Alafair S. Burke (born October 1969) is an American crime novelist, professor of law, and legal commentator. She is a New York Times bestselling author of twenty crime novels, including The Ex, The Wife, and The Better Sister, and two series—one featuring NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher; and the other featuring Portland, Oregon prosecutor Samantha Kincaid. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Books in order of publication:
Samantha Kincaid series
Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid 1) (2003)
Missing Justice (Samantha Kincaid 2) (2004)
Close Case (Samantha Kincaid 3) (2005)
Ellie Hatcher series
Dead Connection (Ellie Hatcher 1) (2007)
Angel’s Tip (Ellie Hatcher 2) (2008) (published in the UK as City of Fear)
212 (Ellie Hatcher 3) (2010) (published in the UK as City of Lies)
Never Tell (Ellie Hatcher 4) (2012)
All Day and a Night (Ellie Hatcher 5) (2014)
Find Me (Ellie Hatcher 6) (2022)
Under Suspicion series
The Cinderella Murder (2014) (with co-author Mary Higgins Clark)
All Dressed in White (2015) (with co-author Mary Higgins Clark)
The Sleeping Beauty Killer (2016) (with co-author Mary Higgins Clark)
Every Breath You Take (2017) (with co-author Mary Higgins Clark)
You Don’t Own Me (2018) (with co-author Mary Higgins Clark)
Piece of My Heart (2020) (with co-author Mary Higgins Clark)
Other novels
Long Gone (2011)
If You Were Here (2013)
The Ex (2016)
The Wife (2018)
The Better Sister (2019)
Find Me (2021) (published in the UK as The Girl She Was)
Where Are the Children Now (2023) (with co-author Mary Higgins Clark)
The Note (2025)
Short stories
Winning (2008) (selected for Best American Mystery Stories of 2009)
The Mother (2012)
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