Burke, Alafair

Alafair S. Burke (born October 1969) is an American crime novelist, professor of law, and legal commentator. She is the author of two series of crime novels—one featuring NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher; the other, Portland, Oregon, prosecutor Samantha Kincaid.^[1] Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Burke was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and raised primarily in Wichita, Kansas, where her mother, Pearl Pai Chu,^[2] was a school librarian and her father, fellow crime novelist James Lee Burke,^[3] was a professor of English. She traces her fascination with crime to the hunt for the serial killer known as BTK, who was active in Wichita during the 1970s.^[4]

Burke received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Reed College, in Portland, Oregon, completing the Senior Thesis "Emotion's effects on memory: spatial narrowing of attention". She went on to Stanford Law School in California; and, after graduating with distinction, she served as a Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney in Portland. She prosecuted domestic violence offenses and served as an in-precinct advisor to the police department.^[5] She currently lives in New York City and is a Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Mystery Writers of America and as President of its New York chapter.

In 2014, publisher Simon & Schuster announced that Mary Higgins Clark and Burke were collaborating on a novel called The Cinderella Murder.^[6]

^{My Opinion: Having long been a big fan of her father's writings, I am pleased to add another Burke to my list. Her stories are interesting and easy to read. I recommend her.}

Novels[edit]

• Samantha Kincaid series[edit]

  • Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid 1) (2003)

  • Missing Justice (Samantha Kincaid 2) (2004)

  • Close Case (Samantha Kincaid 3) (2005)

Ellie Hatcher series[edit]

• • Dead Connection (Ellie Hatcher 1) (2007)

• Angel's Tip (Ellie Hatcher 2) (2008) (Published in the UK as City of Fear)

• • Samantha Kincaid series[edit]

    • • Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid 1) (2003)

      • Missing Justice (Samantha Kincaid 2) (2004)

      • Close Case (Samantha Kincaid 3) (2005)

• • • Ellie Hatcher series[edit]

      • 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)

    • Under Suspicion series[edit]

    • 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)

    • Other novels[edit]

    • Long Gone (2011)

    • If You Were Here (2013)

    • The Ex (2016)

    • The Wife (2018)

    • The Better Sister (2019)

• 212 (2010) (Published in the UK as City of Lies) 4/20

  • Never Tell (Ellie Hatcher 4) (2012)

  • All Day and a Night (Ellie Hatcher 5) (2014)

Under Suspicion series[edit]

• • 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)

Other novels[edit]

• • Long Gone (2011)

  • If You Were Here (2013)

  • The Ex (2016)

  • The Wife (2018)

  • The Better Sister (2019)

ort stories[edit]

• • Winning (2008) (selected for Best American Mystery Stories of 2009)

  • The Mother (2012)

^{If you want to know more about this writer, go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alafair_Burke}