J.C. Eaton writes the Sophie Kimball Mystery Series which started in June 2017 and is set in Minnesota. Sophie “Phee” Kimball is not a cop. She’s a divorced, middle-aged mom who works as an account clerk for the police department in a small city in Minnesota. But her retired mother, Harriet Plunkett, is convinced Phee is the only one who can solve the mystery of a cursed book. According to Harriet, four members of her book club have already succumbed to the deadly curse. Harriet insists Phee catch the next plane to her retirement community in Sun City West, Arizona, to investigate. They also write the Wine Trail Mystery Series which started in 2018 and is set in New York.