of Wonders. Murder Between the Covers is a humorous mystery.

Jo and her family are in Hawaii for a dream vacation. Things deteriorate when a family friend dies and Jo later witnesses what appears to be a murder. She keeps the details of the crime to herself and doesn’t notify the police before leaving the islands. Realizing she could be subpoenaed back to Hawaii for a trial, she does all she can to solve the murder from her home in Ohio. Unfortunately, her efforts are hindered by Addison Chambers. Aunt Addie is in town for a bridal shower, and Jo has begrudgingly volunteered to show her around for a few days. Of course, it doesn’t help that Mama and Aunt Addie can’t stop arguing. Murder Wears a Veil is a humorous mystery, and this time, it’s Aunt Addie’s fault.

Two weeks before Thanksgiving, a man hires the investigative firm of Two Sisters and a Journalist to protect him. Jo Wheeler accompanies him to the bank with disastrous results. Jo, Pepper, and Jackie must now scramble to find out who murdered their client before Sergeant Rorski sends the wrong man to prison. A rash of car vandalism and a Brussels sprouts caper also keep the three women on their toes, and it doesn’t help Jo’s mounting headache that Mama is preparing a comedy routine for open mic night at a local pub.

Jo Wheeler is pushed to the brink when bodies begin turning up on her lawn. When one of these things doesn’t look like the others, she knows murder has entered the picture. Other cases must also be solved, and when a night of routine surveillance goes south, and Jo is kidnapped by a nutjob with some lumber, her own life is on the line. Murder Runs Amok encompasses the two weeks running up to Easter. Mama and Roger are putting an act together to try out for America’s Got Talent. Pepper is doing her best to run the offices of Baranski and Wheeler Investigations and advertises for a new employee. Jackie quits her job with The Buxley Beacon to embark on a new adventure. And what’s with Glenn wanting to have children with Jo as soon as possible? As usual, life is never mundane for Jo and her family and friends in the town of Buxley, Ohio.