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Alafair Burke

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http://www.alafairburke.com/

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Mystery & Thrillers

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Alafair Burke is the New York Times, Edgar-nominated author of fourteen crime novels, including The Ex, The Wife, The Better Sister, and the forthcoming Find Me. She is also the co-author of several novels with Mary Higgins Clark. A graduate of Stanford Law School and 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.

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Average rating: 3.86 · 354,985 ratings · 30,837 reviews · 60 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wife 3.86 avg rating — 49,292 ratings — published 2018 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Better Sister 3.84 avg rating — 42,760 ratings — published 2019 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ex 3.74 avg rating — 30,838 ratings — published 2016 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Find Me (Ellie Hatcher, #6) 3.59 avg rating — 20,451 ratings — published 2022 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Note 3.43 avg rating — 18,767 ratings — published 2025 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Long Gone 3.69 avg rating — 9,743 ratings — published 2011 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If You Were Here 3.56 avg rating — 8,892 ratings — published 2013 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Connection (Ellie Hatcher, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 6,484 ratings — published 2007 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never Tell (Ellie Hatcher, #4) 3.80 avg rating — 6,461 ratings — published 2012 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	212 (Ellie Hatcher, #3) 3.82 avg rating — 5,814 ratings — published 2010 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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THE BETTER SISTER: Coming April 16

Alafair’s new novel, The Better Sister, will be released in the US on April 16th and in the UK on April 18th.

The murder of a prominent Manhattan lawyer spurs the reunion of two estranged sisters—one the dead man’s widow, the other his ex. To save the teenage boy accused of murdering him, they must confront a history of long-buried secrets and betrayal. But can sisters ever escape the shadows of

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“I get sad every time I hear a person say "I don't read." It's like saying "I don't learn," or "I don't laugh," or "I don't live.”
― Alafair Burke

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“A word of advice: if the sex is a pain in the ass, you’re doing it wrong.”
― Alafair Burke, The Better Sister

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“Cursing's for the uncreative. They say "Frack! on Battlestar Galactica, and everyone still knows what it means.”
― Alafair Burke, Long Gone

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I need your help deciding what book we should read for the first ever Night Shift Reads group read and chat. Pick the book you would most like to read and the book with the most votes will be our inaugural read. The other top choices will show up over the next several months.

All the Missing
Girls by Megan Miranda

13 votes 30.2%

The Ex by Alafair Burke

7 votes 16.3%

The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

6 votes 14.0%

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

5 votes 11.6%

What Rose Forgot by Nevada Barr

4 votes 9.3%

Circling the Sun by Paula McLain

3 votes 7.0%

The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer

2 votes 4.7%

The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim

2 votes 4.7%

Man of War (Eric Steele #1) by Sean Parnell

Man of War by Sean Parnell

1 vote 2.3%

The High Mountains
of Portugal by Yann Martel

0 votes 0.0%

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message 11: by Zoë

Apr 05, 2013 03:56AM

Hi Alafair. Lovely to catch up with you here. Hope life's treating you well and the writing's going splendidly :))

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message 10: by Rick

Feb 21, 2012 02:43PM

Thanks for adding me Alafair. Congrats on Long Gone! Grand news.

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message 9: by Linda

Feb 06, 2012 09:26AM

Hi Alafair,

Thanks for accepting my friendship. I have really enjoyed reading your work, and would like to invite you to check out mine.

All best wishes,

Linda

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message 8: by Stuart

Oct 03, 2011 10:09PM

Thank you for being my new friend, Alafair. Good timing too, as I'm on my second draft of my first crime thriller. Quite different than my other four paranormal books. I started in law at American University, but made the mistake of becoming a police officer, which, at that time, operated under two different codes of ethics. Since all my novels have strong female characters, I look forward to reading yours.

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message 7: by Lynette

Sep 15, 2011 01:47AM

Hi Alafair. I just finished Long Gone and loved it. Keep up the good work. All I can say is ATTAGIRL!!!!!

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message 6: by Lynette

Jun 08, 2011 03:25PM

Hi Alafair. Thanks for friending me. I have read almost everything your father has written, and when I discovered that you were a real person, not just a fictional daughter, and also an author, I began to read your books. I think your father is wonderfully gifted, and you seem to be following in his tradition. Keep up the good work.

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message 5: by Alafair

Feb 08, 2011 09:20PM

Hey everyone. I'm happy to be here. I just signed up today so am still figuring out how best to be in touch with readers through GoodReads. I'm always happy to find a spot dedicated to books!

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message 4: by Rai

Feb 08, 2011 08:24PM