Donna Huston Murray: 10 books

Who could refuse a two-week stay in a chateau perched on the edge of the Mediterranean? Certainly not Richard, who was fed up to his easel with the damp London weather. Babysitting a treasure-filled museum while his old Sorbonne roommate honeymooned in Spain was the least he could do. The vandals...

Escorting an incorrigible student downtown to be “scared straight” by a Federal judge, Ginger Barnes discovers her childhood babysitter, textile professor Charlie Finnemeyer, on trial for fraudulently aging an Oriental rug. After a second witness against the defendant dies a little too conveniently,...

Writer's Digest Award-Winning Author When her husband becomes head of struggling Bryn Derwyn Academy, Ginger Barnes learns that murder on the campus can kill a school’s reputation in a heartbeat. Hoping to move the scandal off the front page ASAP, Gin uses her Mop Squad job to discreetly...

Finalist, The National Indie Excellence Award FINALLY BACK to her spunky self after the loss of her husband, men have once again become an issue for amateur sleuth Ginger Barnes—men who mistreat their wives, men suspected of murder, and men who ask her out. While working on a DIY project...

HONORABLE MENTION 2015 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards Lauren Beck’s friends, phone, home, credit and credibility are gone, severed with surgical precision by an enemy intent on framing her for murder. Is it one of the insureds she was hired to investigate? The fellow employee...

Writer's Digest Award-Winning Author On the heels of a nasty divorce, a dog trainer is blamed for her ex-husband’s messy death. Evidence suggests that she programmed their shared guard dog to attack the prominent diet doctor, but did she? As the accused is being led off to jail, she begs...

Writer's Digest Award-Winning Author Fierce competitor Iffy Bigelow gets herself strangled at the world-famous Philadelphia Flower Show, and if she ever wants to hear the end of it, Ginger Barnes must unearth whoever killed her mother’s dear old friend. The biggest problems: hundreds of suspects...

Writer's Digest Award-Winning Author A daylight burglary turns to murder when Ginger Barnes’s neighborhood friend returns home at the worst possible time. Thefts and threats and wild accusations swiftly follow, tightening tensions on previously peaceful Beech Tree Lane. When elderly eccentric...

Writer's Digest Award-Winning Author When the murder of an NFL quarterback endangers her family, savvy American football fan and sometime-sleuth, Ginger Barnes, rushes to Norfolk, Virginia. Terrified that her husband will be accused of killing his longtime rival, Gin’s cousin Michelle has...

Awarded Honorable Mention in Genre Fiction by Writer's Digest Frank Roitman is right to be suspicious—that wrongful-death lawsuit, stockholders threatening mayhem, the sudden suicide of his son-in-law and Chief Financial Officer. Now a strange blonde enters the airport on the arm of the deceased’s...