The Wyatt Investigations Mysteries Series

A fake detective agency. A real murder. And some very real sparks between the amateur sleuths attempting to solve it—unravel the clues in this captivating rom-com mystery from the author of Definitely Maybe Not a Detective.

Emersyn Gray is seriously rethinking her recent decision to become a private detective. As much as she needs the money, following cheating husbands and catching them in compromising positions isn’t exactly the way Emersyn wants to spend her days.

But then a potential new client approaches Wyatt Investigations, wanting to hire Emersyn and her colleague, Wyatt, to look into the death of her brother, who seemed perfectly fine until he got a job at a local funeral home. There, he became secretive and withdrawn . . . before turning up dead. The police ruled his death an accident, but his sister is certain he was murdered. Emersyn, having lost her own brother less than a year ago, simply can’t say no to the grieving sister.

When Emersyn and Wyatt take on the case, they soon suspect that the funeral home is a front for something sinister. With buried secrets aplenty, Emersyn and Wyatt must navigate a winding investigative path with more tripping hazards than an overgrown cemetery. Add to that their undeniable chemistry and the fact that they can’t agree on who’s in charge of their agency, and the pair are left with a casket full of troubles as they try to dig up the truth before they end up digging their own graves.

In this delightfully charming rom-com mystery, a woman becomes accidentally entangled in a murder investigation (and with a handsome stranger) when her fake detective agency is enlisted to solve a real homicide.

Emersyn Gray is definitely not a detective.

Really, she’s an unemployed twenty-eight-year-old raising her beloved niece in the only place she can afford after her ex-boyfriend ran off with her life savings: a run-down, seniors-only apartment complex that was desperate for tenants. But never fear—her wild best friend has the perfect plan to get Emersyn back on her feet and stick it to her thieving ex: scare him into returning her money by hiring a private investigator to prove he stole it. Only, there won’t be an actual detective, just a fabricated business card from Wyatt Investigations . . . and a ridiculously hot stranger, who steps in to play the part—a stranger whose name is, coincidentally, Wyatt.

Emersyn can’t help but notice the real-life Wyatt is capital H-O-T hot, even though she’s wary of his intentions. But her ex does seem flustered, and if she can get her money back and regain control of her life, maybe it’ll finally prove to her parents that she can be a responsible caregiver to her niece.

But the day after they set their plan in motion, the superintendent of Emersyn’s apartment building winds up dead, and her neighbors turn to her fake detective agency for help after finding one of the phony business cards. With so many eyes on them—or maybe just their eyes on each other—Emersyn and Wyatt agree to take on the case. Now the question is, Can they solve the murder without getting tangled up in their own fictions—or each other?

“Fast-paced and quippy.”—Catherine Mack, USA Today bestselling author of Every Time I Go On Vacation, Someone Dies