Alafair Burke

Alafair S. Burke is an American female author who specializes in writing crime novels. Apart from writing novels, she a legal commentator for radio shows and programs as well as a law professor teaching criminal law at the Hofstra school of law. She was born in October 1969 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The best place to start is the Samantha Kincaid series, the earliest of Alafair Burke's multi-book series: it opens with Judgment Calls (2003) and runs to 3 books across 2003–2005, ending with Close Case (2005). Alafair Burke's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Alafair Burke has 33 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1975 and 2025. 19 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being the Under Suspicion series with 8 books — and 14 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Alafair Burke's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Where Are The Children (1975–2023, 2 books), Samantha Kincaid (2003–2005, 3 books) and Ellie Hatcher (2007–2022, 6 books), plus 1 more.

This guide splits Alafair Burke's 33 books into 4 named series and 14 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Under Suspicion (8 books, 2014–2024); Ellie Hatcher (6 books, 2007–2022); Samantha Kincaid (3 books, 2003–2005); Where Are The Children (2 books, 1975–2023).