Alex Kava

Alex Kava is a New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling author, widely recognized for her captivating crime thrillers. She has written twenty novels, including the award-winning FBI Profiler Maggie O'Dell series and the critically acclaimed Ryder Creed K-9 Mystery series. Her novel Stranded was a double award winner, receiving both the Florida Book Award and the Nebraska Book Award. Moreover, One False Move was selected for the 2006 One Book One Nebraska, while her political thriller, Whitewash, was hailed as one of January Magazine's best thrillers of the year. \n \nWith an international readership, Kava's novels have been translated into over thirty-four languages and have graced bestseller lists in several countries such as the UK, Australia, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Poland. In addition to her literary achievements, Kava is an active member of the Nebraska Writers Guild and a founding member of International Thriller Writers. She spends her time between her homes in Omaha, Nebraska and Pensacola, Florida, where she shares her life with a lively pack of westies.
Maggie O'Dell Books
# Title Year
1 A Perfect Evil 2000
2 Split Second 2001
3 The Soul Catcher 2002
4 At the Stroke of Madness 2003
5 A Necessary Evil 2006
6 Exposed 2008
7 Black Friday 2009
8 Damaged 2010
9 Hotwire 2011
10 Fireproof 2012
11 Stranded 2013
12 Before Evil 2017
13 Goodnight, Sweet Mother 2017
Maggie O'Dell Series in Chronological Order
# Title Year
1 Before Evil 2017
2 A Perfect Evil 2000
3 Split Second 2001
4 The Soul Catcher 2002
5 At the Stroke of Madness 2003
6 A Necessary Evil 2006
7 Exposed 2008
8 Black Friday 2009
9 Damaged 2010
10 Hotwire 2011
11 Fireproof 2012
12 Stranded 2013
13 Goodnight, Sweet Mother 2017
Maggie O'Dell Collections
# Title Year
1 Off the Grid 2016
Ryder Creed Books
# Title Year
1 Breaking Creed 2014
2 Silent Creed 2015
3 Reckless Creed 2016
4 Lost Creed 2018
5 Desperate Creed 2019
6 Hidden Creed 2020
7 Fallen Creed 2022
8 Midnight Creed 2023
Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night Books
# Title Year
1 Goodnight, Sweet Mother 2017
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 One False Move 2004
2 Whitewash 2007
Short Stories/Novellas (with Erica Spindler, with J.T. Ellison)
# Title Year
1 A Breath of Hot Air 2010
2 Slices of Night 2011
Taylor Jackson Books (with Erica Spindler, with J.T. Ellison)
# Title Year
1 All the Pretty Girls 2007
2 14 2008
3 Judas Kiss 2008
4 The Cold Room 2010
5 The Immortals 2010
6 So Close the Hand of Death 2011
7 Where All the Dead Lie 2011
8 Field of Graves 2015
9 Blood Sugar Baby 2015
10 Whiteout 2015
11 The Wolves Come at Night 2023
Stacy Killian Books (with Erica Spindler, with J.T. Ellison)
# Title Year
1 See Jane Die 2004
2 Killer Takes All 2005
3 Last Known Victim 2007
4 Watch Me Die 2011
Alex Kava Anthologies
# Title Year
1 First Thrills: Volume 4 2011
2 Gone Fishing and Other Stories 2012
3 Storm Season 2012