Dianne Harman Books in Order

Dog show judge Deidre Rogers is murdered after making enemies both inside the competition and beyond it. Marty investigates rivalries, bruised pride, and the wealthy judge's affairs, trying to determine which grievance finally became deadly.

DeeDee and Jake travel from Seattle to investigate a wealthy man's death at a decaying English manor. Cecil's refusal to spend money made him widely hated, leaving many suspects and a killer who could threaten the visitors.

Celebrity chef Dani Rosetti starts a VIP catering business and unexpectedly becomes guardian to her ten-year-old niece. Attempts on Dani's life force her bodyguard and sous-chef Arthur to protect them both while they adjust to their new circumstances.

Dani and Arthur cater a dinner on Kauai, hoping afterward to enjoy the island with Dani's niece. An attempt to kill their client's wife interrupts the holiday, raising questions about access to the secured resort compound.

Liz Lucas helps a former cop search for a runaway teenager and the predator who lured her away. A body in the woods and a killer's three-day deadline force them to find another captive girl quickly.

Fashion designer Milton Arrowsmith dies after receiving poisoned chocolates, and a valuable painting disappears from his apartment. His friends hire former Mafia man Al to investigate, drawing him into a social circle full of carefully concealed secrets.

A luxury European train tour ends in murder when a family matriarch dies and authorities confiscate the guests' passports. Stranded in Venice, DeeDee, Jake, Al, and Cassie help investigate so they can finally return home.

Four young developers create an app expected to earn millions, then their founder is killed. With local police sidelined by illness, Liz Lucas investigates whether a burglar or someone staying at her lodge committed the crime.

Former cowboy movie star and Palm Springs mayor Monty Madsen is murdered amid debate over a desert wind project. Marty, detective Jeff, and their psychic dog investigate political ambitions, family conflicts, and environmental opposition surrounding his death.

Kelly's son Cash campaigns for the Oregon Senate with Senator Johnson's support, then the senator's death exposes hidden relationships and blackmail. Kelly and Mike investigate whether he was murdered, while the person who knows the truth cannot explain it.

Wall Street success fails to satisfy Joe, who seeks fulfillment at a desert ashram despite his family's objections. After he is murdered, detective Jeff, Marty, and their psychic dog must untangle competing personal and financial motives.

Holly and her friends take a summer camping trip, but a string of peculiar thefts interrupts their holiday. Their search for the culprit becomes tangled in jealousy and misunderstandings as stolen belongings turn campers against one another.

Cash disappears from several businesses on Cottonwood Springs' Main Street, leaving few obvious suspects. Brigid and Sheriff Davis work together to trace the thefts, facing growing pressure to identify the culprit before the investigation runs out of time.

Miranda Riley settles into paranormal investigation as people begin disappearing around Little Feather. Her mother's strange behavior and competing romantic attractions complicate a case involving a supernatural threat that feels different from anything she expected.

Injured soldier Cash returns from Afghanistan with his wounded dog, expecting to recuperate with help from Kelly and Mike. Hostility at home and an unexpected kidnapping force the family to confront enemies far from the battlefield.

A Denver law enforcement convention brings Seattle's amateur detectives together with Brigid and Sheriff Davis. An instructor disappears and a technology innovator is killed, forcing the combined team to investigate grudges, former romances, and possible espionage.

Holly suspects a cyberbully is tormenting her friend Levi, though he refuses to explain his behavior. When students' cars are vandalized with abusive messages, she investigates who is targeting them before the threats become worse.

Abra's troubling premonitions are followed by a fire that destroys her backyard shed. Believing neighborhood children caused it, she asks Holly to identify them quietly so they can get help before their behavior causes greater harm.

Holly promises to recover her friend Lydia's stolen phone, but the end of the school year approaches without success. Exams, family problems, and party preparations compound her fear that she has failed someone who trusts her.

After a drunk teenage driver damages Holly's car, Sheriff Davis asks her to find who supplies alcohol to underage parties. Holly and her friends go undercover, discovering that the apparent supply problem conceals a more complicated mystery.

Kade's death after a dinner party leaves several guests with reasons to want him gone. DeeDee, Jake, and Detective Murphy investigate stolen opportunities, damaged relationships, and possible earlier crimes while searching for the killer among the diners.

Chef Dani Rosetti travels to Provence to cater a wedding at Chateau Madrigal. When the bride disappears hours before the ceremony, Dani and her investigator sous-chef, Arthur, search the estate while considering jealous relatives and disgruntled employees.

When the daughter her best friend gave up for adoption is accused of murder, Kelly steps in to help. With a sheriff eager for a conviction and several other possible suspects, she searches for the truth before an innocent woman faces trial.

Newly licensed private investigator Kat Denham takes her first case in South Africa, where a U.S. Trade Commission member has been murdered. Navigating local customs and the Cape Town police investigation, she sorts through jealousy, gambling, and old feuds.

Kat’s literary sightseeing trip to northern England turns into an investigation when a pub employee is murdered on her first night. Despite promising her husband to avoid more cases, she helps the victim’s uncle and a local police sergeant.

Brigid travels to New Mexico to investigate a fifteen-year-old murder for a friend. Old grudges and a small town’s carefully guarded secrets complicate the search, and her questions soon make her a target in the present.

Former mob figure Al De Duco has built a new life as a Seattle private investigator. A plea from an old friend pulls him back toward his dangerous past, threatening his marriage and safety as he tries to prevent another murder.

Kat and her friends expect a relaxing Seychelles vacation until a Texas oil tycoon is killed before his daughter’s beachside wedding. His wealthy family offers plenty of motives, and the investigators must act before the killer leaves the island.

Chef Dani caters a gathering of fashion leaders on Jupiter Island, where magazine editor JoJo Morales is poisoned. Arthur takes over the investigation when the police detective is called away, but every suspect seems to have an airtight alibi.

Dani and Arthur arrive at an exclusive resort to cater a stockholders’ dinner, only to investigate a surfing death. When the coroner confirms murder, the victim’s affairs and the financial interests of those around him provide competing motives.

After a young woman is murdered and her husband is charged, Brigid and Sheriff Davis look beyond the obvious explanation. Affairs, false marriages, missing people, and questionable community leaders suggest a wider connection they struggle to uncover.

Vandals destroy Cottonwood Springs’ football field while school spending leaves the band unable to accept a Washington invitation. Brigid and Sheriff Davis investigate the damage as the town divides, while a mysterious guest strains Brigid’s marriage.

Brigid welcomes a new dog groomer to Cottonwood Springs until vandalism targets the business. The owner dismisses it as childish mischief, but Brigid and Sheriff Davis uncover grudges that suggest someone intends far more serious harm.

Dani’s catering assignment for an exclusive Savannah society becomes troubling when she receives threatening ritual objects. While she dismisses their significance, Arthur investigates who resents her presence and whether the warnings conceal a real threat to her life.

After an election opponent threatens his family, Bob wins office and discovers his newborn twins have been kidnapped from the hospital. He turns to private investigator Slade Kelly, who must find the girls before they are sold.

Marty’s routine antiques appraisal uncovers stolen property, and a note found among books points to a planned murder. With her client unreachable, she and the police must locate the threatened detective before the criminals carry out their plan.

Palm Springs antique dealer Carl receives death threats after upsetting customers and rejecting an unexpected daughter’s request for a relationship. His friend Marty investigates the possible motives, hoping to uncover who wants him harmed before the threats become reality.

Business tycoon Cooper hires Jake and former mobster Al when someone begins damaging his reputation and companies. Their search through Seattle and Bainbridge Island becomes more urgent as the campaign against him escalates from sabotage to threats on his life.

A body in the parking lot threatens DeeDee’s restaurant on opening night. Her husband Jake investigates a victim known for deceiving others, while the possibility of personal connections leaves those closest to the new business uneasy.

Holly hopes to enjoy one last summer with her friends before they leave school. An attack and vandalism to her boyfriend Wade’s truck shatter those plans, sending the teenagers searching for an offender the security cameras cannot identify.

Brigid attends an animal rescue fundraiser to promote her bed and breakfast, but an employee is murdered during bingo night. The victim’s blackmail schemes have created many enemies, leaving Brigid and the sheriff with a room full of suspects.

Brigid's daughter's graduation is overshadowed by a school custodian's murder. His controversial relationship with a student leaves many possible motives, and Brigid joins Sheriff Davis to investigate while confronting changes in her own daughter's future.

New homeowners discover their interior designer dead inside their freshly decorated house. Three wine glasses hint at a missing participant, leaving Brigid and Sheriff Davis to determine whether the victim was the killer's intended target.

Dani accepts a Napa catering job connected to a political campaign whose previous fundraiser hosts have died. Arthur and his colleague investigate the apparent pattern, while Dani worries the danger may reach her family as well.

Widowed hotel designer Ella Hunt buys a struggling property in Coeur d’Alene to begin again. Learning its former owner was murdered in the cellar, she teams up with Detective Luke Falconer to investigate before reopening with possibly untrustworthy staff.

Marty and Jeff travel to New York for a British antiques television event, but the presenter is murdered. Marty’s appraisal expertise and Jeff’s police connections draw them into a case involving professional rivalry, ambition, and an obsessive fan.

Joan celebrates selling her business at an outdoor concert, expecting to begin a trip around the world. Her murder during intermission brings Detective Jeff Combs and his wife Marty into a case rooted in her seemingly promising new life.

A body found on a Kansas golf course brings Kat Denham into another murder investigation. Working with Detective Exall, she examines marital betrayal and suspicious business dealings to discover who used a golf club as a weapon.

A fatal fall from a hotel rooftop during a police fundraiser leads to a swift arrest. Private investigators Jake and Al question the apparent certainty, but searching for the truth brings surveillance, mysterious evidence and threats against them.

Dani caters a Vancouver dinner where a movie star plans to auction rights to a closely guarded skin cream formula. Its promise of youth and healing draws desperate bidders, turning professional ambition and personal resentment into dangerous competition.

A recovering addict is found dead in his car's backseat, apparently from an overdose. Brigid and Sheriff Davis question the circumstances, looking beyond assumptions about Frankie's past to determine what happened as he tried to rebuild his life.

Olivia moves to Cottonwood Springs hoping to escape a frightening past and protect her daughter. Strange security lights suggest someone has followed her, drawing Brigid and Linc into a mystery that threatens the refuge they offered her.

Al and Jake initially treat Corey Bartlett’s disappearance as a marital dispute, but his prolonged silence changes their minds. A lead takes them toward difficult hiking trails, while burglaries on Bainbridge Island add to Jake’s worries about DeeDee.

Sophia Reilly is murdered while her husband Eric is away considering their troubled marriage. Sheriff Mike believes Eric killed her, but his acquittal raises fresh questions about the evidence and the other men in Sophia’s life.

Suzie believes her new boyfriend could be the one, until burglaries implicate his security company. Jake and Al investigate homes protected by the same systems, hoping to establish whether Suzie’s romance rests on trust or deception.

Chef Dani Rosetti travels to England for a catering assignment near Arthur’s castle. Their wealthy client, Lady Ellen Pemberton, has attracted dangerous enemies, leaving Dani and her investigator sous-chef trying to protect a woman whose behavior complicates their efforts.

A successful businessman becomes a murder suspect when a former college companion dies, reviving an old romantic rivalry. Jake and Al investigate grudges among their classmates, seeking evidence that could clear their client or reveal a more complicated past.

After an art magazine feature raises a collection’s value, its owners turn to cleaner Jane Barrow when thieves strike. A reward and a tight deadline push Jane to investigate grudges and greed while supporting her children.

A suspicious illness at Clover’s chili cook-off leads Della to suspect the sheriff was its intended target. New evidence about her husband’s death brings further danger, leaving her to weigh competing loyalties while her St. Bernard helps protect her.

Abandoned by her husband, cleaner Jane Barrow struggles to support her children when a client asks her to find a stolen ring. A century-old treasure map offers another possibility, drawing her toward a farmhouse and secrets from the past.

Jane Barrow balances her cleaning business and children with a search for treasure in a family home. A string of burglaries in Alma, Kansas, adds another mystery, sending her after clues while personal relationships complicate daily life.

When her wealthy client’s boyfriend is murdered, Jane Barrow investigates the jealousies and secrets behind his death. Her cleaning business, treasure hunt, and returning ex-husband compete for attention as the killer threatens both Jane and her client.

Della finds her friend dead beside an unfinished garden fence, and poisoning points toward murder. As she considers former partners and suspicious strangers, the investigation collides with her grief and renewed FBI interest in her own husband’s death.

Brigid and Linc's mountain getaway ends with a woman's body in a rented cabin. Missing people and rumors about a polluting mine draw them into an investigation, while an unhelpful sheriff and Linc's disappearance increase the danger.

Dani Rosetti caters a lavish Nashville plantation event attended by music industry insiders. When a performer is killed, Dani and her investigator sous-chef Arthur search for the culprit while his starstruck niece becomes entangled in the gathering.

At a Santa Fe dinner during Indian Market, Dani Rosetti encounters an art dealer accused of selling counterfeits. His defrauded buyers are among the guests, and Arthur’s investigations expose motives rooted in greed, deception, and damaged relationships.

After losing her husband, Della Fox becomes the prime suspect when a business competitor is found dead. Her effort to clear her name reveals unexpected detective instincts, aided by a new sheriff, her book club and a devoted St. Bernard.

A body discovered deep in an Ozarks cave draws Della into a mystery rooted in decade-old secrets. Despite the sheriff’s warnings, she follows accounts of criminal activity and personal loss, risking her safety as the buried history emerges.

A restaurant critic’s damaging review sets off a mystery involving chef Dani Rosetti’s former classmate. As questions about a suspiciously seasoned dish threaten careers, Dani investigates sabotage and the financial pressures behind the food industry’s public reputations.

Father Brown hears a woman confess her plan to murder Nikki Rice at an upcoming baptism. Bound by the secrecy of confession, he seeks help from Sheriff Mike as they try to prevent the killing without betraying his obligation.

When dogs in Clover become ill, a veterinarian asks Della to identify whoever is responsible. Conflicting motives among neighbors complicate her search, while an FBI inquiry into her husband’s death suggests that she too may be in danger.

Jake and Al investigate a college student’s disappearance after police dismiss it as a voluntary break. Unconcerned friends and anonymous messages raise disturbing questions, while the exhausting case prompts the investigators and their families to reconsider their future.

Della and her sister investigate a disliked neighbor’s suspicious fatal car accident as the FBI reexamines Della’s husband’s death. An unemotional widow, workplace conflicts and an unexpected companion raise doubts, while discoveries at home challenge Della’s understanding of her marriage.

Two women face coercion and threats from a manipulator using money and influence to control them. Dani Rosetti, her investigator sous-chef Arthur, and their mastiff become involved in a dangerous effort to untangle the scheme and help its victims.

Dani Rosetti returns to Florence to help her ailing cooking mentor select a new teacher. Anonymous threats target the three contestants, and Dani and Arthur must uncover the source before rivalry and intimidation derail the competition.

A death at her friend Tracy’s historic bed-and-breakfast draws Jane Barrow into a dangerous investigation. With Tracy drugged and property deals raising suspicion, Jane must untangle local interests while her ex-husband’s decisions expose their children to trouble.

Della Fox struggles to run her secondhand shop while someone connected to her husband’s murder threatens her life. Undercover FBI agent Bryce Summers pursues the elusive figure manipulating Clover’s residents, hoping to expose the danger before it reaches Della.

A catering assignment at a Sedona entrepreneur’s home introduces Dani Rosetti to a Chinese healer. An unexpected personal revelation sends her toward France, where Arthur helps her confront family history and reconsider the possibilities in her present life.

Jane Barrow finds an archaeology professor murdered during a cleaning job, and hidden camera footage offers a disturbing clue. Family secrets and criminal threats threaten her business as complications involving her ex-husband and an old romance crowd her life.

A young woman asks Della to find her missing brother, whose abandoned car and phone offer troubling clues. Connections to another disappearance in Whispering Pines draw Della toward concealed local secrets while unresolved grief complicates her growing feelings for Bryce.

Della and a friend visit Springfield for an author event, but a bookstore murder implicates its owner. Della investigates rivalries and publishing connections to clear her, even as the person threatening Della’s own life draws closer.

An art auction in Napa Valley draws Dani Rosetti into a mystery of murder and forged paintings. With Arthur and their assistant Matt, she investigates the ambitions and deception surrounding the event before the pursuit of valuable artwork claims more victims.

Jane Barrow’s returning ex-husband brings unsettling connections into her family’s life. When a friend’s sister disappears, Jane investigates suspicious dealings around a steakhouse, with a state trooper’s support helping her navigate threats to her children.

A senator’s daughter is kidnapped, with her return dependent on his support for a controversial desalination plant. Sheriff Mike Reynolds investigates the political and personal interests behind the demand while the family struggles over how to respond.

A box of vintage possessions arrives at Della’s shop without an explanation. Investigating its origins brings her into conflict with people connected to her husband’s death, forcing her to navigate hidden loyalties while confronting grief and the possibility of romance.

Jane Barrow helps her friend Abby investigate a new boyfriend whose identity and past do not add up. Their search uncovers ties to a steakhouse and buried secrets while Jane contends with her ex-husband and complicated romantic possibilities.

Jane Barrow is asked to investigate suspicious problems at a heating and air-conditioning business. Possible sabotage draws her toward disgruntled workers and competitors while her returning ex-husband and uncertain romances complicate life with her children.

The death of Clover’s outspoken Garden Club leader prompts Della Fox to examine grudges beneath the members’ shared hobby. Hidden rivalries complicate the case, while Della and FBI agent Bryce continue searching for whoever has been threatening her life.

A friend’s dying plants lead cleaner Jane Barrow into a bitter neighborhood dispute. As a land development project inflames old rivalries, she investigates whether someone’s campaign of destruction threatens more than gardens while balancing her children and new relationship.

Della questions the apparent suicide of Clover’s Winter Festival chairman, a man known to dislike guns. Family tensions and committee disputes supply possible motives, while a dream of her late husband leaves her worried about dangers still surrounding her.

Appraising antiques in a Victorian home leads Della Fox toward a teenage girl’s decades-old disappearance. When the girl’s elderly mother dies suspiciously, Della, retired FBI agent Bryce and her dog Moose investigate before another death conceals the past.

Della and her sister’s Las Vegas vacation changes course when a distressed hotel guest asks them to find her missing boyfriend. The professional poker player’s rivals and secretive contacts pull them into a dangerous investigation beneath the city’s glamour.

Grieving podcaster Ivy Harlow moves to Cedar Bluff hoping for a fresh start, but a missing teenager draws her into an active case. Overlooked evidence and local secrets may also help explain the troubling circumstances of her son’s death.

A friend of Della’s late husband confesses to a reporter’s hit-and-run death despite having no memory of it. Convinced he is being framed, Della searches for missing footage and uncovers corruption that makes her own questions increasingly dangerous.

After a trafficking ring is exposed, Della Fox discovers signs that a more powerful figure remains hidden. Suspicious civic programs and a secret letter lead her through Clover’s guarded reputations, where exposing the truth could protect another threatened young woman.

Cleaning a vacation rental, Jane Barrow discovers a concealed bloodstain that exposes a murder. With state trooper Mike’s help, she follows suspicious property deals and secret partnerships while a controversial resort project fuels tensions throughout town.

A suspicious fall at a Whitcomb family reunion leaves Jane Barrow questioning an apparent accident. A hidden notebook exposes old grievances, while photographs of missing children connect her separate investigation to secrets that people are desperate to protect.

A mailman’s murder and ransacked house draw Della toward undelivered letters from a woman who vanished decades earlier. Their contents reveal threats and concealed relationships, prompting Della and the sheriff to confront people still determined to suppress the past.

A frightened reporter leaves evidence with Della Fox, then dies in an apparent hit-and-run. His warning against trusting police draws her into disappearances and a local cover-up, forcing her to choose between a promise to stop investigating and revealing the truth.

Jane Barrow’s family theater outing ends when the production’s director is found dead backstage. She and state trooper Mike investigate rivalries and grievances among the cast and crew as the case threatens his professional reputation and her safety.