Some readers have attested to struggling to keep up with all the books she releases. Her passion for writing shows not only in the quality of her work but the volume of novels she delivers every single year. She has been known to release entire series of novels within a few short months. She releases a disturbingly large number of books every single year. Kathi Daley tends to do more writing than most authors can fathom. Lake Tahoe’s landscape is nothing short of perfect, acting as a source of inspiration for Kathi’s efforts as a writer. She also finds satisfaction from cooking and gardening, not to mention snowshoeing and biking. Like most authors, Kathi loves to read, though the activity doesn’t consume her every waking hour. Kathi Daley is an American author that lives near Lake Tahoe with her husband, children, grandchildren and their dogs. Rather, elements of romance crop up every now and then, and Kathi does a great job of making certain that they do not overrun the mystery. She works alongside a new deputy sheriff called Dylan Caine to deliver justice.Īs with many of Kathi’s novels, this series isn’t all mystery.

Rather than a random stranger that keeps stumbling from one disparate crime scene to another, forcing her way into the lives of the grieving in some attempt to satiate her boredom, Jensen cannot help but put her mind to solving murder in the alpine town of Serenity, Nevada because she knows those involved and she cannot help but feel responsible for revealing the truth behind the murders, especially when law enforcement isn’t doing as effective a job. In the case of Jensen, every murder case tends to hit rather close to home.

Kathi’s protagonist is an unseemly detective, working in a field outside law enforcement but, none the less, manifesting the ability to put all the right clues together in order to bring about an adequate resolution. Like many of her books, the TJ Jensen Paradise Lake Mysteries surround a series of murder cases that occur in an idyllic town. However, her strong suit is character development and her writing style suits her focus.

That isn’t to say that Kathi Daley’s mysteries are not compelling. In fact, the love the series attracts has more to do with the attachment readers have to the characters than anything else. The TJ Jensen books are technically cozy mystery novels and they have a lot of fans primarily because Kathi’s characters are so well developed. And it just so happens that Jensen resides on the north Shore of Paradise Lake. The primarily protagonist of the series is TJ Jensen, a teacher who lives with her grandfather and half-sisters. The TJ Jensen Paradise Lake books are aptly named. As the name suggests, the books fall comfortably within the mystery genre. The TJ Jensen Paradise Lake Mysteries are a series of books written by Kathi Daley.

Snowmen in Paradise by Kathi Daley