Female Attorneys As Characters in Novels (Authors’ Names Beginning With D)

Daniels, Rebecca, Lawyers, guns and money (NY: Silhouette Books, 1994)(Silhouette Intimate Moments; 563). Romance.

Daniels, Rebecca, Way of the wolf (NY: Silhouette Books, 1995)(Montana mavericks). Montana attorney finds love; romance fiction.

Darden, Christopher, L .A. Justice (NY: Warner Books, 2001). The former prosecutor turns to fiction with this mystery about lawyer Nikki Sikes.

David, Trisha, McAllister’s baby (NY: Harlequin Books, 1997)(Baby Boom)(Harlequin romance; 3472). Australian woman attorney; romance fiction.

Davies, Jonathan, Given in evidence (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995). English woman lawyer.

Davis, Racine Leonard, Rich blessings (Uhrichsville, OH: Heartsong Presents, 1998). Female African American lawyer.

Dearie, John, Love and Other Recreational Sports (2003). First novel about a man who swears off romance until he finds a female attorney to chase.

Delinsky, BarbaraHaving faith (Don Mills, Ontario: Mira Books, 1990). Boston attorney; romance fiction.

Delinsky, Barbara, Heart of the night (NY: Warner Books, ). ADA Savannah Smith and her sister investigate the kidnapping of a friend.

Delinsky, Barbara, Sensuous burgundy (NY: HarperCollins, 1981). New England attorney is attracted to opposing counsel.

Devane, Terry, Uncommon justice (NY: Putnam, 2001). Mairead O’Clare abandons a lucrative Boston practice to open her own firm. Devane is a pseudonym for mystery writer Jeremiah Healy.

Deverell, William, Slander (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1999). Set in British Columbia.

Deverell, William, Trial of Passion (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1998). A law student accuses her law school dean of rape.

Dixon, Louisa, Next to last chance (Columbus, MS: Genesis Press, 1998). Mississippi lawyer investigates corruption.

Donovan, Kate, Stolen Kisses (NY: Kensington, 2000)(Zebra Bouquet Romance; 56). 

Downing, Sybil, Fire in the Hole (1998). Fiction based on the Ludlow massacre of 1914. Available at http://www.netlibrary.com/summary.asp?ID=285

Dreyer, Eileen, Bad medicine (NY: HarperPaperbacks, 1995). St. Louis attorney.

Drogin, Karen, Perfect Partners (NY: Kensington, 1999)(Zebra Bouquet Romance; 4). Romance

Duquette, Anne Marie, She’s the Sheriff (Toronto, NY: Harlequin Books, 1998)(Home on the ranch)(Harlequin Superromance; 787). Romance.