VanIsle Mysteries                                 

Lost and Foundling 101

Abandoned as a child, Jodie Crooke is now a well-balanced young criminology professor whose lifelong obsession with murder mysteries has led her to moonlight as a private investigator.

When an old newspaper article surfaces about an explosion at a local marina—dated the same day she was found—Jodie’s curiosity about her origins is sparked. Armed with an online P.I. Certificate, a PHD in Criminology and a rare ability to read people’s auras, she begins to peel back the layers of her past.

However, Jodie soon discovers this cold case is anything but cold.  Someone’s onto her investigation, someone is pulling the strings, and someone is placing her directly in the line of fire.

Knife Skills 102

Young criminology professor and private investigator Jodie Crooke finds herself smack in the middle of another murder mystery. Reluctantly attending a couple’s cooking camp—arranged by her well-meaning partner, Josh—she quickly realizes the hosts aren’t the happy hippy pair they pretend to be.

By day two, simmering marital tensions boil over into murder.

As the police begin their investigation, Jodie inserts herself into the case and ropes in her favourite ally: an enigmatic mystery writer, now imprisoned and terminally bored. The two begin to collaborate—unofficially, of course—marking the beginning of what may be Jodie’s most unconventional partnership yet.

The case unravels into a tangled web of infidelity and a love triangle that might just be a square. But as Jodie gets closer to the truth, she finds herself on the radar of the killer, a killer whose hinges are dangerously unscrewed. Can her unique ability to read auras help her solve the case before it’s too late?

Strain Theory 103

Private investigator Jodie Crooke is back at the university and busy planning her mother’s wedding. As relatives arrive from near and far, so do long-buried family tensions.

But when a family member is discovered dead mid-wedding rehearsal, celebrations quickly unravel. Was it a tragic accident—or something far more sinister? Could someone be jealous of her mother’s newfound happiness?

As external pressures mount and the clues refuse to align, Jodie springs into action. With help from her incarcerated and ever-resourceful mystery-writer ally, she begins to piece together the puzzle. Juggling family drama, academic responsibilities, and a twisting murder case stretches Jodie to the limit.

In the end, she partners with the police to solve a case which twists and turns as each day passes.