Afterlife Issues Books
A death. A divorce. A perfect house with a less than perfect past. Jess and Libby have been through the wringer. Jess’s husband has died and Libby’s husband suffers the mother of all midlife crises. With no money and three kids to support, the friends combine forces to buy a house together. They only have one choice -the notoriously haunted house of St. Sebastian. Moving in doesn’t solve their problems... it’s just the beginning. Seeing the resident ghost, a long-dead mortician, changes everything. When word gets out that Jess and Libby can see the mortician, Libby gets a job offer that they desperately need, but it comes with a caveat. She can have the job, but only if she solves the mortician’s murder. What choice does she have? Everything has a price, but how much are they willing to sacrifice to solve a decades-old murder?
A little girl A mysterious presence A case within a case Jess and Libby’s side hustle is becoming a full-time job. Ghosts abound in St. Sebastian and houses aren’t the only things being haunted. Little Jelena Blazvic has an invisible friend, a lady that’s becoming less friendly by the day. Her crying, sleepless nights, and strange obsession are putting the family on edge. Jelena might not be scared, but her parents sure are. Jess and Libby take the case and the situation is more complicated than they thought. If there’s anything worse than a crying ghost, it’s a ghost that can’t explain why she’s crying. To help the family they have to uncover the lady’s mysterious past quickly because her distress is mounting. Did something terrible happen in the Blazevic’s house or is it a secret from the ghost’s past? Could it be something else entirely? With the help of their own kids, and plenty of ghosts they meet along the way, Jess and Libby will risk everything to find the key to solving more than one family mystery.
A dead detective A missing car A wayward son When 1940s gumshoe, Vic Delaney, hires Jess and Libby to solve his only remaining unsolved case, he doesn’t know what he’s getting himself into. John K. Tunny’s death has remained a mystery for good reason, but Jess and Libby’s special skill set reveals a lead that no one else found. With the help of the lovable Leo and a long-lost friend of Vic’s, they track Tunny’s missing car into a painful past. Tunny may have been the first death, but he wasn’t the last. Along the way, they’ll discover Vic has secrets of his own and to solve his case, they’ll have to unearth a secret he’s done everything he could to bury. It's going to be a bumpy ride for Vic, but Jess and Libby give him more than what he wants. They’ll give him what he needs.
An unusual inheritance A beloved niece A Christmas like no other When the St. Sebastian Christmas pageant goes wrong in a big way, Jess and Libby are called in to solve a crime that was eighty years in the making. The ladies already had their hands full, battling a turkey infestation, a cranky cop, and the usual Christmas chaos when the town’s wealthiest resident turns up dead. Alfie Nettles loved St. Sebastian, and the town loved him. But after a mysterious inheritance, everything changed, except for one special little person. Carmen Nettles loved her uncle and her pleas for help cannot be ignored. Jess and Libby take the case, and the questions about Alfie’s death lead to questions about his life. Why did the town’s beloved handyman go into isolation? Why did he inherit, and where did the money come from? Everyone hopes Alfie will turn up to solve his own murder but in the country’s most haunted hamlet you have to be careful what you wish for. It is St. Sebastian, after all.
A suspicious suicide A professor from the past A Spring Break to remember When Mariah makes an unexpected college request, Jess and Libby take their supernatural sleuthing on the road. Jess is nervous about taking Mariah to a campus so far from home, but Libby loves New York and she’s happy to show Max and Henri their father’s alma mater. They’ll take a campus tour, have some burgers, and see the sites. Cornell isn’t known for ghosts. What could go wrong? But when they accidentally run into a law professor with a problem, the entire trip changes. Dr. Miniver wants them to find out the truth about another spring break in 1982 and the case will cause a cascade of problems. Soon a true crime podcaster decides they’re the enemy and the only way she goes is low. Leo gives Mariah a job she really doesn’t want. Max and Henri try to help and the university isn’t having it. Along the way, Jess and Libby will have to deal with a sleazy serial killer, a fractured family, and a man so enticing even they are tempted. Can the friends solve a brutal crime from the past before there’s one in the present? Fun Ivy is the fifth book in the ongoing Afterlife Issues series, featuring ghosts, family, and friendship with plenty of laughs along the way.