Alafair Burke
Alafair Burke's books include the standalone thrillers Long Gone and If You Were Here - an Amazon Best Mystery Novel of 2013 - and her acclaimed series starring NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher, the most recent of which, Never Tell, was a Kindle bestseller. A former Deputy District Attorney in Portland, Oregon, Alafair is now a Professor of Law at Hofstra Law School, where she teaches criminal law and procedure.
Books by Alafair Burke
The Better Sister
Published: January 2020
Keep your enemies close and your sister closer...The Better Sister is a sublime novel of suspense, from an emerging master of the form.
The Better Sister
Published: May 2019
A twisty tale of domestic noir, from the author of the bestselling The Wife: I betrayed my sister while standing on the main stairs of the Metropolitan museum in a beaded Versace gown ...
The Wife
Published: August 2018
The Wife is the standalone follow-up to Alafair Burke's brilliant, Edgar nominated The Ex (2016)
The Ex
Published: January 2017
Twenty years ago she ruined his life. Now she has the chance to save it.
All Day and a Night
Published: April 2015
In her first series book for Faber, Alafair Burke returns to one of the most memorable characters in contemporary US crime writing, NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher.
Dead Connection
Published: January 2015
In this electrifying thriller, a rookie detective goes undercover on the Internet dating scene to draw out a serial killer targeting single women in Manhattan.
If You Were Here
Published: May 2014
A young pickpocket is pulled from the tracks of a subway station seconds before an oncoming train's arrival. When a video of the incident briefly emerges it unlocks a mystery that goes back over a decade.
