Books Written by Donn Cortez

Some written under the name Don DeBrandt

CSI: Miami original novels

Mystery/suspense novels

Science fiction novels

Essays

Short stories

Columns

Comics

Donn Cortez is the guest editor of Investigating CSI, part of BenBella Books' SmartPop series.

CSI: Miami original novels

 Donn is currently working on novels 3-7 in a series based on the popular CSI:Miami television show. The first four are in stores now. Click on the covers of Cult Following or Riptide to read an excerpt.

 Mystery/Suspense novels

 Published by Pocket Star books, a division of Simon & Schuster

The Closer
METHOD  He is the Closer - a remorseless executioner whose modus operandi is terrifying in its brutal simplicity. He captures his prey, tortures them until they confess their sins, and disposes of them as they deserve. His victims have only one thing in common: they are all serial killers. MOTIVE Accompanied by a hardened ex-prostitute who lost her closest friends to a twisted murderer, the Closer is closing in on his ultimate quarry: an ingenious psychopath known as the Patron who must be stopped. For behind the façade of the Closer is a tortured man whose family the Patron slaughtered. MADNESS  But even as the time for his revenge approaches, the Closer may be turning into what he despises most. Because with every violent act of retribution, he fears that he's no longer killing in the name of justice ... HE'S KILLING BECAUSE HE LIKES IT.   © October 2004		The Man Burns Tonight     TRIAL BY FIRE   A tall figure stands alone, waiting to be engulfed in flames. It is the Burning Man, the giant wooden centrepiece of Nevada's famous weeklong arts festival. Every year, thousands flock to the middle of the desert to push the limits of creativity and outrageousness. Dex Edden is not one of them. A computer programmer, Dex has come to the wild and woolly festival only to please his boss. Out of the blue, he will be witness to a murder. When a masked visitor enters the RV where Dex and his boss are camped out, Dex's tiny oasis in the middle of the weird and unnerving festival scene is shattered in a moment of blinding violence. Now Dex is wanted by the killer - who fled into the desert - and by the police. For Dex, survival depends on blending in with the oddballs and eccentrics in an alien landscape. For on the final, fateful night of Burning Man, the flames will rise-- and the masks will come off.... © July 2005
Read an excerpt of The Closer Read a review of The Closer (external site). The Closer has also been translated into Russian and German.		Read an excerpt of The Man Burns Tonight Read a review of The Man Burns Tonight (external site). Here's another review.

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Science Fiction Novels written under the name Don DeBrandt:
 

				Shakedown
©1992	©1998	©1999	©2000	©2000

Recently Don DeBrandt has published essays in the following anthologies:
 

all published by Benbella Books

"That About Wraps it up for Oolon Colluphid" is featured in Benbella's The Best of Smart Pop [volume 1], available for download in pdf form here.

"Angelus Populi" in	"Firefly vs. the Tick" in	"His Dark Pharmaceuticals" in	"That About Wraps it up for Oolon Colluphid" in	"Three Acts of the Beast" in
"Parallel Evolution" in	"Star Wars vs. Science" in	"What Have You Done with Spock's Brain?" in	"The Forensics of Fiction" in	"Rewondering" in
				an upcoming Wonder Woman anthology

Short Stories written under the name Don DeBrandt:

"Brainframe Blues"; Horizons, Volume 13, #1, Fall 1991.

"Payback Tattoo"; Pulphouse #9, Fall 1990.

"The Hex Files"; The Anthology With No Name, Volume 1, 1999 Pinnacle Entertainment.

"Hellbent For Leather"; The Anthology With No Name, Volume 2, 1999 Pinnacle Entertainment.

"Playing The Game"; The Anthology With No Name, Volume 3, 1999 Pinnacle Entertainment.

Columns by Don DeBrandt:

"Surroundscape"; Backbone, January 2001.

"Humans Need Not Apply"; Backbone, March 2001.

"Market Survivor"; Backbone, May 2001.

"Don't Let This Happen to You"; Backbone, July 2001.

"I Know What You Want"; Backbone, September 2001.

"Exotic Skills"; Backbone, November 2001.

Comics by Don DeBrandt:

"There's No Place Like (X)"; Freeflight #2, June 1994.

"Dentist of the Damned"; Freeflight #6, April/May 1995.

"Doc Houdini"; 2099 Unlimited (sold but unpublished) Marvel Comics, 1995.

"A Rose by Any Other Name"; Spiderman 2099 (sold but unpublished) Marvel Comics, 1995.

 
See Don DeBrandt's webpage.