Update: “Trouble to the Last Drop” is now available!

It’s here! You may now order Trouble to the Last Drop for Kindle, and in paperback and hardcover formats.

Cover art by Michael Manuel

This is the fifth and final book in the Trouble: Girl Detective mystery series. Thank you to everyone who’s read this far, we hope you like how it all wraps up. It’s been quite a journey for your girl Jenny Valentine.

If you’d like to participate in a discussion on Book 5 with fellow readers, check our this open thread on the r/TroubleNovels subreddit. And don’t forget to leave a review on Amazon, Goodreads, Fable, or wherever else. Hype us on BookTok and BookTube! Those peopele need something to talk about beside ACOTAR, right?

Also, in case you missed it, My Name is Trouble is now available in audiobook format, voiced by Rebecca Ho. Check it out!

If you’re a listener of our podcasts, we are once again doing a contest for the book release. Send us a photo or screenshot of your Trouble to the Last Drop purchase (email troublemysteries at gmail dot com) to be entered into a drawing. Winner gets to come on the pod and talk about a book, TV show, or movie of their choice.

Update: We’re in the end game now

Good news! The fifth and final novel in the Trouble: Girl Detective mystery series is in the hands of a copy editor for final proofreading.

It’s a bittersweet moment. This has been a long journey for your girl Trouble, who was first birthed during a road trip James and Marco took to Los Angeles to visit the Pretty Little Liars set, all the way back in April 2015. She’s gone from a driving game to a TV pilot script to a five-novel series in 10 years. Not too shabby.

Some other developments in the world of Trouble:

  • We’ve removed the ebooks from other online publishers to focus on Kindle distribution. This allows us to make the books available to Kindle Unlimited readers for free. This is an experiment, we’ll see how many new readers we can attract this way.

  • Also, we’re getting close to something long requested by our readers and podcast fans: an Audiobook! My Name is Trouble will soon be available in Audiobook format, read by a professional voice actor. More updates to come when this goes live. If sales go well, we’ll do the rest of the series.

  • We made a Bluesky account for those of you who can’t take Twitter anymore.

As for book 5…

Trouble to the Last Drop is available for preorder on Kindle now and will release on July 1st, 2025. Cover reveal to come.

Jenny Valentine is being hunted

Will the Law or the Stranger catch her first?

The World’s Greatest Girl Detective is officially an adult—and in the biggest trouble of her life! Federal agents stalk her every waking move, and the Stranger haunts her nightmares. Jenny can’t trust her phone, her instincts, or even her girlfriend.

Are there hidden clues to be found in the pages of RJ Valentine’s final Trouble manuscript, or is this just another one of her father’s devilish red herrings? Jenny’s got a list of leads, a final heirloom to solve, and a dangerous ace up her sleeve that’s getting less secret by the day.

It’s the last stop for Trouble in this explosive finale to the Trouble: Girl Detective mystery series. Can the pint-sized sleuth catch her nemesis in time, or is this the end of the line for Jenny Valentine?