Books by Stella Bixby

It wasn't every day you found fingers poking up from the ground. Especially while supervising a bunch of tweenagers.But that was just Rylie's luck. Ever since she'd become a park ranger, bodies seemed to show up all over the place-on a trail, in a catfish trap, on a frozen beach.Now, they came from below.Like zombies.And it wasn't even Halloween.A new clue in a cold case should have gotten the police interested, if not downright excited.But when the police take over, they seem to want to keep the case cold.As does one of the murder suspects.It's up to Rylie to find the truth . . . even if she has to risk her job and freedom to do so.When everyone seems to be against her, she has a decision to make. Is investigating a murder worth going to jail for? Fans of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series and Meg Cabot's Heather Wells Mysteries will love Tampered, the fourth book in the Rylie Cooper Mystery Series. Get it now.

If Rylie had a checklist for her life it would look like this: Full-time job . . . check. Serious boyfriend . . . check. No dead bodies in months . . . check. On paper it looked good. Fantastic even. But in reality, she still lives in her parents' basement, doesn't feel like part of the ranger team, and knows a body is bound to show up at any moment. When she discovers a teenage boy with severe hypothermia, Rylie has to work with one of her biggest rivals to figure out what happened. High school never seemed so brutal. In a world of cliques and parties, championship football games and college applications, Rylie is sure she'll be able to solve the mystery. Until she finds another boy . . . Will Rylie be able to piece together the hormone-fueled puzzle before it's too late? Will the boys survive? And will she ever get out of her parents' basement? Fans of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series and Meg Cabot's Heather Wells Mysteries will love Throttled, the third installment of the Rylie Cooper Mystery Series. Get it now.

Rylie's life has hit a serious snag. Cheated on, lied to, and suddenly homeless and unemployed, her entire world has capsized. All that's left to do is cut line, start over, and move into her parents' basement . . . temporarily.Bring on the boomerang jokes.The perfect solution to all of her problems could be a job as an urban park rangerwhatever that is. But finding a dead body stuck in a catfish trap on her first shift leaves her wondering if she's waded in a little too deep.If it wasn't for the appearance of Luke Hannahthe lead investigator on the case and her first loveshe may have cut her losses and returned to the help wanted ads. But now Rylie is determined to prove herself . . . in more ways than one.When the authorities pin the murder on the wrong man, Rylie casts out to catch the real killer and clear the innocent man's nameat the risk of losing her job or even becoming catfish bait herself.