Rowan O'Donnell Mystery

The image of panhandlers is a common sight in many cities, but one that Rowan has avoided looking at any closer. Her brother's special request leads professional photographer, Rowan O'Donnell, to begin a photo essay on the men living on the streets of Denver. While she is aiming her camera lens at the homeless, someone else is taking aim at their lives. Rowan discovers that the recent violent deaths are the act of one person, and her work with them has drawn his attention, putting her own live in danger. Can she find the person responsible in time to save herself?This short novel introduces us to amateur sleuth, Rowan O'Donnell, in a new mystery series.

Professional photographer Rowan O'Donnell doesn't want to find dead bodies, but for the second time she has stumbled across one. With her boyfriend, Rob, and Twist, her loyal dog, Rowan becomes involved in a murder case in the mountains of Colorado in order to help out a friend, but soon finds that this is much more than it seems. Her investigations lead her to knowledge that an entire community is in danger, not to mention her own life.

Rowan O'Donnell is a professional photographer who can't turn away from a mystery if her friends or family are in peril - even if it means her own life becomes endangered.In Ambient Light, she has temporarily taken on a teaching position at a local Denver college. She is enjoying the challenge, until one of her students disappears, and the kidnapper sends out emails with pictures and video of the victim.Suddenly, her hands are full with a missing person, a classroom full of students, a nasty co-worker, testimony in a terrorism trial, a possible new love interest, ...and murder.Is Rowan's missing student still alive? And what new dangers will her involvement bring? Join Rowan as she tries to find her missing student before it's too late.

Rowan O'Donnell is nervous about being the center of attention at the gallery opening for her photography, but also excited for her future - until she is forced to endure the sight of gallery owner, Harry Lowe, meeting a fiery death in Heather Ormsby's fourth short novel of this amateur sleuth series.In the year since she found and rescued an abducted student from her class at a local college, Rowan has built up her own online teaching website and devoted the rest of her time to creating fine art photography for her first ever gallery show.She wishes that the gallery show, her career, and her concern about inviting her boyfriend, Stone Marks, to live with her was all that preoccupied her time, but a stalker has recently begun emailing her creepy letters and sending images of her taken without her knowledge.Harry's death and the temporary closure of her show have forced Rowan to find out if it was her stalker who brought death to the gallery, or something else altogether.While she deals with her relationship, her future in the fine arts, and fear about her stalker, Rowan searches for answers to why someone would murder Harry and threaten her own life.

A professional photographer who won't back down from a mystery when friends or family are in trouble - even if her own life is in danger - Rowan O'Donnell is a woman to be taken seriously.Whether it's a case of murder, suspected drug dealing, or kidnapping, Rowan isn't afraid to stick her nose in and ask the hard questions. And woe to anyone who threatens her dog, Twist.Rowan O'Donnell was created as a way for me to unite and share my love of photography and mysteries. Exploring the world with a camera can lead to seeing people and things in unique ways.And Rowan has developed as an interesting character in her own right. A woman with a troubled childhood whose father died as a homeless alcoholic, she can be difficult to get close to, but once a friend, she is loyal to the end.I hope you enjoy these first three books of the series as an introduction to her world. There are many more books ahead!

Rowan suspects a young neighbor of stealing packages off her and other neighbors' front porches. She's a good kid and Rowan enlists the help of Twist, her loyal dog, to help find out the reason and find a solution - just in time to enjoy Christmas.This story takes place after the novel Ambient Light and we find out how Rowan's relationship with Stone is evolving, along with what challenges she is currently facing with her current work.We also learn that Rowan has a stalker. Will she find out who it is with running into more danger? Find out in the next Rowan O'Donnell mystery novel, Exposure, coming out 2022.