The Private Investigator – As a novice private investigator, Jinx Curry could f*ck up a wet dream. But as an experienced PI, she hates her job. The single mom spends her days spying on cheating wives and husbands, but she aches for more importance.

When her boss, Capricorn Hayes, finally assigns Jinx a missing persons case involving a congressman’s missing granddaughter, Jinx jumps at the chance. Not only to solve it, but to earn the fifty-thousand-dollar bonus that would pay her bills, and get a menacing creditor off her back.

But the investigation proves more dangerous and costly than Jinx believes. After an unknown individual in a black Corvette nearly runs Jinx down and begins stalking her, Jinx has to sacrifice her relationship with her daughter by sending Arielle to live with her father. Can Jinx find the congressman’s daughter while surviving her stalker? Or will this job be her last?

The Players – Deebo: He’s the scintillating rapper who may be secretly married to the missing teen. A marriage revelation infringes on the rapper’s rising-star status. Did Deebo off his wife to preserve record sales?

Bam: He’s Jinx’s childhood friend who loaned the sleuth a boatload of money. With Jinx unable to repay the loan, has Bam decided to make an example out of Jinx for lack of repayment?

Elena: She’s the missing person. Perhaps Elena doesn’t want to be found. Will she kill Jinx to prevent the sleuth from exposing her location?

Young Calloway: He’s the Georgetown Law School dropout and only grandson of Congressman Calloway. After Jinx discovers the rivalry between Elena and Young Calloway, Jinx also uncovers Young Calloway’s dark past. Has Young Calloway decided to eliminate Jinx to cover up his crimes?

Congressman Calloway: Up for re-election, the congressman cannot afford a family scandal. Did he hire Jinx to find Elena to coverup the young teen’s possible murder? If so, has he decided to eliminate Jinx to clean up the family mess?

Valerie “Jinx” Curry is a single mom with a rebellious teenage daughter and money problems. She is also a private investigator intent on landing assignments other than snapping photos of cheating wives and husbands. Her boss finally relents and gives her the case of Congressman Calloway’s missing granddaughter, Elena.

Jinx soon learns that this is no ordinary case of a missing person. All indications are that Elena disappeared voluntarily and went to great lengths to avoid being found. The more Jinx digs into the case, the more unsavory secrets she uncovers about the Calloway family. Then the bullets start flying.

All Money Ain’t Good Money is a mystery/thriller with strange twists, violence, and sex. It kept me (figuratively) on the edge of my seat as I read. Some characters the reader meets are sympathetic, while others are threatening and downright scary. Jinx must figure out which is which, all the while dealing with a personal financial crisis and a teenage daughter who says she hates her. As if that were not enough, her boss keeps threatening to take the case away from her, something Jinx cannot and will not abide.

Jinx Curry is one gutsy woman, and if you like that kind of heroine, you’ll love this book.

With three classes remaining, Tracey Lampley is currently completing her MA in Creative Writing at Southern New Hampshire University. She holds an MS in Publishing from Pace University, and she holds a BA in English/Technical & Scientific Communication from Miami University of Ohio, which is located a few miles from where she grew up in Hamilton, Ohio.

She enjoys watching basketball on all levels. She also watching college football and the NFL. She resides in northern Georgia with her pooch, Neo.

She is the author of All Money Ain’t Good Money, the first novel in the Jinx Curry Mystery Series. She also authored the romantic thrillers Kept and Kept: Book 2.