Order of Alafair Burke Books
Alafair Burke is an American author of mystery/suspense crime fiction as well as a professor of law and legal commentator. She is the daughter of popular mystery novelist James Lee Burke. She is known for being able to write likable female characters such as Samantha Kincaid and Ellie Hatcher. She often uses real-life cases as inspirations to her novels.
Alafair’s father, James Lee Burke, has said that Alafair has been writing mysteries since before he started his Dave Robicheaux series. While those aren’t published, here is a list of Alafair Burke’s published fictional works in order of when they were originally published:
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Publication Order of Samantha Kincaid Books
| Judgment Calls | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Missing Justice | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Close Case | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Ellie Hatcher Books
| Dead Connection | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Angel's Tip | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 212 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Never Tell | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| All Day and a Night | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Find Me / The Girl She Was | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Under Suspicion Books
(with Mary Higgins Clark)
| I've Got You Under My Skin | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cinderella Murder | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| All Dressed in White | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sleeping Beauty Killer | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Every Breath You Take | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| You Don't Own Me | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Piece of My Heart | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| It Had to Be You | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Where Are The Children Books
| Where are the Children? | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Where Are the Children Now? | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Long Gone | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| If You Were Here | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Ex | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Waking Kylie | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Wife | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Better Sister | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Winning | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Blue Religion | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Vengeance | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inherit the Dead | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Suspense Magazine June 2013 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| When a Stranger Comes to Town | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: Angel’s Tip is also known as City of Fear in the United Kingdom. 212 is known as City of Lies in the UK. The Under Suspicion series is written with Mary Higgins Clark.