Donna Ball

Books by Donna Ball includes exerpts from the entire Dogleg Island mystery series. Eco-terrorists threaten Dogleg Island in this thrilling new installment from the award-winning author of Flash in the Dark. The peaceful Gulf Coast community of Dogleg Island has almost returned to normal after the terrifying battle with a drug cartel six months ago. However, there have been a lot of changes on Dogleg Island, and not all of them benign. Police Chief...

"For Raine Stockton, owner and proprietor of Dog Daze Boarding and Training, August is the busiest time of year. She has all she can handle with a kennel full of dogs, a very strange new employee, and a personal life that seems to be falling apart at the seams. The last thing she needs is another complication. But when she takes in a gorgeous white golden retriever that was found covered in blood and wandering alone in a national park, the complications...

When police chief Aggie Malone's investigation into a hit-and-run murder uncovers a crime syndicate responsible for counterfeit money throughout the southeast, When the investigation of a hit-and-run on Dogleg Island leads to the counterfeit money trade throughout the southeast U.S. and possible police corruption, police chief Aggie Malone's loyalty and love for her husband, deputy sheriff Ryan Grady, and Flash, their border collie dog, are tested...

"In this pivotal fifteenth book in the ground-breaking Raine Stockton Dog Mystery Series, the death of an old friend leaves Raine Stockton with an unwanted inheritance, an old wound reopened, and the most challenging mystery of her life. The name Stockton has always carried weight in the small Smokey Mountain community of Hanover County, North Carolina, and Judge Jonathon Stockton was one of the most respected men in the county ... until a scandal...

"Raine Stockton and her high-spirited, big-hearted golden retriever Cisco are accustomed to being heroes wherever they go. But there's a new dog in town, and Raine and Cisco find themselves unexpectedly upstaged by a flashy K-9 addition to the sheriff's department. Nike and her handler, Jolene, are part of a new government-funded program for law-enforcement agencies, and though Raine admires Nike's talent almost as much as she resents Jolene's arrogance,...

It's Christmas time and Raine Stockton and her dog, Cisco, have several mysteries to solve when a rash of thefts happen in town and a newborn is abandoned in the manger of the town's living Nativity.

"A deadly explosion at an archaeological dig on Dogleg Island plunges police chief Aggie Malone and her canine partner Flash into a dark mystery from the past. On the other side of the bridge, Deputy Sheriff Ryan Grady, still reeling from the brutal assassination of his ex-partner, stumbles onto the site of a mass murder. In the midst of a state-wide manhunt for a desperate fugitive, Aggie deals with a new island administrator who threatens the future...

At the annual Hansonville, North Carolina Founder's Day Festival, dog trainer and Humane Society volunteer Raine Stockton sets up a booth to raise funds for the local animal shelter. When a stranger wanders into the booth with his young daughter and their beautiful black Lab, the peaceful afternoon is turned upside down. Within moments the man is arrested for murder, his child is placed in foster care, and Raine finds herself the temporary custodian...

"When Bridget, Cici and Lindsay left behind their safe suburban lives for a stately old mansion in the Shenandoah Valley, they redefined the concept of family. Now Lindsay is marrying Dominic and the foundation of their life together will be tested"--

Fontana disappeared when he was connected with an act of sabotage that left several people dead. Now, he's an eco-terrorist on the Ten Most Wanted list, and the feds think Raine can help them bring him to justice.