Calamity Jayne Mysteries

Tressa Jayne Turner has had it up to here with the dumb-blonde jokes and a childhood nickname that's harder to get rid of than her favorite pair of cowboy boots. Then Tressa finds a seriously dead body and an opportunity to get a skeptical citizenry to see that she's no longer that skinny kid with scraped knees by resurrecting her job as a reporter for the hometown paper and solving a murder.

Tressa Jayne Turner, known in her hometown as "Calamity Jayne" for her unconventional exploits, is ready to enjoy the final weeks of summer at The Iowa State Fair. But when her cousin goes missing, it's another fine, sticky mess she's gotten herself into. The only question is, can she solve the crime and save the day... or will this blonde be enjoying her final fair?

It's autumn in the heartland, but this year, Tressa Jayne Turner isn't just enjoying the candy corn, popcorn balls and caramel apples. This reporter is on a mission to sniff out a serious story. Enter a blackmailing, six-foot-two-inch homecoming queen candidate with all the charm of Frankenstein in taffeta, a rival reporter out to scoop the competition, and a séance-hosting grandmother!

What does a blonde get on her intelligence test? Drool. Ace cub reporter Tressa Jayne Turner goes back to college, what's to stop her from making the grade? Her grandmother turned roommate rekindling an old flame, maid of honor madness run amok, a botched betrothal that's more than just schoolyard gossip, and a campus criminal who is out to teach the student body a lesson... one crime at a time.

Did you hear about the blonde coyote? It got stuck in a trap, chewed off three legs, and was still stuck. Tressa Jayne Turner’s Gammy is gettin' hitched, and Tressa is looking forward to a little down time in the desert. But this wacky wedding's about to become a southwestern scavenger hunt of Amazing Race-meets-The Da Vinci Code proportions!

What's a blonde pirate always looking for, even though it's right behind her? Her booty. Tressa's barely got her sea legs on a lo-cal "biggest loser" cruise, when a dastardly murder plot bobs to the surface that only she can solve.

What's the hardest part of learning to ride a tandem? The pavement. It's late July, and reporter Tressa Jayne Turner's summer is as sizzling as Ranger Rick Townsend when she covers TribRide—the ginormous state-wide bicycle ride—on a tandem bike with her rival in a Star Trek themed team! But when malicious pranks start to befall the team, Tressa is determined to get the true story.

Ace Cub Reporter Tressa "Calamity" Jayne Turner is back in Grandville and ready to enjoy the slower pace of with small town life and begin building a dating resume with one handsome ranger. It’s Frontier Days at the Historical Village, but mischief’s afoot—of the malicious variety!

From nationally bestselling author Kathleen Bacus comes a compilation of 5 full length, humorous romantic mysteries, including: Calamity Jayne (book #1), Calamity Jayne and Fowl Play at the Fair (book #2), Calamity Jayne and the Haunted Homecoming (book #3), Calamity Jayne and the Campus Caper (book #4), Calamity Jayne in the Wild, Wild West (book #5)

From nationally bestselling author Kathleen Bacus comes a compilation of 3 full length, humorous romantic mysteries, including: Calamity Jayne and the Hijinks on the High Seas (Calamity Jayne book #6), Calamity Jayne and the Trouble With Tandems (Calamity Jayne book #7), Calamity Jayne and the Sisterhood of the Traveling lawn Gnome (Calamity Jayne book #8)