Alafair Burke
Author of I've Got You Under My Skin
About the Author
Alafair Burke graduated from Reed College and Stanford Law School. After graduating, she became a Deputy District Attorney in Portland, Oregon where she worked as a trial lawyer prosecuting domestic violence offenses and as a liaison to the police department. After five years of working at the show more District Attorney's Office, she decided to start writing. Her first novel, Judgment Calls, was published in 2003. Her other works include Long Gone, If You Were Here, The Ex, A Samantha Kincaid Mystery series, the Ellie Hatcher series, and the Under Suspicion series written with Mary Higgins Clark. She currently teaches criminal law and procedure at Hofstra Law School. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Associated Works
Neptune Noir: Unauthorized Investigations into Veronica Mars (2007) — Contributor — 225 copies, 3 reviews
The Blue Religion: New Stories about Cops, Criminals and the Chase (2008) — Contributor — 158 copies, 7 reviews
Crimespree Magazine #50 — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1969-10
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Portland, Oregon, USA - Education
- Stanford University (Law ∙ 1994)
Reed College (BA ∙ Psychology ∙ 1991) - Occupations
- academic
legal commentator
author - Relationships
- Burke, James Lee (father)
Michel, Delauné (second cousin)
Dubus, Elizabeth Nell (cousin) - Organizations
- Hofstra University
- Short biography
- Alafair S. Burke is an American author, professor of law and legal commentator, born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is the author of two series of crime novels, one featuring NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher, the other featuring Portland prosecutor Samantha Kincaid. She received her B.A. in psychology from Reed College, completing the senior thesis "Emotion's effects on memory: spatial narrowing of attention". Burke is a graduate of Stanford Law School, served as a deputy district attorney in Portland, Oregon and is now teaching law at Hofstra Law School. She is the daughter of fellow mystery novelist James Lee Burke.
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Long gone by Alafair Burke: an excellent thriller in Reviews of Early Reviewers Books (August 2011)
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A mystery that follows Chloe as she attempts to discover who stabbed her husband, Adam, while she was attending an award ceremony. Suspicion of the culprit changes throughout the novel as new evidence emerges and Chloe finds herself defending her teenage stepson, Ethan, after the police charge him with murder. Complicating the situation, is that Adam was previously married to Nicky, Chloe’s older sister, who has always been the less successful of the pair. Deceit, control, manipulation and domestic violence feature throughout as Burke spins an ingenious plot and keeps tension gradually mounting as the investigation and Ethan’s trial progress to an unexpected finale.… (more)
Having read most all of Mary Higgins Clark’s novels over the years, I’d say I’m a fan. This book did not seem like her work at all. There was a lot of unnecessary repetition, the dialogue (including the characters talking to themselves inside their heads) was juvenile, and the story itself was anticlimactic.
THE WIFE BY ALAFAIR BURKE
What would you do to survive? What would you do to protect your secrets? If you read the synopsis on Goodreads you will think you know what this book is about and where the Author will take the story but I am here to tell you just read this book because the journey that Alafair Burke takes you, will have chills running down your spine.
Every time I thought I just had this figured out it, I did not. This gave me everything I love about a psychological thriller or mystery. All the way from beginning to end this book is a total package and Chef's kiss.
A must read in my mind if you like mystery, thriller/psychological thriller and a whole lot of WTF moments.
5 ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ A Must Read !!… (more)
What would you do to survive? What would you do to protect your secrets? If you read the synopsis on Goodreads you will think you know what this book is about and where the Author will take the story but I am here to tell you just read this book because the journey that Alafair Burke takes you, will have chills running down your spine.
Every time I thought I just had this figured out it, I did not. This gave me everything I love about a psychological thriller or mystery. All the way from beginning to end this book is a total package and Chef's kiss.
A must read in my mind if you like mystery, thriller/psychological thriller and a whole lot of WTF moments.
5 ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ A Must Read !!… (more)
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There were a lot of characters that were suspicious but the story kept them clear so it wasn’t hard to follow. There wasn’t a lot of suspense but the story kept my interest and the main characters were likable. This was a light and easy read.… (more)