Carol O'Connell

Carol O'Connell's last novel, Dead Famous, made multiple best-of-year lists and won critical acclaim nationwide....

NYPD sergeant Kathleen Mallory is the gorgeous, near-sociopathic heroine of this knife-edged suspense novel....

In the northern California town of Coventry, two teenage brothers go into the woods one day, but only one comes back....

NYPD sergeant Kathleen Mallory is drawn to place far away from home. In a small town in Louisiana, she steps off the train. Within the hour, one man has been assaulted, another has had a heart attack....

It is three days before Christmas, and two young girls have disappeared from the local academy. This hasn't happened for 15 years, since Rouge Kendall's twin sister was murdered....

A body is found lying on the ground in Chicago, a dead hand pointing down Route 66, a road of many names and deaths. Kathy Mallory finds herself hunting a killer like no one she has ever known....

The nun was dead. Her body lay on the lawn outside Gracie Mansion, the home of New York City's mayor, and it wasn't alone. There were four of them altogether....

The reviews called it "A Play to Die For" after the woman was found dead in the front row. It didn't seem so funny the next night, when another body was found....

A little girl is abandoned in Central Park—with her uncle’s body in a tree not far away. Recognizing a kindred spirit in the girl, detective Kathy Mallory takes the case....