DARK AURA Available December 4, 2007! Berkley Books, 2007 The third novel in the Carla Day series again features Carla and her father, retired archeologist Dr. Edward Day. The two are in the hippie town of Stanton's Mill, where their combination of Carla's wit and determination and Edward's intuition, only slightly dimmed by Alzheimer's, solve a tangled web of crimes. Sheriff Cherie Ghent again offers dazzling help; Egyptian lore is also still important. BUY THE BOOK from Booksense, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble. "[An] engaging new mystery...O'Hehir's spare prose and dab hand with character render Carla intriguing... When a man is found with his throat slit Carla knows she needs to find out fast... Running alongside the crime solving is Carla's ... devotion to her father, who's losing his memory to Alzheimer's."    —Publishers Weekly "The key to this entertaining whodunit is the fullness of the prime characters, especially the heroine ... Cherie is terrific as her boss as she plays the police version of Reese Witherspoon's Legally Blonde..."    —Harriet Klausner's Review Archive ERASED FROM MEMORY Berkley Books, 2006 Diana O'Hehir returns in the new novel featuring Carla Day and her elderly father, an Egyptologist with early-stage Alzheimer's. Dr. Day was once famous for the ancient coffin lid he discovered, and he and Carla are at the museum that houses it when someone falls to the floor, choking. Dr. Day rushes to pry off the victim's tie. But instead of praise, Day faces charges of murder by strangulation and is accused of faking Alzheimer's. The police take him into custody, only to learn that the museum-goer isn't dead, but comatose. It has been Carla's father's experience that the dead (and nearly-dead) do not hop out of bed. But once the nurse turns her back, the patient vanishes. Now, when someone refers to the disappearance-or to a subsequent murder—Carla's father asks to visit the coffin. Are these ramblings from a faulty memory? Or is there a connection between a millennia-old Egyptian death—and a present-day California one? Read an excerpt here. BUY THE BOOK from Booksense, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble. "Carla's second caper sparkles with sharp wit and moves nicely."    —Booklist "A well-crafted plot and an engaging cast of characters headed by smart, plucky Carla Day and her gentle, 86-year-old Egyptologist father, who suffers from Alzheimer's, lift O'Hehir's refreshing sequel to 2005's Murder Never Forgets.... A chilling conclusion will catch many readers by surprise."    —Publishers Weekly MURDER NEVER FORGETS Berkley Books, 2005 The Boston Globe calls this first book in the Carla and Edward Day series "unforgettable." Carla is a resourceful, independent-minded twenty-five-year old, and her father, Dr. Edward Day is eighty-five and teetering on the brink of Alzheimer's. But he is still sharp and perceptive in his former major field, archeology, and loving and witty with his daughter, although forgetful. Carla comes to his upscale retirement facility to keep him from being moved to their special care center; when she arrives she discovers that strange things are happening in his residence, the Manor, and she gets a job there to protect him. Serious questions arise immediately. A murder follows. The answer may lie in an ancient Egyptian tomb, or maybe it's somewhere further away, in the deep recesses of an old man's memory. Read an excerpt here. BUY THE BOOK from Booksense, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble. "A fascinating, genre-bending mix of literary and crime fiction.... a story that will move and captivate all who read it."    —Booklist, starred review "Combines an intriguing amateur sleuth tale with some Egyptologist elements inside a deep family drama.... a fine contemporary thriller."    —Midwest Book Review "An intriguing mystery with a sharp, funny, gutsy heroine."    —Aaron Elkins