Diane Fanning Books in Order

Psychologist Liz Starling and ad man Jack Thompson uncover a disturbing new dependence on psychic beings shaped by human wants. Fanning's first novel blends suspense, social unease, and a speculative idea about what people create for themselves.

Co-edited with Susie Kelly Flatau, this anthology gathers fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry by Texas women writers. It is less a crime book than a lively snapshot of voice, place, and the many ways women write Texas.

After ten-year-old Krystal Surles survives an attack that kills her friend, her courage helps police identify Tommy Lynn Sells. Fanning traces the serial killer's wider trail of violence and the child witness who helped stop him.

Richard Marc Evonitz looked harmless to neighbors and friends, but his last victim exposed him as a serial killer. Fanning tells the story of abduction, survival, and the hidden life of the man authorities were desperate to find.

Kathleen Peterson's death at the bottom of a staircase leads to a murder case that only grows stranger with time. Fanning follows Michael Peterson, the blood-soaked evidence, and the earlier staircase death that haunted the trial.

Bobbie Jo Stinnett is murdered and her unborn child cut from her womb after an online acquaintance enters her home. Fanning follows the frantic hunt for the missing baby and the horrifying Lisa Montgomery case.

Susan McFarland disappears after deciding to leave a failing marriage, while her husband tells their sons she will return. The search ends in murder, and Fanning keeps the focus on the family's unraveling and the children left behind.

After losing her husband to a holdup, Molly Mullet is pulled into another violent case when a band manager is murdered. Trying to protect a vulnerable friend accused of the crime, she digs into a second killing and a tangled mystery.

Lisa Nowak was a celebrated astronaut before jealousy and obsession led to a notorious confrontation in an airport parking lot. Fanning looks past the headlines to trace the pressures, relationships, and collapse behind the astronaut love triangle case.

Maria Cruz goes to a supposed doctor for a cosmetic procedure and never comes home. Fanning reconstructs the shocking Dean Faiello case, from a fatal complication to a body hidden under concrete and a desperate flight from justice.

Pastor Matthew Winkler is found shot dead in the family parsonage, and his wife Mary disappears with their daughters before she is found in Alabama. Fanning explores the killing, the trial, and the marriage hidden behind church respectability.

Lucinda Pierce is scarred, grieving, and still doing the job after a disastrous domestic violence call changed her life. Her first case in the series pits her against a serial killer, with a respected doctor high on the suspect list.

Air Force Staff Sergeant Mike Severance survives war overseas, only to vanish after trouble at home with his wife, veterinarian Wendi Mae Davidson. When his body is found in a stock pond, the marriage becomes the center of a grim murder case.

Fanning follows the disappearance and death of two-year-old Caylee Anthony, then the storm that gathered around her mother, Casey. It is a close look at the family, the investigation, and one of the most watched cases in America.

Children's charity worker Sharon Fleming is found mutilated beside a note that says she was left behind. Lucinda Pierce races after a killer who resents do-gooders, even as threatening messages bring the danger closer to her.

A woman lies posed on a bed, while a headless, handless man is left in the tub nearby. Lucinda Pierce must untangle family secrets, a disturbed teenager's claims, and an old hurt that has turned murderous.

A missing elderly man appears dead on his son's porch, and Lucinda Pierce is not even sure whether she is looking at murder. The case widens into missing children, more dead seniors, and the painful realities of dementia.

In this short true crime book, Fanning looks at Betty Neumar, her five dead husbands, and the death of her only biological son. It is a compact, unsettling case study in coincidence, suspicion, and unanswered questions.

Candace Eagleton is found hanging in her elegant home, but Lucinda Pierce sees murder, not suicide. As more bodies and a list of names surface, Lucinda and Jake Lovett uncover a case with ties far beyond one household.

Raynella Dossett Leath says she found her husband dead by his own gun, but the scene does not add up. As investigators revisit the death of her first husband too, Fanning builds a grim portrait of suspicion and manipulation.

A deadly blast at a local high school looks like terrorism, and the FBI quickly takes over. Lucinda Pierce is not convinced, and her stubborn search for the real motive uncovers a second killing and a more complicated truth.

Julie Schenecker's teenage children, Calyx and Beau, are found shot to death, both carefully covered after the killings. Fanning examines the case from the inside, asking how family life, rage, and mental illness ended in horror.

When a missing woman's body turns up in a serial killer's basement, Lucinda Pierce must reopen the first murder case of her career. The result is a tense investigation into wrongful conviction, buried mistakes, and a killer still at work.

In wartime Oak Ridge, Libby Clark is the only female scientist at a top secret facility and already under pressure. When her roommate's sister is murdered, Libby digs into a killing that local authorities would rather ignore.

Jocelyn Earnest is found dead beside a gun and a typed note that looks like suicide at first glance. Fanning follows the evidence into a troubled marriage, exposing sex, money, and a calculated plan to kill.

Laura Ackerson vanishes during a bitter custody battle, and the search ends with a gruesome discovery on a Texas shoreline. As her ex and his new wife blame each other, the case becomes a chilling study in obsession and cruelty.

This short true crime collection looks at three cases involving religious figures whose public roles hid darker truths. Fanning moves from church basements to corrupted pulpits, showing how faith, secrecy, and power can turn deadly.

When a colleague's cousin is charged with treason, Libby Clark agrees to help prove her innocence. Her search pulls her deeper into Oak Ridge secrets, wartime suspicion, and a network of spies, opportunists, and deadly collaborators.

In May 1945, Libby Clark sees small acts of sabotage spread through Oak Ridge's secret wartime facility. When the tampering turns deadly, she must find the traitor before fear and divided loyalties do even more damage.

A Hudson River kayak trip leaves Vincent Viafore dead and his fiancée, Angelika Graswald, at the center of a mounting murder case. Fanning follows the shifting evidence, the strange aftermath, and the question of accident or intent.