Donna writes the Meg Langslow series which started in 1998 and is set in Virginia. It features blacksmith, Meg Langslow who lives in a small town and is always running into murders. You'll find plenty of quirky plots and characters.
Donna also wrote the Turing Hopper Series which started in 2002. The last published book in this series was 2005. It featured Turing Hopper a Washington, D.C., AIP (Artificial Intelligence Personality).
Donna has won several awards for books in the Meg Langslow Series including the Agatha, Anthony, and Barry awards. Her first novel, Murder with Peacocks, won the Romantic Times award for best first novel, and two Lefty and two Toby Bromberg Awards for funniest mystery.