Alafair Burke Books in Order
Alafair Burke has written 17 books, published between 2003 and 2025. The first book is Judgment Calls (2003) and the newest is The Note (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 2003–2025
- Confirmed
- 17 of 17 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,427 in 13 of 17 books
- Reading time
- 74–111 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,427 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 17 titles with a page count on record.
Lawyers, prosecutors and detectives populate Alafair Burke's crime novels. Burke writes the Samantha Kincaid and Ellie Hatcher series alongside standalone thrillers and novellas, with New York recurring as a setting and missing persons and murder as recurring subjects. The catalogue opens with Judgment Calls (2003), reaches 17 books, and the most recent title is The Note.
How many Alafair Burke books are there?
Alafair Burke has 17 books, released between 2003 and 2025. They include 2 separate series.
Alafair Burke Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 Alafair Burke books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120033373/4
- 220043553/4
- 320053513/4
- 420073193/4
- 520083683/4
- 62010–3/4
- 720103533/4
- 82011–3/4
- 920123553/4
- 1020133693/4
- 1120143523/4
- 1220162883/4
- 132017–3/4
- 1420183403/4
- 1520193363/4
- 1620223043/4
- 172025–3/4
Alafair Burke series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Ellie Hatcher books in order 6 books
Alafair Burke books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Alafair Burke Standalone Novels
7 books7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Samantha Kincaid in order
3 booksAlafair Burke Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Alafair Burke Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Alafair Burke books run from Judgment Calls (2003) to The Note (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Alafair Burke in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Alafair Burke books in order?
You only need to read Alafair Burke books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Alafair Burke
Start with Dead Connection (2007), the first Ellie Hatcher book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Judgment Calls (2003).
What is the newest Alafair Burke book?
The Note (2025) is the newest Alafair Burke book released so far.
Is there a new Alafair Burke book coming?
No next Alafair Burke book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Alafair Burke at a glance
- Still publishing
- Alafair Burke published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Alafair Burke books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,427 pages across the 13 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 351 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Alafair Burke books, 10 of 17, were published in the 2010s.
What the Alafair Burke books are about
13 of the 17 Alafair Burke books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crime is tagged on 4 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Crime 4 of 13 books
- Murder 4 of 13 books
- Thrillers 4 of 13 books
- Women lawyers 4 of 13 books
- Crimes against 3 of 13 books
- Investigation 3 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 13 books
- New York (N.Y.) 3 of 13 books
- Public prosecutors 3 of 13 books
- Suspense 3 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 3 of 13 books