Johanna Hudson Mysteries
BOOK THREE
THE MISSING LINK
It has been a little more than a year since Johanna Hudson realized that her genealogical research talents could be used for more than just revealing her client’s family trees. Johanna, along with her partner Ava Lowell, and junior assistant Trinidad Owens, comprise Legacy Consultants.
Legacy takes on two new clients. Trinidad signs Simone Copeland, her first client. Simone wants to know her father and the relatives from his side of the family she never knew. She wants to meet the man who gave her only one gift – a shared fatal genetic disease.
Johanna signs Leslie Todd as a new client. A grandchild of a witness protection program participant. Todd’s grandfather turned state’s evidence, causing his family to change their identity, their home and their connections. As the only grandchild, Leslie discovers that who she thought she was, was a myth. Social Security numbers, birth certificates, residences were faked. Her parents were killed in an accident and the grandmother who raised her, dies—she knows only one person knows her truth. She seeks Johanna’s help to locate her grandfather and her real background.
Only there was a reason why he was in the witness protection program—and it hasn’t gone away.
“The Missing Link” is a highly entertaining, twisty-turny, compelling mystery that kept me engaged to the end! ….” —Craig Manson, former Superior Court Judge & Law Professor (retired)
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BOOK TWO
LOOK TWICE
Johanna Hudson, with her archeologist business partner, Ava Lowell, and astute but fashion-challenged office assistant, Trinidad Owens, comprise Legacy Consultants, located in the San Francisco East Bay Area. Johanna takes on a client who claims to witness a high-profile murder and wants the reward, but it becomes a race to stay alive to collect.
Johanna assists at the New Day Shelter, a house for homeless women. Johanna volunteers to help the residents research their own family trees. JW, a young woman, wants Johanna to help her find her baby brother put up for adoption by their mother. Johanna is sympathetic but declines; she’s a family tree researcher, not a missing person detective. However, JW begs Johanna to reconsider
Johanna is swayed and agrees. But someone wants her stopped. Johanna faces a killer and is finally forced to come to grip with her own personal demons.
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BOOK ONE
THE INHERITANCE
The Inheritance features a 30 year old genealogist, Johanna Hudson, who discovers that she can use her research talent to do more than help her customers build their family trees.
She takes on a client who is murdered before the ink is dry on the contract. At stake is a family battle over millions–if the paternity of the true heir can be found and proved, — and if Johanna isn’t killed first.
It’s a story about family, it’s a story about money, it’s a story about blackmail and it’s a story about murder.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY SAYS OF THE INHERITANCE:
“James keeps the suspense high through to the satisfying conclusion. Fans of traditional mysteries will look forward to more of Johanna’s adventures.”
AWARD WINNING BLOG – DRU’S BOOK MUSINGS SAYS OF THE INHERITANCE:
“With this gem of a story, I was swept into a well-written drama that kept me in suspense and intrigue throughout the telling of this tale. The storyline quickly grabbed my attention becoming a pager-turner as I had to know how this was going to end. The mystery was nicely executed with a small list of suspects, but it was deciphering the clues that set the tone of what was to come….Overall a great beginning to this debut series and I can’t wait to see where we go next with Johanna and Trinidad, a favorite new character.”
You can find Johanna Hudson Mysteries at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and independent booksellers everywhere.