Katia Lief: 17 books

A gift inspires unexpected insight and generosity Karin and Mac enjoy a quiet Christmas morning at home with their family. But after Mac gives Karin a special gift, she finds herself alone in Coney Island on a cold, winter day with a band of misfits who want her gift for themselves....

A dangerous secret, a broken heart Effie Miller has been a loyal assistant to Ted Stollit for many years. But when she receives a diagnosis of terminal cancer, she decides she will no longer keep the secret that has made her boss rich. Their confrontation on Christmas eve will prove deadly...

A growing obsession. Darcy Mayhew, a recently widowed young mother, relocates to New York City to pursue her career as an investigative journalist for the New York Times.  On her first day on the job, she meets Joe Coffin, an ordinary young man who hails from her hometown of Martha's...

“I can always count on Katia Lief for gripping, twist-filled psychological suspense.” —Wendy Corsi Staub “Mesmerizing….Your heart will be pounding.” —Lisa Gardner When Katia Lief first introduced readers to her protagonist, haunted ex-New York City cop Karin Schaeffer,...

“A new force to reckon with in suspense.” Donna Anders, author of Dead Silence * * A phenomenal suspense thriller from Katia Lief, Next Time You See Me is the relentlessly gripping follow up to You Are Next—bringing back ex-police detective Karin Schaeffer, who survived the murderous...

You Are Next, Katia Lief’s riveting debut thriller for Avon Books, is the taut, roller coaster tale of a serial killer’s surviving victim—and her determination to turn from hunted to hunter. Katia Lief is destined to be a superstar of romantic suspense, right up there with Lisa Gardner, Alex...

"WE WERE DELINQUENTS, ADDICTS, MENTAL CASES, ORPHANS AND KIDS FROM BROKEN HOMES." Fifteen-year-old Kate Steiner is not sure why she is suddenly boarding at an East Coast school for troubled kids, though there is evidence that her lawyer parents are having marital problems. It is the...

ONE COLD NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED.... New York Police detective Dave Strauss is haunted by the one case he couldn't solve. A schoolgirl vanished off the streets of Brooklyn, with only a trail of blood and a series of untraceable phone calls from "the Groom" hinting at her fate. Now the...

WHEN ANNIE'S IDENTITY IS STOLEN...SHE RUNS BUT CANNOT HIDE. After discovering an email revealing her husband's infidelity, Annie Milliken is shattered. Dismissing his pleas of innocence, Annie takes their baby daughter and goes to the one person she has always trusted: her twin sister, Julie....

THE DAY SEEMS PERFECTLY ORDINARY...UNTIL LAUREN DOESN'T COME HOME. Alice Halpern waits for her best friend at the playground where they always meet with their children in their comfortable Brooklyn neighborhood. But when Lauren doesn't come home, then fails to pick her son up from school, a...

IS FAME REALLY WORTH ALL THE TROUBLE? Aspiring cartoonist Catherine "Cat" Gold earns her living as a celebrity assistant in uptown Manhattan, while navigating the cramped downtown spaces of life, love, and alternative art. Her boss is Rochelle "Rocky" Love, a elebrated 1970s...

WHO WILL LIVE AND WHO WILL DIE? A team of burglars plans to rob a secluded country house in Waterbury, Connecticut while the famous owner is away visiting relatives for the holidays. But volatile relationships within this family lead to a last minute change in plans, and three generations convene...

Former New York City police detectives turned Brooklyn private investigators Karin Schaeffer and her husband Mac MacLeary become involved in an international conspiracy in The Money Kill, a new thriller by Katia Leaf. An offer of $30,000 for one day's work in London, followed by a family vacation...

DAWN CAN STILL SEE THE TAN LINE WHERE HER ENGAGEMENT RING USED TO BE. "Laugh-aloud funny." --Publishers Weekly Dawn is still in love with Hank, who dumped her for Christine--and they're living together now. But when Dawn realizes how much Hank misses her, and might even regret...