A former deputy district attorney in Portland, Oregon, Alafair Burke now teaches criminal law at Hofstra Law School and lives in New York City. A graduate of Stanford Law School, she is the author of the Samantha Kincaid series, which includes the novels “Judgment Calls”, “Missing Justice”, and “Close Case”. Her most recent book is “Angel’s Tip”, the second thriller featuring Ellie Hatcher.
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Burke does a nice job in this crime novel about NYPD detectives invvestigating the murders of a college coed and call girl. As I have two recent nonifction books out on college crime and prostitution, the crimes piqued my curiosity. — R, Barri Flowers, Author of the new police procedural and medical mystery eBook, MURDER IN MAUI: A Leila Kahana Mystery
No Time For Goodbye is a deliciously smart thriller, full of surprises and perfect pacing. I’m jealous I didn’t write it.
In New York City, Nights Are Dangerous. Days Are Numbered.
When New York University sophomore Megan Gunther finds personal threats posted to a Web site specializing in campus gossip, she’s taken aback by their menacing tone. Someone knows her daily routine down to the minute and is watching her—but thanks to th…
In a city full of victims . . . it’s hard to choose just one.
Indiana college student Chelsea Hart’s wild evening with affluent young party boys in an elite Manhattan club was the most exhilarating and glamorous night of her life. It was also the last.
Now NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher’s obsessive hunt for th…
Newly promoted Deputy District Attorney Samantha Kincaid’s first assignment back after a much-needed vacation is a hot one: Judge Clarissa Easterbrook has gone missing from a wealthy Portland neighborhood, and Sam has to make the DA look good until the prodigal judge returns. Yet it soon becomes clear that the woman did…
Two young, single women are murdered on the streets of New York City, exactly one year apart. Their only connection: Both had posted profiles on the popular online dating service, FirstDate.com. Enter NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher. She fits the profile of the victims, and is called in for a special assignment to the h…
Deputy District Attorney Samantha Kincaid likes to be where the action is: at the scene of a crime, at the arrest of a suspect, with the cops on the Major Crimes Team. But when street smart, plugged-in reporter Percy Crenshaw is brutally murdered in the midst of pursuing a major story, she knows the stakes are high… <…
After three years on the job in Portland’s Drug and Vice Division, Deputy DA Samantha Kincaid gets what she wants: her first case with the Major Crimes Team. Kendra Martin, a 13-year-old runaway, has been found drugged, viciously assaulted, and left for dead in the Columbia River Gorge. Despite pressures to kick the cas…

