Diana Xarissa Dunn Books in Order

Ten-year-old Christopher Knight receives an email from his best friend that unexpectedly transports them to the magical kingdom of Distania. Facing dragons, a dangerous river, a mysterious prince, and an angry king, they must find their way home before dinner.

A retired king summons Chris and Alex to help save Distania from destructive rulers and magicians. Joined by a small dragon and a young unicorn, the boys must work together before the kingdom's troubles overwhelm it.

Seven months after their journey to Distania, Alex and Chris begin to doubt how real their adventure was. A sudden opportunity to return promises answers, but the invitation conceals complications that draw them back into the kingdom's troubles.

After her wedding is cancelled, Katie takes a research opportunity on the Isle of Man to escape sympathy and gossip. Two very different men compete for her attention, while a ghost complicates her determination to control her own romantic future.

Teacher Carly travels to the Isle of Man to settle a cottage inheritance for her grandmother. Lawyer Doncan wants the property sold for redevelopment, but Carly’s attachment to the house and island disrupts the comfortable lives both expected to preserve.

Secret operative F6 has always avoided personal attachments while changing identities for covert missions. A handsome stranger draws her into a murder investigation involving a former lover, forcing her to risk her usual distance to protect someone she cares about.

Undercover aboard a wealthy man’s Caribbean yacht, operative F6 monitors his business and personal dealings. A murder makes her a suspect, forcing her to cut ties with her agency and solve the case without exposing her identity.

Operative F6 becomes the target of criminal mastermind Rex, whose knowledge of her life threatens her control. Racing across the country with help from her mentor and a former lover, she must stop his dangerous game before anyone is harmed.

Elizabeth Cubbon expects a quiet morning walk on Laxey Beach but discovers a murdered man. Offering sympathy to his widow draws her into an unpleasant family’s affairs, and a second body challenges her confidence that the police will quickly solve everything.

Bessie’s beginner Manx class is disrupted by the disagreeable Moirrey Teare, whose sudden death initially seems natural. Evidence of substituted medication turns it into a murder investigation, while distracted friends and uncertain leads complicate Bessie’s efforts to identify the killer.

Presenting her historical research at the Manx Museum, Bessie witnesses a conference disrupted by Mack Dickson’s unexpected speech. When Mack dies and his controversial slides disappear, she questions the official assumption of an accident and draws her friends into investigating.

Bessie treats her friends to an outdoor theatre performance at Peel Castle, hoping for a peaceful evening. A former troupe member’s murder and another near-tragedy instead draw her into a case filled with quarrelling suspects and competing accusations.

Bessie celebrates Tynwald Day with friends, pleased that the festivities pass without a body being found. Police arrive at her cottage the following morning, revealing that someone at the celebration had murder in mind and drawing her into another investigation.

Considering a move to Douglas, Bessie discovers a barely alive stranger linked to unexplained events in an apartment building. With her usual police friends away, she must decide which new acquaintances to trust while investigating the troubles on Seaside Terrace.

House hunting with Inspector John Rockwell leads Bessie to an unexpected discovery in a bedroom. Another surprise in a furniture storage unit raises questions about cases separated by thirty years, and she must investigate before more people disappear or die.

Darcy Robinson’s new job requires making Manx Christmas World a success while keeping her attractive employer at a professional distance. Farmer Kerron Kewley opposes holding the event on his land, but their arguments reveal chemistry that complicates both work and romance.

IT specialist Lisa enjoys working with Mark Blake while installing a system for Manx National Heritage. Falling for her best friend Darcy’s boyfriend threatens their lifelong friendship, while disastrous blind dates and an interfering ghost further unsettle her plans.

Newly arrived on the Isle of Man, Fenella Woods discovers a recent acquaintance dead behind her apartment building. Adjusting to island life becomes harder as a murder investigation, unexpected romantic possibilities, a ghostly roommate, and a stray kitten compete for attention.

Bessie plans a Thanksgiving feast for her friends, but a body found on a nearby farm brings another investigation. Questioning the dead man’s acquaintances and sister exposes conflicting explanations, leaving her to untangle motives connected to a long-ago killing.

Bessie joins a committee organizing Christmas at the Castle and clashes with an expensive designer’s proposed changes. His death, followed by vandalism and another body, threatens the fundraiser and draws her into an investigation with two police inspectors.

A New Year’s Eve party turns grim after Gennifer Carter-Maxwell flirts with Constable Hugh Watterson and then disappears. When evidence links Hugh to murder, Bessie must challenge the investigation’s assumptions and uncover the truth to protect her friend.

Bessie joins Doona Moore on a prize holiday at an English family resort, hoping to make the best of an unfamiliar destination. Finding a body makes Doona the prime suspect, forcing Bessie to find trustworthy allies far from home.

As friends prepare to marry, Bessie helps investigate the decades-old disappearance of three girls. Discovering they were murdered, then losing a main suspect to another killing, complicates her efforts to solve the case while planning a wedding surprise.

Bessie encounters a former murder victim’s widow visiting Laxey with her new husband and his entourage. When someone in the group is killed, the wealthy husband demands Bessie’s help, despite an apparent lack of motives among the visitors.

Taking beginner Manx lessons again, Bessie notices that her friend Laura Meyers is distressed and reluctant to explain why. Laura’s refusal to involve the police complicates Bessie’s concern, while a murder investigation demands that she distinguish truth from conflicting accounts.

Visiting friends Janet and Joan Markham find their island holiday disrupted when Janet spots a body through a window. Another dead man and a struggling charity fundraiser leave Bessie and her friends facing unanswered questions before the killer can strike again.

Fenella Woods’s ferry trip to England for research ends abruptly when she finds a body in her cabin. A group of fellow passengers becomes suspect, and she must help the police while resisting advice from her persistent ghostly aunt.

Learning to drive on the Isle of Man, Fenella discovers that a reopened missing-person case involves her instructor. Inspector Daniel Robinson also asks about an old murder, while her ghostly aunt urges involvement in both cases despite Fenella’s already unsettled life.

Fenella and Shelly find a stray dog whose owner has disappeared, then another missing neighbor leaves a second dog needing care. When one man turns up dead and another person vanishes, the friends must investigate before further disappearances become murders.

A woman accuses Fenella’s late aunt Mona of an affair with her husband, despite Mona’s ghost denying it. A series of suspicious accidents among his possible former lovers leaves Fenella struggling to convince the replacement police inspector that murders are occurring.

Constable Hugh Watterson asks Bessie to help identify a body found on Laxey Beach twenty years earlier. She supplies names of men who left the island, but tracing them proves difficult and one missing man’s relatives may hold crucial evidence.

Bessie helps nervous Helen Baxter prepare to marry Inspector Pete Corkill, but the couple finds a body the night before their wedding. Questioning the victim’s estranged wife and girlfriend draws Bessie into danger from a killer determined to stop her.

Bessie reluctantly attends a murder mystery party at Thie yn Traie, despite having no memory of accepting an invitation. When a guest really dies, she must reconstruct the evening for Inspector John Rockwell before the killer claims another victim.

Visiting inspector Andrew Cheatham tells Bessie about a thirty-year-old cold case, and she suggests a fresh avenue of inquiry. His interest in another unresolved island case leaves her balancing two investigations with showing her guest around her beloved home.

Catelyn believes the portal between realities is secure until pleas for help appear on its mirror. Concerned about Cat’s parents and their plans for New Washington, the two girls must cooperate again to prevent consequences that could threaten both worlds.

Catelyn wants to return to New Washington to rescue her trapped parents, while Cat hides from police in that alternate reality. Working across the divide, they must decide whom to trust and find a way to return everyone to their proper world.

A stranger claiming to know Shelly’s late husband brings unwelcome visitors into her life. When Fenella discovers his body, the friends must help an unsympathetic police inspector examine his connections and identify the enemy responsible before another killing occurs.

Fenella’s brother James visits the Isle of Man with a girlfriend whose past soon becomes central to a murder investigation. After her death makes James a suspect and someone attacks him, Fenella must persuade police to take his troubling account seriously.

Fenella’s first Hop-tu-Naa celebration ends with finding a murdered young newlywed at Cregneash. As she searches for a motive, the distance between her and returning Inspector Daniel Robinson complicates her involvement, especially with another police inspector constantly beside him.

Fenella Woods helps Inspector Daniel Robinson revisit Ronald Sherman's disappearance seven years earlier. Interviews with witnesses produce competing explanations, while Thanksgiving preparations and unresolved tension between Fenella and Daniel complicate her efforts to uncover what happened.

Searching for her missing father, aspiring astrophysicist Catelyn passes through a portal into an alternate reality. With even her counterpart's loyalties uncertain, she must rescue him from a military ruler determined to control travel between worlds.

Lora White approaches Aunt Bessie after a baby shower, convinced someone may be trying to kill her. Bessie questions relatives and neighbors, trying to distinguish a real threat from misunderstanding without drawing the reluctant woman into unwanted police attention.

After helping Hugh and Grace Watterson welcome their first child, Bessie walks home with the exhausted new father. Lights in a supposedly empty holiday cottage lead them to a body and another investigation just before Christmas.

Volunteering at Peel Castle, Aunt Bessie encounters a skeleton hidden in a tower for decades. She helps Inspector Anna Lambert identify women who vanished from the island, seeking both the victim's identity and the circumstances of her death.

Fenella's former boyfriend Jack visits the Isle of Man for Christmas and refuses to accept their breakup. A body at the house where he is staying draws her into a murder investigation complicated by jealousy and uncertain romantic loyalties.

Fenella helps Daniel investigate Mabel Gross's murder fifty years earlier while caring for an injured cat and four kittens. Elderly witnesses and suspects still guard secrets, making the cold case difficult as her responsibilities at home multiply.

A woman claiming to be Maxwell Martin's daughter demands part of Mona's estate, then turns up dead. Fenella becomes the leading suspect and must challenge alleged blackmail letters while protecting her inheritance and uncovering the killer.

After leaving the agency, F6 takes a job training espionage recruits at a school. When a widely disliked man dies and the owner calls it an accident, her wish to remain unnoticed clashes with her determination to investigate.

Bessie's holiday with friends and children becomes troubled when a solicitor challenges Doona's inheritance. His sudden death makes their group suspects, and a second death leaves Bessie helping the local inspector untangle a potentially murderous dispute.

Aunt Bessie's morning walk ends with discovering murdered reporter Harrison Parker on Laxey Beach. Police suspect a connection to a nearby mansion, where four secretive guests and a temporary butler may hold the answers she needs.

Helping friends consider buying a neglected mansion brings Aunt Bessie to another murder victim. His unexpected identity shocks the community, prompting Bessie to investigate why he came to the Isle of Man and who wanted him dead.

A hospital visit after a fall introduces Bessie to Kelly Sutton, whose sister's death in Manchester was ruled accidental. Kelly suspects murder, drawing Bessie into an old case whose witnesses are largely far from the Isle of Man.

F6 investigates the warehouse incident that killed her best friend, F7, by searching for the men who worked with her that night. All have disappeared, and competing pursuers force F6 to find them before they are silenced.

Fenella agrees to help monitor wild wallabies in the island's wetlands and finds organizer Darrell Higgins dead during an outing with Daniel. Volunteers, business associates and former partners provide suspects, but identifying a convincing motive proves harder.

Daniel's former acquaintance Nancy arrives on the Isle of Man claiming plans that include a future with him. Her murder leaves Daniel suspended and Fenella under suspicion, forcing them to investigate secrets within Nancy's close group of friends.

Fenella and Daniel follow an orchestra around England on a holiday that disappoints them even before they find a body. Stranded in Chester, they face a large suspect pool spanning musicians and the tour group traveling alongside them.

Apartment hunting with Daniel takes an unexpected turn when poison and a skeleton emerge from an unused cellar nearby. Fenella helps identify a missing man while navigating Daniel's finances and his reluctance to accept help buying a home.

Divorced mother Terri agrees to pose as businessman Lucas Hogan's fiancée to comfort his dying mother. Their appearances at Ramsey's Harvest Festival begin to feel less like acting, leaving Terri worried about the feelings their arrangement is creating.

Camille wants to avoid Maxwell, the first man who broke her heart thirty years earlier. Her son's driving mishap makes that impossible, and Ramsey's Summer Fair brings renewed friendship into conflict with her determination to protect herself.

Widowed Jana takes a part-time job at a martial arts school to keep her son's lessons affordable. The arrangement requires her to train too, bringing new physical challenges and an unexpected attraction to younger instructor Andrew Caldwell.

College professor Penny plans to marry her friend Kevin so neither must grow old alone. Hiring Douglas Holloway to help organize her dream wedding complicates that sensible arrangement when preparations leave her increasingly attracted to the wrong man.

Seeking answers about her origins, F6 returns to Fallon, Nevada, where scientists connected to the technology behind her birth are being murdered. She must protect the survivors long enough to discover truths that challenge everything she believes.

Inspecting buildings inherited from Mona, Fenella finds a skeleton locked inside a former candle factory. Mona's refusal to discuss the property raises questions about an old death and a secret connected to her benefactor, Maxwell Martin.

Fenella and Daniel travel to Buffalo for her former boyfriend Jack's wedding. When the bride's disruptive ex-husband is found dead outside their hotel, they must investigate a murder while navigating the tensions surrounding the celebration.

After completing her degree through years of work and study, diner manager Suzy seeks a better job. Karl Kemp doubts her qualifications, and their repeated arguments around Ramsey gradually give way to an uncertain Christmas truce.

Newly unemployed Leanne leaves Chicago and visits college friends in Ramsey, where she rescues an abandoned puppy. Her attachment to the dog brings her closer to veterinarian Sam Snyder, despite her reluctance to become involved with a work-focused man.

Newcomer Jennifer joins Ramsey's speed-dating event and feels immediate chemistry with businessman Brian. His frequent absences leave her spending time with reliable Seth, complicating her choice when she needs a companion for her former husband's wedding.

Fenella enters a bank just as its manager's body is discovered inside a time-locked vault. His numerous romantic relationships offer suspects, while the mechanics of his death puzzle police and wedding reception arrangements add another concern.

Bessie joins Andrew Cheatham's cold case unit to investigate the disappearance of five-year-old Rachel Adams. Meanwhile, a young shop worker asks her to clear a theft accusation without police involvement, dividing Bessie's attention between two troubling mysteries.

Janet's honeymoon changes abruptly when her new husband Edward disappears within a day of their wedding. Refusing to wait passively, she becomes involved in his assignment to protect Bobby Armstrong while pretending she and Edward have never met.

Bessie's cold case unit investigates Paul Bernhard's unexplained murder in New York and searches for the woman he intended to meet. Suspicious activity in an empty holiday cottage near Bessie's home provides a second, closer mystery.

Janet and Edward must escort Maxwell Blake and his laptop from London to Edinburgh. His new girlfriend joins the journey, a stranger follows them, and growing danger forces the couple to reconsider whom they can trust.

Janet poses as a French tutor inside a wealthy household after Layce Carlson disappears. Edward works under another cover, and the couple must identify the person responsible before the ransom deadline while pretending to be strangers.

Bessie examines Julie Carter's murder during a graduation weekend with five friends at a luxury cottage. Alongside the cold case, she helps search for a missing acquaintance and prepares for the approaching Christmas at the Castle event.

An assignment takes Janet and Edward to a Florida retirement community where two men have died mysteriously. Late-night activity at the community center raises further questions as they investigate beneath the surface of an apparently pleasant holiday destination.

Bessie and Andrew discover an intentionally set house fire while viewing properties on the island. Meanwhile, their cold case unit examines two apparently linked murders in France, although Bessie doubts the same killer committed both crimes.

A disturbing mannequin at a play is followed by a real death at another theater. Fenella helps Daniel investigate threatening letters and a fatal fall amid confusing performances, a secluded playwright and a growing list of questions.

A passenger escaping a dead-end life boards the luxury spacecraft Lady Elizabeth and encounters a dying man on an unfinished deck. Attempts to buy silence fail when Colonel Jonathan Brazee insists on investigating and recruits an unwilling companion.

Turning fifty prompts Holly Parker to begin visiting every American state, starting with Las Vegas. Finding her former airplane seatmate dead raises alarming questions about his fiancée’s sudden friendship and leaves Holly trying to convince police of her innocence.

Abigail Clark hopes to revive a historic Finger Lakes resort bought with her sister. A guest's murder threatens the hotel's future, while local enemies and an inquisitive neighbor pull Abigail toward an investigation she never planned to join.

A visiting inspector brings Owen Evans's unsolved murder to Bessie's cold case unit. Before she can concentrate on it, a wedding showcase ends with another woman's disappearance, splitting her attention between a decade-old death and an urgent search.

Janet and Edward Bennett accompany retired actor Benjamin Everest on a publicity tour after threats target his wife. Suspecting someone in his entourage, they must protect Josephine without revealing the letters Benjamin wants kept from her.

Janet and Edward receive an unusually vague assignment to observe a private-island gathering in the Bahamas. Their host's murder soon leaves them facing numerous suspects, an unclear motive and the challenge of maintaining Janet's unpleasant cover identity.

Bessie investigates repeated thefts of colleague Charles Morris's hire cars while her cold case unit considers Jack Flowers's disappearance. His girlfriend believes he is missing, but unhelpful family and friends leave the team uncertain whether any crime occurred.

Janet and Edward put home renovation plans aside when another agent disappears. Following his trail across Edinburgh, Paris and Berlin raises the possibility that he vanished willingly, leaving them to question whether their search is leading into a trap.

Bessie promises to trace an old acquaintance for a friend while her cold case unit reexamines a department-store Santa's murder. Eleven years after the stabbing, overlooked evidence raises fresh questions about an investigation that failed to identify the killer.

Janet and Edward must enter a Pennsylvania museum after hours to exchange seemingly identical buttons before a lengthy closure. Trouble at their small-town hotel complicates the apparently simple assignment and gives them another mystery to untangle.

Bessie's cold case unit reopens a pub stabbing with only four possible suspects, yet no solution after decades. Her friend Maggie's insistence that someone is trying to kill her adds an urgent concern to an already frustrating investigation.

A café fire interrupts Fenella's lunch with her police-inspector fiancé, while an undertaker's deathbed statement revives an old death. Evidence of poisoning leaves them juggling a fresh murder investigation and questions about the man behind the fire.

Fenella welcomes her nieces to the Isle of Man, but their visit turns ominous when they discover a body. One niece's encounter with the victim brings both under suspicion, drawing Fenella and her fiancé into another inspector's case.

Fenella plans a relaxing hotel stay before her friend's wedding, only for a body to appear in a supposedly empty room. A former guest's unexplained presence after the seasonal closure threatens to replace the celebration with a murder investigation.

A broken arm brings Fenella into contact with a doctor seeking her missing boyfriend. When a search of his apartment uncovers another man's body, Fenella and her friends face questions about both the victim's identity and the boyfriend's whereabouts.

Holly Parker continues her travel plans with a bargain beach holiday in Florida. An occupied cabana leads to another body on her first morning, transforming the restful getaway into troubling evidence that her recent bad luck may be following her.

A passenger aboard the Lady Elizabeth hopes to enjoy reaching a new sector of the ship’s long voyage. Instead, a mandatory cabin inspection reveals two bodies across the corridor, pulling her into a murder investigation among fellow travelers.

Holly Parker takes her best friend on a lakeside vacation in Erie, Pennsylvania. Their comfortable cottage and beautiful sunset promise a quiet break until Holly spots a body beside the path, reviving fears about the dangers surrounding her travels.

During a planetary stop, a Lady Elizabeth passenger escapes the bustling shops in search of fresh air and grass. Her discovery of two bodies beside construction vehicles turns the excursion into another investigation on her increasingly troubled space voyage.

Opening Sunset Lodge's long-locked boathouse uncovers a skeleton just as Abigail prepares a Halloween weekend for guests. Actors hired to tell ghost stories all knew the dead woman, giving Abigail's inquisitive neighbor plenty of reasons to investigate.

Abigail and Mandy’s renovation plans for Sunset Lodge are interrupted by a body in one of the cottages. Mandy eagerly questions suspects around Nightshade, while Abigail worries that her sister’s enthusiasm and a neighbor’s snooping could attract the killer.

Volunteering at Nightshade’s winter festival, Abigail Clark finds the high-school principal dead in a dunk tank. Revelations about affairs and missing school funds supply numerous motives, making it difficult to keep her charity work separate from the murder investigation.