Dora Ellison Mystery Series

Storm Warnings is a prequel about sweet, 6-year-old Deborah, who survives childhood trauma and is left with a lifelong smoldering rage. Dora Ellison is the protagonist in the award-winning 6-book Dora Ellison Mystery Series.

"Readers who anticipate a murder mystery alone should be advised that Not Today! is so much more … Grips and compels on many levels." -Midwest Book Review    The exhilarating first novel in The Dora Ellison Mystery Series and 2022 Killer Nashville Claymore Best Mystery Finalist. This tough lady solves mysteries, finds love and doles out justice.   DORA ELLISON would never dream of investigating a murder, but when her beloved police Lt. Francesca "Franny" Hart is coaxed by a disguised voice on repeated phone calls to investigate a "murder that wasn't a murder" and tragedy strikes, the enraged natural born fighter won't let it stand ... NOT TODAY - Dora Ellison Mystery Series, Book 1.   Will Dora bring a twisted murderer to justice, despite being the killer's next target?   Dora's uncovers the source of rampant Beach City corruption, defended by a brutal enforcer, who is every bit as enraged and wounded as Dora herself.   Fans of Jack Reacher, Lisbeth Salander and Eve Dallas will love Dora Ellison, a tough yet vulnerable woman whose childhood trauma drives a smoldering rage that will not be denied.

A family gathering leads to tragedy, as Jesse Burrell vanishes hours after his family's celebration at his sister, Councilwoman Agatha Raines's, home. Several hours later, he is found, beaten to death, in an alley known as a haven for drug abusers, leaving behind Vanessa, his devastated wife, and their two young sons, Buster and Drew.   Fresh from solving the local corruption, racketeering and "murder that wasn't a murder" case in Not Today, Dora Ellison Mystery Book 1, Dora is struggling though the police academy. Her skills put her at the top of her class, but she is an independent spirit who marches to her own drum, which is not always appreciated by her instructors.   Together with librarian, sister sleuth and intriguing love interest Missy Winters, Dora navigates her own unofficial investigation into Jesse's murder, despite the scrutiny of "the Goose and the Gander" police detective team. She uncovers the involvement of three criminals, each one higher up in the underworld ranks than the last.   But which, if any, is Jesse's killer? And did Jesse commit a drug-related burglary before being killed, and if so, why? The stakes are raised when one of the three criminals is himself mysteriously murdered. Now, a kingpin and his trained assassin's sites are trained on both Dora and Missy. Will Dora survive long enough to bring Jesse's killers to justice? Fans of Jack Reacher, Lisbeth Salander and Eve Dallas will love Dora Ellison, a tough yet vulnerable woman whose childhood trauma drives a smoldering rage that will not be denied. If you like strong female heroines, amateur women sleuths or mystery romance, you'll love this gripping, second-in-series literary, detective mystery crime thriller.

A deeply troubling sequence of events is unfolding at the Beach City Medical Center, where patients are growing unaccountably, deathly, grotesquely ill and eventually dying, and doctors are baffled as to the cause, diagnosis, or treatment. First one. Then two. Then a handful.   Hospital CEO George Campbell believes someone is purposely infecting patients with the most deadly diseases in human history and hires nascent investigator Dora Ellison and her sidekick and love interest, the librarian Missy Winters, to investigate.    Will Dora and Missy solve this bewildering mystery before being infected themselves?    Dora Ellison is a tough woman who solves mysteries, finds love and doles out justice.

Private investigators Dora Ellison and Missy Winters are hired to investigate the murder and mutilation of a woman killed by a high powered automatic rifle. Soon a second, similar murder is committed, and the investigators learn that the victims share a biological connection. Who would commit such brutal murders and why? As their investigation grows, Dora and Missy's relationship deepens into something more. Can Dora and Missy survive their investigation and stop the killer before more people die?

Who would murder people with special needs? A performance of a troupe of young people with disabilities is backing one of their own, the beloved singer Julian Lockhart. As he is about to sing his penultimate note, he pauses … and a crack is heard, blood spurts from his neck, and he falls to the stage. Pandemonium and panic ensue. The boy's father hires Geller investigations, and Dora Ellison and Missy Winters set out to find his killer. Who would kill this beautiful and talented special young man with the voice of an angel? A local NIMBY activist? The father of another special young man whose object of affection is a special young woman who has eyes only for the young victim? Or could it be a parent who was not aiming at the young singer at all but at the school's founder, Mason Montgomery, who reneged on his promise to fund the school in perpetuity? Or … could it be someone with another as yet unknown connection to the special young singer. Secrets and danger abound in this dark mystery crime thriller. Book 5 of the Dora Ellison Mystery Series is a murder mystery featuring a woman sleuth who is no ordinary private investigator. Dora's brand of vigilante justice takes the reader on a suspense-filled journey that rivals those of Lee Child, John Sandford and Harlan Coben. The Dora Ellison Mystery Series will appeal to readers who love books about LBTQ & mystery sleuths. The Dora Ellison Mystery Series will also appeal to teen & young adult readers who enjoy thrillers & suspense novels, especially those surrounding law & crime, as well as books about people with special needs. Fans and lovers of Noir, Hard-Boiled and LGBT Detective Mysteries will love the Dora Ellison Mystery Series. "an exciting thriller that will leave you breathless" "a gripping plot and lots of unexpected turns" "excellent character development" "Special needs kids are the stars of this book" "another piece of work I couldn't put down" "a very peculiar yet captivating read" "a thrilling read that keeps you guessing until the very end"

This dark mystery thriller features a stunning twist that turns the tables on the story's white supremacy angle. Ray Drucker is shot in the face while sitting in his car in a drugstore parking lot, and his wife has hired Dora to find his killer. Dora quickly learns that his murder is connected to another, five years earlier. As the bodies pile up, Dora and Missy find that the killings are connected to a dark and violent web of white supremacists. The victims were all members of a club with a barely hidden racist agenda. Fans and lovers of noir and hard-boiled dark thrillers and mysteries will love the Dora Ellison Mystery Series. Reviewed by Midwest Book Review's Senior Reviewer Diane Donovan Fans of LGBTQ+ backgrounds and mysteries as well as prior readers of David E. Feldman's previous five Dora Ellison stories will find A Divisive Storm both a powerful series addition and a stand-alone attention-grabber for newcomers. David E. Feldman does more than craft another whodunit. He introduces elements of social inspection, presenting the scenario and killer with an exceptional powerful prologue that draws the reader instantly into a killer's mind: "And there he was. I knew where he'd be. I knew of several places he would be and times he would be at those places. I had all the information. All I had to do was wait for the right opportunity. An empty parking lot or a busy street. Either might do, if they were right. I'd know. I had lived for this." Terror is a big reason for the killer's particular modus operandi. That, and justice. The satisfaction that comes from killing also enters the bigger picture to paint a personal vendetta with the red-hot colors of not just senseless crime, but a cold purpose that saturates the story with blood and contrasting belief systems from the start. Feldman's ability to juxtapose the killer's ideals and motives with the equally determined force of those who hold a different interpretation of justice provides just the right balance of gritty moral inspection and intrigue to keep murder mystery readers on edge and guessing. All the characters are strong, not just the investigators. This lends an aura of believability to the plot that not only engages the mind, but challenges the hearts of readers who expected a casual murder scenario, only to find themselves rethinking their own ideals of law and justice. The human aspects of these engagements emerge from a variety of characters and scenarios, with dialogue reinforcing the stands and choices people take and make in order to survive: "… you want her to fit in, to be normal. It's what I would want. And yet—" "And yet, what?" C3's voice was low with growing fury. "I've just gotta say, son. She," he shrugged, "looks like a retarded kid." He held out a palm. "There's things you can do about that. Why wouldn't you cover all your bases?" C3's answer came out as a snarl. "Because your granddaughter isn't a base. And she's not a retarded kid." If one thing can be said about A Divisive Storm, it's "expect the unexpected." There is nothing singular about its plot, nothing predictable about the outcomes, and little set in stone along the way. Feldman's ability to craft a hard-boiled noir atmosphere in Dora's world, supercharged with further elements of personal and social inspection, creates a story highly recommended not just for libraries and readers seeking compelling mysteries, but book clubs looking for genre reads that provoke discussions and debates about larger moral and social issues.