Melanie Carver

Melanie "Mel" Carver is one of the three main characters in the novel series, Mystery Sisters.

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When the series begins, Melanie is in her early 30's and is an defense attorney in Grandsboro, California. She lives a two-bedroom home in the middle-class neighborhood of town. She is divorced and very wary of dating.

In The First Mystery, she teams up with her older sister, Melanie, an defense attorney and her younger sister, Brandi ], an investigative reporter for the Grandsboro Gazette, to investigate the - of -. The sisters would get together at their mother's house or their place to discuss cases they are solving. It is also revealed that her mother, Evelyn never approved of her career as a cop, due to the fact the Jenna's late father, James was a police officer and was killed in a line of duty.

In book 2, -, Jenna is promoted to Chief of Homicide, her dream since she was in the Academy.

In book 4, The Killing Secret, she and boyfriend, Mike Peterson break up.

The series follows the professional and personal lives of Jenna and her two sisters, and there is a significant milestone in most of the books. In -, she is pregnant with Mike's child despite being diagnosed with endometriosis years prior to the series; and in -, she gives birth to her son, Mikey J.