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P.J. Howell

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After attending college for two separate degrees, raising a family, running a business, and working in the legal field for almost 30 years as a private investigator and a legal assistant...I decided to take a brave leap and pen one of the stories that had been tumbling around in my thoughts for some time. This led to the the publication of the first novel in a P.I. mystery series. Currently, I am the author of the Jorja Matthews Mystery Series, the Road Trip Mystery Series, a YA novel, nonfiction and short stories. Given the amount of story ideas in my story notebook, I will be writing for the rest of my life...and I look forward to it!

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	No Mother of Mine: A Jorja Matthews Mystery (Jorja Matthews Mystery Series Book 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Kept Secrets: A Jorja Matthews Mystery (Jorja Matthews Mystery Series Book 2) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ties That Bind: A Jorja Matthews Mystery (Jorja Matthews Mystery Series Book 3) by P.J. Howell (Goodreads Author), Nikki Busch (Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cross My Heart: A Jorja Matthews Mystery (Jorja Matthews Mystery Series Book 4) by P.J. Howell (Goodreads Author), Nikki Busch (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ignorance is Bliss: A Road Trip Mystery Series, Book 1 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Web of Lies (A Jorja Matthews Mystery Book 6) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Price of Betrayal: A Jorja Matthews Mystery (Jorja Matthews Mystery Series Book 5) by P.J. Howell (Goodreads Author), Nikki Busch (Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Birds, One Stone: A Road Trip Mystery, Book 2 (Road Trip Mystery Series) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1313 Psycho Path it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	With Malicious Intent: A Jorja Matthews Mystery (Jorja Matthews Mystery Series Book 7) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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QUARTERLY UPDATE: A long time coming…

Yes, I think my blog misses me. And I also miss my blog. It’s been a long time since I shared regular quarterly updates, and I was surprised when I checked to discover the last actual quarterly update was in December of 2021. Now, I’ll show myself some grace since I barely blogged in 2022 and I didn’t blog one bit in 2023. The main reason for that is because I was offered and decided to accept a j

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The Awakening / The Struggle (The Vampire Diaries, #1-2)

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