Diane Fanning: 29 books

From Reviewers: "Fanning (Bite the Moon) provides plenty of forensic details, plot twists, and suspense. Though this near-perfect police procedural is not for the faint of heart, readers who like Kate Flora and Alex Kava will put it on their reserve lists. Highly recommended." -...

When Molly Mullet's husband dies from a gunshot wound inflicted right before her eyes, she abandons her work as a high school chemistry teacher and joins the police force. Now she faces another crossroad in her life. She follows a trail of blood into the closet of Solms Halle, an historic music hall...

From Reviewers: "Edgar-finalist Fanning skillfully illuminates the heartbreaking challenges facing Alzheimer's victims and their families in her fourth mystery featuring Virginia homicide detective Lucinda Pierce (after 2010's Mistaken Identity). Lucinda's investigation leads to a strange...

Evil Stalks the Sanctuary  Sex, voodoo and vicious assault: three stories of murder linked to the church by Edgar Award Finalist Diane Fanning.  Buried Scandal: In the basement of a Michigan church, a sexton uncovers the rotting skeleton of a nun who had been missing for...

From Reviewers: The latest case for homicide investigator Lucinda Pierce, who's slowly learning to cope with the facial deformities left by a shotgun, marks another step on her road to recovery.  Lucinda (Punish the Deed, 2009, etc.) is such a strong heroine that she should engage many...

From Reviewers: Lucinda (The Trophy Exchange, 2008, etc.), who stoically ignores ugly taunts about her facial deformities, fends off both an armed serial killer and an even better armed underling's wife with so little effort that she surely qualifies for superhero status. - Kirkus Reviews...

An act of terrorism or a case of murder at the high school? Local cop Lucinda Pierce battles the FBI and Homeland Security for her right to figure it out. One quiet Sunday morning, homicide investigator Lucinda Pierce is called to the scene after a bomb blast rocks a high school, killing a...

The Astronaut Love Triangle that Rocked America For many years, Astronaut Lisa Nowak was a role model for young women everywhere.  Then, all of her dreams crumbled and she lashed out in desperation at her love rival.  Did she drive cross-country in diapers and don a disguise with...

SLEEP MY DARLINGS Diane Fanning On January 28, 2011, the Tampa Police Department received a phone call from a woman who was worried about her daughter, Julie Schenecker. A devoted Army wife and mother of two, Julie had sent her mother an email that could be described as "suicidal."...

By the age of twenty-four, Air Force Staff Sergeant Mike Severance had already survived a series of missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. But his life back at home, in Texas, would prove a lot more dangerous… In the winter of 2005, Mike's wife, a veterinarian named Wendi Mae Davidson, reported...

The first three thrilling books in the Lt. Lucinda Pierce series    The Trophy Exchange: Life’s been rough for Lt. Lucinda Pierce.  She lost an eye and disfigured her face at a domestic violence call.  She accidentally killed a small child in a frenzied shoot-out. ...

Was Betty Neumar unlucky with men?  Or does a sinister thread run through this woman’s life. Black Widow is a 10,000 word true crime short about Betty Neumar and her five deceased husbands and the death of her only biological son. 

In Death on the River, b**estselling true crime author Diane Fanning recounts a tragic kayak accident that left one man dead—and his fiancée arrested for his murder.** A DREAM GETAWAY. A REAL-LIFE NIGHTMARE... It seemed like the perfect romantic afternoon: a kayaking trip for two...

A woman is hanging from a balcony in a perfectly composed suicide scene. But her husband doesn’t buy it . . . and wants Lucinda Pierce to find the killer. Candace Eagleton is dead and although it appears to be a suicide Homicide Lieutenant Lucinda Pierce is convinced it’s murder and is...