The Danni and Mort Mystery series delivers smart, fast-moving thrillers where personal conscience collides with public power. Award-winning journalist Mort Ahrens and law professor Danni Rose investigate crimes rooted in censorship, corruption, prejudice, and institutional failure—cases that expose how easily democracy can fracture under pressure. Set against vividly drawn American backdrops, the series blends courtroom tension, investigative journalism, and moral urgency as the couple confronts forces determined to silence truth. Each novel probes contemporary flashpoints—free speech, cultural conflict, political extremism—while maintaining relentless suspense and deeply human stakes. Thought-provoking, character-driven, and unsettlingly timely, the Danni and Mort Mysteries are ideal for thriller readers who want pulse-pounding plots with substance and relevance.
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Holding Court
The kidnapping of a Supreme Court Justice to keep him from being the deciding vote in a monumental environmental issue ushers in a spine-tingling and bizarre set of events, leading all the way to the White House. A young reporter and his professor/fiancée lead readers through a dizzying series of events while the kidnap victim lies in a coma, with suspects everywhere. It’s all topped off with an incredible surprise ending.
Both suspenseful and thought-provoking, Alan Miller’s outstanding…novel plumbs today’s headlines to tell a twisty story filled with desperate characters and a ticking clock.
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A Reluctant Madonna
A foreign land grab in the Dakotas, a strangulation, a lecherous artist, a psychotic stalker, a Ponzi scheme, illicit lovers, and an ovulation cycle—all combine to lead our young heroes on a dizzying path, capped off in a frightening climax.
…more twists and turns than the Pikes Peak Highway.
—Bob Junghans on Amazon -
Fire Fight in Shelter Rock
The unique husband-and-wife team of award-winning reporter Mort Ahrens and his law professor wife, Danni Rose, are a couple who are continually found by conflict. We enter an exciting series of events which include a poisoning, a sinner seeking redemption, an unlikely romance, book-banning religious leaders, violence towards librarians and booksellers, the murder of a famous author and much more. Their sleuthing uncovers challenges to the very foundations of democracy.
…filled with surprising action, great characters, and thought-provoking discourse.
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Incident in Budapest
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mort Ahrens thinks he is flying to Budapest to profile Svetlana Ivanov, the dazzling Bolshoi ballerina whose fame hides a dangerous secret. Instead, a gray-suited government handler turns the assignment into a covert mission: retrieve intelligence that could expose Russia’s nuclear readiness and help Svetlana defect. In Budapest’s grand opera houses, rooftop bars, and shadowed streets, Mort must separate truth from seduction, patriotism from manipulation, and courage from recklessness. Back home, his brilliant wife Danni is drawn into her own constitutional battle after a violent ICE confrontation, raising the stakes for the family Mort may never see again. Fast, witty, and topical, Incident in Budapest blends espionage, mystery, and family drama.
