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 isn’t convinced she’s cut out to be a private detective. She needs the money, but tailing cheating husbands isn’t exactly her dream job—and she’s not sure anyone would actually pay her to investigate anything.

Then a new client arrives at Wyatt Investigations, begging Emersyn and her colleague Wyatt to look into her brother’s death. He was fine until he started working at a local funeral home. Then he became secretive, withdrawn…and dead. The police say accident. His sister says murder. And after losing her own brother a year ago, Emersyn simply can’t walk away.

The deeper Emersyn and Wyatt dig, the more the funeral home starts to look like a front for something sinister. Between buried secrets, suspicious deaths, dangerous undercover work, undeniable chemistry, and an ongoing battle over who’s really in charge, they’ll have to uncover the truth fast—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