Overview

When Sheriff Susan comes back to Dead End after a mysterious trip with a haunted crystal ball, the future looks murky! But when the sheriff's family member meets a terrible fate, Tess and Jack jump in to help.

A secret inheritance, missing family members, and a mutant zucchini plant? It must be January in the quirkiest small town on the planet. Join Tess, Jack, their beloved family, and their zany cast of friends as they track down an escaped convict and try to protect a dangerous horde of magical objects. Will justice be served, or is the evil deed so horrible that Karma will demand ... an EYE FOR AN EYE?

A detective who turns into a tiger. A pawn shop owner who can see how you'll die.
The criminals never had a chance.

5 STARS : I laughed so hard I almost peed a little. (reader review for the Tiger's Eye Mysteries)

5 STARS: I fell out of bed laughing… (reader review for the Tiger's Eye Mysteries)

5 STARS: Fans of Charlaine Harris and Janet Evanovich will enjoy Dead Eye. Alyssa Day has done it again! She’s written a story that’s so much fun to read that you don’t want to put it down. (Reader review for the Tiger's Eye Mysteries

Read at your own risk. 

All Tess wanted to do was play softball. Why do dead bodies have to keep showing up?

And what's up with that ogre in the outfield?

When the annual Dead End, Florida, softball game ends up with three strikes, shapeshifting tiger Jack and not-quite-vanilla-human Tess, with the help of family and friends, have to be sure they're not the ones who are out.

And when a very pregnant witch comes to town ... the poisoned popcorn is the least of the town's problems!

But never fear -- Jack and Tess are on the case. Because sometimes it takes a tiger's eye to see the truth.

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Life is getting crazy -- again -- in Dead End!!

There's a robbery!
 
Five minutes after I opened the shop, a masked man walked in and tried to rob me.

I knew I should have stayed in bed.

He shoved something approximately gun-barrel shaped in his pocket toward me. “Hand over the goods, and nobody gets hurt.”

Having faced down a lot worse over the past year, I didn’t freak out. Instead, I looked slowly and deliberately around my empty shop. “Nobody? There’s just you and me here. So, do you mean I won’t get hurt? Or that you might hurt yourself?” 

And exploding popcorn!

Jack lifted the paper bag and walked it out to a sturdy metal trash can near the dugout. When he tossed it in, Rose lifted her arms and spoke an incantation, and the paper bag exploded into a ball of fire, sending flaming bits of popcorn everywhere.

And babies!

“We’re going to have babies,” I said, feeling shell-shocked. “Aunt Ruby, what do we do?”

“The only midwife in Dead End is out of town at a convention in Chicago,” Aunt Ruby said calmly. “We need to get Rose to the hospital in Orlando right now. We can’t take any chances with twins.”

“I’m not sure that’s an option,” Rose said, her voice unnaturally steady, considering. “My water just broke.”

 
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A small-town mystery with laughter, kissing, mayhem, and magic

When private investigator and tiger shapeshifter Jack Shepherd has to make the biggest decision of his life, everybody in Dead End, the quirkiest town in Florida, wants to offer their advice. 

But when Jack's girlfriend, pawnshop owner Tess Callahan, discovers a dead body in her garage, all decisions are on hold until Jack and Tess, with the help of their friends and family, can solve the mystery.

And did we mention the werewolves?

Because nothing will stop justice in Dead End, and sometimes it takes a Tiger's Eye to see the truth. 

A small-town mystery with laughter, kissing, mayhem, and magic

When private investigator and tiger shapeshifter Jack Shepherd is about to marry the love of his life in Dead End, the quirkiest town in Florida, the last thing he wants to deal with is more games from a Fae queen.

But with Jack's fiancee, pawnshop owner Tess Callahan, and all their family and friends, they have to succeed in a series of challenges to win the right to continue as a town—or abandon Dead End forever! The Dead Enders must prove themselves in Courage, Alliance, Wisdom, Compassion, and Beauty before the deadline … which just happens to be the date of the wedding.

Plus, there’s the little mystery of the swamp troll who came to town …

The wedding of the century may be on hold until Jack and Tess can navigate the challenges and win their happily ever after.

(Did we mention the bungee cord?)

Welcome to Dead End, where Here Comes the Bride can turn into a threat— for the bad guys. Jack and Tess are on the case, even on their wedding day, because sometimes it takes a Tiger's Eye to see the truth.

 
This book is on hold for various complicated reasons, including alien and vampire incursions and the author's pending surgery. Stay tuned for updates, and we're sorry for the delays. :(

A small-town mystery with laughter, kissing, mayhem, and magic

When Halloween comes to the quirkiest small town in Florida, tricks overwhelm treats by a huge margin. When tiger shapeshifter and private investigator Jack Shepherd and pawnshop owner Tess Callahan turn their special talents to solving the biggest mystery to hit Dead End in years, the criminals need to watch out.

Because life in Dead End can be as dangerous as it is funny, and sometimes it takes a Tiger's Eye to see the truth.

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Chapter 1

 Tess

I slumped on a stool behind the counter of my pawnshop and watched three ghosts, two witches, and a trio of KPop Demon Hunters approach in a menacing fashion. It was too late to run.

I had no weapons.

There was no escape.

"Trick or treat!"

I winced. "You don't have to shout. I heard you. People on Mars heard you."

One of the ghosts pushed her mask back so it rested on the top of her head and gave me a concerned look. "Miss Tess, are you okay? You never sound this cranky. And I'm a McKee, so I know all about cranky."

I almost smiled. "Hey, Lily. I'm sorry. It has been a rough day."

Her brother Peregrine, known (mercifully for him) as Bug, took off his ghost mask and stared at me with big eyes. "Is it because of the dead body?"

"That didn't help."

"Shut up, Bug!" Lily punched his arm. "It's probably because her Aunt Ruby is a murderer."

"She's not a murderer!" I grabbed handfuls of my hair and tugged.

A small demon hunter pointed at me. "Why are you at work when your aunt is in jail?"

"Because I have to be! I—" I stopped, realizing I was justifying myself—and probably working out some guilt—to kids who hadn't even hit their teens.

"It's part of the plan," Jack said, walking out from the back room with a giant bag of candy to refill the bowl on my counter.

It was Halloween afternoon, and I'd continued the former owner's tradition of welcoming all kids who stopped by in costume.

Even though I wanted more than anything in the world to be anywhere else.

To be at the jail, demanding the sheriff release my aunt.

To be at the meeting taking place—I looked at my clock—in three hours between two powerful vampires.

To be home, watching The Great British Baking Show.

While I gritted my teeth and contemplated the hideous events of the past week that put me at this place at this moment, Aunt Ruby in jail, and my friends in dire jeopardy, the kids chatted with Jack.

They were relieved, because he had a plan. He said it, so it must be true.

In the almost two years Jack had been back in Dead End, he'd convinced everyone in town that he was a person to look to in a crisis. Mostly, because he was a great person to look to in a crisis.

And this? Was possibly the biggest crisis I'd ever faced in my life.