Jessica narrates the tale of a police detective sent to teach a university criminology class and challenges his students to solve a real homicide.

Jessica's latest novel is about a bumbling down on his luck private detective sets out to prove a recently found dead John Doe in a small Southwestern town are the remains of his beloved uncle, who skipped town years ago. However, upon arriving to claim the body, he and his girlfriend get caught up in helping the sheriff solve a murder.