Let me send you to Siberia!

Posted on by Diana Deverell

Cross Siberia en route to Ulan Bator in “Mongol Mash: A Dawna Shepherd Short Story.”

In my latest ebook short story release, Dawna’s in Siberia, traveling with the USA women’s junior basketball team. She’ll join them on the bench at their next crucial game in the capital of Mongolia.

Undercover and unofficial, Dawna acts like a die-hard hoops fan on summer vacation while she tries to solve a big problem for her friend, the team coach.

Someone is sending anonymous email threats to Alyssa, the team’s powerhouse forward, and Alyssa’s not playing well. The team won’t win in Ulan Bator unless the relentless attacks stop.

Dawna keeps an eye out for Alyssa while she struggles to identify the troublemaker in the jam-packed cars of the Trans-Mongolian Railway. A tougher job when she’s targeted by pair of pickpockets riding the same train.

At the last stop before the Mongolian border, Dawna fights off the two thugs on the platform and she misses the moment when Alyssa is injured during practice nearby.

Was the foiled robbery really a well-timed distraction? Is the plot against Alyssa more complex and dangerous than it first appeared?

Alyssa’s already off her game. Can Dawna crack this case before the player ends up out of the game forever?

Buy “Mongol Mash: A Dawna Shepherd Short Story” today and make an unforgettable journey on one of the world’s most famous trains. You can find your copy of by following this universal link to your favorite ebook vendor.

GREAT NEW COVER FOR A FUN MYSTERY!

Posted on by Diana Deverell

Great because the cover above, unlike the old one featuring Kesey’s colorful school bus, doesn’t suggest that readers will time-travel back to the sixties.

Murder, Ken Kesey, and Me happens in the recent past and imagines a movie-making venture in Oregon, depicting the life of the state’s most famous author.

I like that the new cover focuses both on the film and the humor in this modern mystery.

As the story begins, an indie company is coming to Oregon to make Acid Test: The Life of Ken Kesey. Before they arrive, hardworking Eugene location scout Estrella “Star” Stevens stumbles over a dead body and into the crushing embrace of the FBI.

Star is forced to join the FBI’s risky investigation of gangland boss and titty bar owner Oscar Quarry. Narrowly escaping death, she’s suddenly living her own movie.

Will she be a star? Or the next corpse? And which homicidal Oregonian is racking up the body count?

For answers to those questions plus a a virtual tour of my hometown, Eugene, Oregon, click on the cover above or follow this universal link to an online retailer and buy the ebook Murder, Ken Kesey, and Me.

Go truckin’ with Dawna!

Posted on by Diana Deverell
FBI Special Agent Dawna Shepherd teams up with a long haul trucker to nail a rogue Department of Transportation safety inspector. Buy “Hazmat Heel-and-Toe: A Dawna Shepherd Short Story” and take a suspenseful trip to New Jersey in a gleaming Peterbilt hauling a tanker full of dangerously corrosive liquid.

Truckin’ virtually, that is, with FBI Special Agent Dawna Shepherd riding shotgun. Just released as an ebook short story, in “Hazmat Heel-and-Toe”, Dawna teams up with a long haul trucker to nail a rogue Department of Transportation safety inspector.

The crooked government employee extorts money from drivers of Middle Eastern appearance who haul hazardous materials through New Jersey.

Under cover as the trucker’s big-haired flashy wife, Dawna has her ears on alert when the inspector leads up to his payoff demand.

Until beribboned Precious, the third member of the team loses her cool.

Will Dawna get her partner under control fast enough to save the op?

A Derringer and Macavity Award finalist acclaimed for “sharp storytelling” (Publishers Weekly), Diana draws on her four years as a trucker to explore the problems that arise when a driver doesn’t “look like the rest of the guys out there.”

Buy “Hazmat Heel-and-Toe: A Dawna Shepherd Short Story” and take a suspenseful trip to New Jersey in a gleaming Peterbilt hauling a tanker full of dangerously corrosive liquid.

Click on the cover above or follow this universal link to your favorite online ebook retailer to get your copy!