Diane Kelly is an American author of humorous, romantic mystery novels. Kelly was a former tax advisor and assistant state attorney general. In addition, she is a graduate of a Mansfield, Texas Citizens Police Academy.
Her Tara Holloway series are humorous mysteries about an Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent. Death, Taxes, and a Skinny No-Whip Latte, RT Book Reviews, March 2012. The first book in the series, Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure, won a Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award.RWA: Golden Hearts and Ritas , Barbara Vey, Publishers Weekly Beyond Her Book Blog, July 19, 2009.
Books Tara Holloway series Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure, 2011 Death, Taxes, and a Skinny No-Whip Latte, 2012, which won a Reviewers Choice award. Death, Taxes, and Extra-Hold Hairspray, 2012 Death, Taxes, and Peach Sangria, 2013 Death, Taxes, and Hot-Pink Leg Warmers, 2013 Death, Taxes, and Green Tea Ice Cream, 2013 Death, Taxes, and Silver Spurs, 2014 Death, Taxes, and Cheap Sunglasses, 2015 Death, Taxes, and a Chocolate Cannoli, 2015 Death, Taxes, and a Satin Garter, 2016 Death, Taxes, and Sweet Potato Fries, 2017 Death, Taxes, and a Shotgun Wedding, 2017
Tara Holloway e-novellas Death, Taxes, and a Sequined Clutch, 2012 Death, Taxes, and Mistletoe Mayhem, 2013 Death, Taxes, and Pecan Pie, 2017
Paw Enforcement Paw Enforcement, 2014 Paw and Order, 2014 Laying Down the Paw, 2015 Against the Paw, 2016 Above the Paw, 2016 Enforcing the Paw, 2017 The Long Paw of the Law, 2018 Paw of the Jungle, 2019 Bending the Paw, 2020 Pawfully Wedded, 2024
Paw Enforcement e-novellas Upholding the Paw, 2015 Love Unleashed, 2017
House-Flipper Mysteries
Dead as a Door Knocker, 2019 Dead in the Doorway, 2020 Murder with a View, 2021 Batten Down the Belfry, 2022 Primer and Punishment, 2023 Four Alarm Homicide, 2024 Dead Post Society, 2025
The Mountain Lodge Mysteries
Getaway With Murder, 2021 A Trip With Trouble, 2022 Snow Place for Murder, 2023
Southern Homebrew Mysteries
The Moonshine Shack Murder, 2021 The Proof Is in the Poison, 2022 Fiddling With Fate, 2023
Other works Love, Luck, and Little Green Men, self-published, 2013 "Five Gold Smuggling Rings", Amazon StoryFront, 2013
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