relentlessly inquisitive
“MY WIFE FELL ASLEEP IN THE BATHTUB AND I THINK SHE’S DEAD”
MEET JANICE
Janice Hisle established herself as a bulldog news reporter—with a heart—during more than two decades as a professional journalist. She would fight, scratch and claw for public records yet wrote tragic stories with a soft touch.
After more than two decades as a full-time writer for daily newspapers, Janice became a freelance writer. She spent eighteen months writing and researching her first book, Submerged: Ryan Widmer, his drowned bride and the justice system.

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House of Mystery
Compelled by conscience and curiosity, former Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Janice (Morse) Hisle—who covered the saga of Ryan and Sarah Widmer from the start—dug deep to tell the untold story. Ten years later, new questions and answers surfaced in dozens of interviews,...
TRUE MURDER
A young bride drowns in her bathtub. Her husband of four months is accused of murder. What happened in their tiny suburban bathroom—and why—was never resolved. A compelling true-crime drama, based on exclusive new information, Submerged exposes hidden angles of a case...
The talk of the town!
My new book, SUBMERGED, is the talk of Cincinnati, a reader, Ashley Knobbe, told me--just three days after the book was released. I actually showed up at Ashley's doorstep to PERSONALLY deliver her autographed copy and we had a great time discussing the case. As I've...

