Jax of All Trade

Not another dead body...Coalville has gone back to its normal quiet pace, and Lou's handy person business is booming. With their queer book club and doing the occasional favor for a friend, not to mention their meddling family, life is full - and thankfully, there's no dead body in the mix.That is, until their friend Deke calls them, frantic. Lou isn't expecting the reason for that Deke's ex-girlfriend, now very much dead. Lou believes Deke is innocent, but they're sure the local cops will see things differently. But, they're sure Officer Matthias Lindert, even if he is too good looking for Lou's own good, but so not interested in them, will do the right thing.Until he's taken off the case.With Deke at the top of the cops' suspect list, Lou needs to find out what really happened, no matter what trouble it brings them. All they know is there is no way they will let their friend get put away for something they know he would never do.

Life has returned to normal, or at least as normal as Lou Carsley's life ever gets. They're exploring their new relationship and preparing to spend the holidays with their families. They're nervous about how to fit the pieces of those families together and if they might end up cutting against the grain. But, surely nothing can really go wrong. Until their tough-as-nails sister calls them in a near-panic. Her neighbor is dead, and his wife, Cailyn's friend, looks like the perfect suspect. Cailyn says absolutely no way, and begs Lou to help, even though that puts them on the opposite side of their boyfriend. But, something about the whole thing feels very wrong to Lou, and they aren't sure even Matt is able to see that.But, as they investigate, everything seems to be knotted together and danger starts to close in. The victim may have deserved his fate, and any one of the suspects could have done it. When a second victim appears, Cailyn's friend is cleared, but Lou is already too deep to back out now. It may have already cost their relationship. But, can Lou find the real killer before they add to the body count and put a bow on the end of Lou's life? Fallon Brown is a nonbinary(they/them) writer from Northwestern Pennsylvania. They've been writing since the age of 8 and work with whatever comes to them, be that romance, mystery, or fantasy. They live not far from their hometown with their husband, two children, two dogs, and a cat who believes she rules the roost. When they aren't trying to control the lives of fictional characters… well, actually that encompasses most of their day.