The Doomsday Girl

A hard-boiled private detective novel that starts with a home invasion and ends in Las Vegas, with organized crime in between. Missing-child stakes, buddy-investigator muscle and desert noir atmosphere.

Melanie Jordan’s life seemed perfect.

Until masked intruders arrive at her house, demanding gold she doesn’t have. A savage blow to the head puts her in a coma for four weeks. When Melanie regains consciousness, she learns her husband has been murdered and her ten-year-old daughter is missing.

Private Eye Dan Reno begins investigating, but nothing about the case makes sense. Was there gold at the house or wasn’t there? Was Melanie’s husband hiding something? And what happened to Melanie’s daughter?

To complicate things, the case leads to Las Vegas, where Reno’s loose-cannon buddy, Cody Gibbons, is trying to repair his relationship with his college-aged daughter, an intern with Las Vegas P.D.

When clues implicate Russian mobsters and a mysterious African illegal, Reno tries to stay in the shadows, but once the crooks feel the noose tightening, they raise the stakes to a deadly level.

And then, as they say in Vegas, all bets are off.

The Doomsday Girl is a gritty, adrenaline-fueled ride from start to finish, packed with vividly portrayed characters. Brilliantly written, it'll keep you turning the pages late into the night.

What Readers say about The Doomsday Girl (from verified Amazon reviews):

The Doomsday Girl is book ten in the Dan Reno Novel Series, a mystery for fans of Lee Child and Michael Connelly.

Praise for the series:

★★★★★ “His best yet. If you like James Lee Burke, you will really like Dan Reno.”

★★★★★ “Dave Stanton is a great writer, and I will more than likely purchase any book he writes.”

★★★★★ “Stanton's best so far. He just keeps getting better.”

★★★★★ “I can't get enough of this series. The characters are easy to wrap up in and the writing is spirited and humorous.”

★★★★★ “Up all night. Took me two nights to read it. Staying up till the wee hours of the morning reminded me of being a kid again, and reading by flashing under the covers.”

★★★★★ “Why 5 stars? The characters who drive the plot have depth, reality, humor, and flaws. The author “lets” each character compliment the...read more...