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The Power Of Rain
The Power of Rain
Book One in the Digger Doyle Mysteries
In the sun-scorched city of Las Vistas, New Mexico, the
promise of progress comes at a steep price.
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Elizabeth “Digger” Doyle, a young reporter at a struggling newspaper, has made a career out of uncovering local corruption. But when a controversial road project threatens a centuries-old Spanish chapel, Digger finds herself torn
between duty and desire.
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The protest’s passionate leader, artist-activist Maria Ortiz, awakens something in Digger that blurs the line between journalistic objectivity and personal conviction.
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As a powerful developer pushes to expand his luxury
subdivision and summer storms unleash floods that mirror
the turmoil inside her, Digger must decide which truths are
worth telling—and what she’s willing to sacrifice to tell them.
Set against the dramatic beauty of the New Mexico desert,
The Power of Rain weaves political intrigue, environmental tension, and forbidden love into a story about loss, courage,
and the relentless pursuit of truth.
The Sunshine Solution
The Sunshine Solution
SouthWest Writers Contest winner and finalist for the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards in 2024.
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Power. Greed. Sunshine.
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Fresh from exposing political corruption in The Power of Rain, Digger Doyle has swapped newsroom deadlines for a new role inside a state government office in Santa Fe.
Sent to observe a press conference for a major solar array, she suspects the project hides something sinister.
Digger's instincts lead her down a sunbaked trail of deception from the ancient ruins of Chaco Canyon to the bustling streets of Santa Fe.
As she follows the money and the lies, she exposes a conspiracy designed to destroy a man's political career – and discovers the tragic human cost of power.
Suspenseful, timely, and steeped in the rugged beauty of the Southwest, The Sunshine Solution shines a piercing light on the collision between ambition, guilt, and moral reckoning in the New Mexico desert.
Windswept
Windswept
A cold case, a modern murder, and a landscape that guards its secrets. In this Digger Doyle mystery, the past is as deadly as the present.
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In Windswept: A Digger Doyle Mystery, reporter-turned-detective Elizabeth “Digger” Doyle confronts political power, buried crimes, and a cold case that refuses to stay buried.
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Now working for a scrappy online newspaper in Albuquerque, Digger travels with other journalists to a remote wind farm in eastern New Mexico. They’ve been summoned by state representative Carmen Lawlor, a controversial figure whose efforts to block new oil and gas drilling have earned her dangerous enemies. The press conference never happens. Lawlor is found dead at the base of a wind turbine. Was it an accident—or murder?
A veteran radio reporter hints that Lawlor’s death may be tied to a decades-old mystery: the disappearance of eighteen-year-old Julie Mondragon in the desolate Malpais volcanic wilderness. Before she can explain more, the reporter herself is dead. The message is clear—someone wants the past to stay hidden.
As Digger and fellow journalist Manny Begay investigate the long-ago tragedy, they uncover a chilling pattern of deaths linked to that fateful day. Meanwhile, the danger grows personal. Digger’s wife, state representative Maria Ortiz, vows to continue Lawlor’s environmental fight, drawing the attention of powerful political and corporate interests willing to silence opposition.
Set in New Mexico’s stark, unforgiving landscape, Windswept is a gripping mystery blending investigative journalism, political intrigue, and a haunting cold case.
David Steinberg
Albuquerque Journal
"Elizabeth “Digger” Doyle is the protagonist of Rosalie Rayburn’s lively, crisply-written debut novel “The Power of Rain.” Doyle’s nickname fits; she’s the tireless, hard-charging city hall reporter for the Daily Courier, a newspaper in the fictional New Mexico town of Las Vistas."
What people are saying about the Digger Doyle Mysteries
Nick Pappas
Author
A hard-nosed reporter-turned-detective? Corrupt politicians? Sleazy developers? Political intrigue? Check. Welcome to The Sunshine Solution, Ms. Rayburn's second entry in her engaging Digger Doyle mystery series, set amidst the breathtaking vistas of New Mexico, where the author worked for two decades as a staff writer for the state's largest newspaper.
-- Nick Pappas, author of Crosses of Iron: The Tragic Story of Dawson, New Mexico, and Its Twin Mining Disasters
Elena Enger, The Book Commentary
“Windswept is the third, captivating entry in A Digger Doyle Mystery by Rosalie Rayburn, intelligently blending mystery, political intrigue, and personal conflict within the backdrop of New Mexico's landscapes….It is one of the best crime mysteries I have read since the beginning of the year. “