Erica Donato Books in Order

A teenager's skeleton is discovered behind a wall in historian Erica Donato's Brooklyn home. Her daughter's curiosity and Erica's museum research lead into the neighborhood's past, where someone still has reason to keep a deadly secret buried.

Historian Erica Donato is researching a lost Tiffany window when a friend's husband is murdered. Helping the widow navigate the investigation draws Erica into dangerous secrets while she balances graduate work and raising her teenage daughter.

While researching Brownsville's criminal history, Erica Donato meets a promising student who is later found badly beaten. Her connection to the girl's mother pulls her into an investigation shaped by neighborhood change, youthful secrets, and another disappearance.

Research into the Brooklyn Navy Yard leads historian Erica Donato to a contentious community meeting and a power broker's fatal shooting. His widow and former wives draw her into the investigation, revealing rivalries surrounding valuable waterfront property.

Historian Erica Donato helps an aging Brooklyn Heights activist research her family home during a property dispute with the Watch Tower Society. A church official's murder brings present-day real estate tensions together with a crime from the 1960s.