{"id":2835,"date":"2012-05-19T14:47:50","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T14:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/?page_id=2835"},"modified":"2025-11-22T22:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T22:57:01","slug":"the-dakota-stevens-mystery-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/the-dakota-stevens-mystery-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dakota Stevens Mystery Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TSTF_Enhanced_30\"A Real Piece of Work – #1<\/a>
\nThe Rich Are Different – #2<\/a>
\nA Truth Stranger Than Fiction – #3<\/a>
\nThe Perfect Triple Threat – #4<\/a>
\nA Study in Crimson – #5<\/a><\/p>\n

Dakota Stevens is a classic PI for the 21st century, combining the wit and grit of Marlowe and Spenser with the sleuthing skills of Sherlock Holmes.<\/p>\n

As a former FBI agent with experience in the field and the lab, Dakota employs a broad set of investigative techniques to solve his cases, including traditional \u201cluck and pluck\u201d gumshoe work, forensic science and information technology. Tall, MIT-educated and always well-dressed, he enjoys tennis, pool and horseback riding, and has a fatal weakness for beautiful redheads.<\/p>\n

As for Dakota’s “Watson,” she is anything but. A Ukrainian\u2013American chess champion with runway legs, predator eyes and fluency in seven languages, Svetlana Kr\u00fcsh brings worldly sophistication to their cases, or, as Svetlana would have you believe, she \u201csolves the crimes and handles the money.\u201d<\/p>\n

In many other mystery series the PI is a gritty outcast, operating on the fringes. Not so in the Dakota Stevens Mystery Series. Dakota is the rare exception\u2014a successful PI\u2014and although his agency is based in Manhattan, Dakota\u2019s cases frequently take him and Svetlana to far-flung and exotic locales around the U.S. and sometimes the world.<\/p>\n

Besides mere plot and “whodunit,” the Dakota Stevens Mystery Series is notable for its strong writing, engrossing readers with crisp, quotable dialogue; a vivid sense of place; and lush sensory detail.<\/p>\n

The author’s aim is to give every reader of the series\u2014whether mystery buff, commuter or leisure reader\u2014a compelling, memorable reading experience.<\/p>\n

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Footnote: The photo above, \u201cBrooklyn Bridge Traffic Leaving Manhattan,\u201d is by Cliffano Subagio<\/a> and is presented here under a Creative Commons license. The photo was modified from the original.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Real Piece of Work – #1 The Rich Are Different – #2 A Truth Stranger Than Fiction – #3 The Perfect Triple Threat – #4 A Study in Crimson – #5 Dakota Stevens is a classic PI for the 21st century, combining the wit and grit of Marlowe and Spenser with the sleuthing skills … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2835","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2835"}],"version-history":[{"count":105,"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9890,"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2835\/revisions\/9890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}