Welcome! I am so thrilled to welcome readers to my little corner of the Internet. Here you will find everything you want to know about my Julia Grey series and other upcoming projects. You can sign up for newsletters, peruse the photos, visit my blog, and now—thanks to the creative folks at Two Rock Media Productions—watch a book trailer for Silent on the Moor. (It’s a stunning and atmospheric piece that perfectly captures the moody moors of Yorkshire and the mysteries they hide.) Meanwhile, for answers to your most pressing questions, be sure to check my FAQs page!

And if you are new to the Julia Grey series, here’s a peek at what you’ve been missing:

“Sex, lies and awesome clothing descriptions” is how one reader described Deanna’s debut novel, Silent in the Grave, published in January 2007. The first in the Silent series, the book follows Lady Julia Grey as she investigates the mysterious death of her husband with the help of the enigmatic private inquiry agent Nicholas Brisbane. From the drawing rooms of the aristocracy to a Gypsy camp on Hampstead Heath, Silent in the Grave deftly captures the lush ambience of Victorian London. Silent in the Grave won the 2008 RITA for Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements.

The series continues with the second book, Silent in the Sanctuary (January 2008), a classic English country house murder mystery with a few twists and turns for Brisbane and Lady Julia along the way. Silent in the Sanctuary was nominated for the Dilys Wynn Award and the Daphne du Maurier Award.

In the third installment, Silent on the Moor (March 2009), Lady Julia journeys to Yorkshire in the company of her sister Portia. Determined to settle matters once and for all between herself and the enigmatic Nicholas Brisbane, Lady Julia instead unearths a legacy of malevolence and evil that threatens to destroy them both. Silent on the Moor landed on the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association bestseller list even before its official release and remained on the bestseller list for eight weeks.

March 2010 saw the release of The Dead Travel Fast, the story of Theodora Lestrange, a young Scottish novelist, and her adventures in 1858 Transylvania. This book reached #2 on the Murder by the Book bestseller list the same week that Deanna received a RITA nomination for Silent on the Moor in the category of Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements.

The fourth installment in the Lady Julia Grey series—Dark Road to Darjeeling (October 2010)—had the intrepid Lady Julia bound for India. Dark Road to Darjeeling has been nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Historical Mystery.

The next installment in the exploits of Lady Julia Grey—The Dark Enquiry—will be published in July 2011.

See you there!