Aurora Donati Books in Order

The Aurora Donati books bring paranormal abilities into the tense, practical world of American politics. Instead of a hidden magical city or a faraway fantasy kingdom, the story moves through Washington, D.C., where power is public, secrets are carefully managed, and an unexplained death can affect far more than one family.

Aurora Donati is a psychometric detective. Her unusual ability lets her pick up information from objects, a gift that makes her useful when conventional evidence is thin or someone has worked hard to erase their tracks. It is also the kind of skill that makes people uneasy, especially when the case involves powerful officials.

Nothing about this investigation is routine.

The series begins with The Entity Game. A U.S. senator and an aide die in their office from apparent cardiac arrest, then another senator dies the next day from an aneurysm. The deaths are initially treated as natural, but the pattern worries the FBI. Aurora is called in because the official story may be the safest version of events, not the true one.

That setup gives the book the shape of a political thriller while keeping the paranormal element close to the investigation. Aurora is not solving a puzzle from the sidelines. Her ability puts her close to the evidence, but it also exposes her to the danger behind it. As she looks beneath the surface of Capitol Hill, the question is not simply who benefits from the deaths. It is whether the force behind them can be stopped before it reaches its real target.

Washington is more than a backdrop. The city adds pressure at every level, from powerful offices and federal investigators to the constant awareness that scandal, panic, and public attention can be weapons of their own. The stakes come from both the immediate threat and the consequences of revealing too much about what is happening.

Readers can expect a faster, more grounded form of paranormal fiction than in Lisa Shearin's fantasy series. There are still strange abilities and hidden dangers, but the tension comes from evidence, authority, competing agendas, and the need to move before another death makes the pattern impossible to ignore.

Start with The Entity Game. It introduces Aurora, her gift, and the kind of cases that make this series a good fit for readers who like mysteries with a paranormal edge and political pressure.