SUSPENSE · PARANORMAL
Dana E. Donovan
Also known as: Dana Donovan
Dana E. Donovan grew up in New England where folklore and superstitions can mold a town’s history as much as its people. As a boy, he loved reading Sherlock Holmes mysteries and tales of adventure by Mark Twain. Later, he became a big fan of Stephen King, and when he started writing his own mysteries, influences from all his literary heroes began echoing in his writings. In this blended style, Dana exploits small town phenomena, perpetuating the enigma of its people and the belief in all that dies is not dead.
The Dojo is sixty feet long and thirty feet wide,its walls covered in mirrors, its floor made of polished wood.
— from Resurrection, 2006
Most acclaimed
Resurrection
2006
"When the corpses of an American couple are found frozen to death on a ski lift in a pristine Alpine village, Brenner is called in to investigate, in his first case as a P.I. When Inspector Simon Brenner leaves the police force, he's looking forward to some peace and quiet, and the lovely Alpine village of Zell seems like just the place. That is, until the corpses of an American couple are found frozen on a ski lift, and Brenner, doing some part time work for an insurance company, is called in to investigate the matter. It turns out that the victims have relatives in the area, and the crime--if it is a crime--seems like it could be a family affair. Except the prime suspect has a solid alibi and no one in picture-perfect Zell is talking. So Brenner, in his inimitable style, draws out all the village's characters--the longtime residents, the resort staff and guests--and uncovers the dirty doings that lurk underneath the pristine snow ... and family secrets long buried. This first book sets up the totally unique, quirky narrative voice that runs throughout the series and introduces the reluctant, yet brilliant, Detective Brenner, in a plot with as many twists and turns as a Double Black Diamond"--
Kiss the Witch
Book 6 in the Detective Marcella Witch's series has the boys of the Second Precinct investigating the theft of a pharmaceutical compound designed to synthesize the very essence of life.
Abandoned
In Sail away, Adam Drake was determined to clear his name of the false charges that ruined his career at Montgomery Inns, and if that meant deceiving the hotelier's beloved daughter, Marnie Montgomery, and even stowing away on her boat, so be it. If she had secrets, he would discover every single one. In Million dollar baby, when Chandra Hill is awakened by a cry in the night, she is shocked to discover an abandoned newborn in her barn. Emergency room doctor Dallas O'Rourke finds himself bonding instantly with the baby, and the intriguing woman who brought him in. And when the baby's adoption becomes national news, he's stunned to realize he wants a life with them both.