"A must-read for fans of psychological suspense." –Wendy Corsi Staub In this chilling tale of psychological suspense, a woman home alone in the middle of the night surprises an intruder who expected to have the upper hand. In the days that follow, she tends her prized orchid while hiding evidence of her growing list of crimes. Derringer Award nomination, 2016

Other people kill their husbands. Not her."Absolutely a novel of its time–and a novel of women's stories across time."—Kirkus (starred review)In Invisible Woman, a dangerous secret held for too long between estranged best friends rises to the surface, and a long marriage comes apart with devastating consequences.Joni Ackerman's decision to raise children, 25 years ago, came with a steep cost. She was then a pioneering filmmaker, one of the few women to break into the all-male Hollywood club of feature film directors. But she and her husband Paul had always wanted a family, and his ascending career at a premier television network provided a safety net. Now they've recently transplanted to Brooklyn, so that Paul can launch a major East Coast production studio, when a scandal rocks the film industry and forces Joni to revisit a secret from long ago involving her friend Val. Joni is adamant...

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 their breakup, the game is on. Dating in 1980s Manhattan is confusing enough. Then MikeBlitsky—a.k.a. Mike Mauvais of "Misled Mike's Marvelous Men," atransvestite escort service—bursts into Dawn's life when she becomes the editor of a tell-all memoir he's writing to pay for his legaldefense. Unbeknownst to Dawn, Hank is Mike's lawyer, defending himagainst charges of running a male prostitution ring. Dawn's friend Katherine, a doctoral student in eighteenth century literature, is hiredto do research for Mike's book. With everyone working at crosspurposes, the result is a modern day comedy of errors that doesn't windup until the wedding bouquet goes flying in the...

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 feminist and has-been '80s radio andtelevision star who is convinced she can forge a '90s comeback with anautobiography. But the ghostwriter hired to glorify her lifeinstead reveals a battleground of treachery and hypocrisy, littered with lies and sex that cross all the boundaries. When Cat herselfexperiences Rocky's duplicity and learns that the icon is a fraud, sheis fueled by a sense of disappointment and conspires with theghostwriter to reveal the unspeakable truth about their narcissisticboss. Praise for international bestseller Katia Lief's novels: "Wonderfully funny and terribly true."—Fay Weldon "Urban, hip, sad, funny, a tipsy walk on the wild...

KILLING EVE meets THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD A Cold War spy's deceits rise through time to haunt his American son, in a dual narrative split between postwar Berlin and early twentieth century New York City. Past becomes prologue as a father's secret life and untimely death begin to make treacherous sense before delivering one final surprise. Skilled and capable, Con Mathis works for the New York District Attorney's office. He's movie-star handsome, charming, well educated, haunted by his expat German father's suicide, and devoted to his mother Ruth and sister Sophie. Having completed an undercover assignment investigating the Wall Street money laundering operation of a Russian kingpin, he unwinds at a Manhattan bar, drinks too much and meets Emmy, a compelling German woman he thinks could be his soul mate. The next day, hungover and foggy, he realizes that he lost his keys and wallet at her place and needs to go back, but he can't remember exactly...

“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, in the chilling mystery masterwork You Are Next, she immediately established herself as a modern thriller and romantic suspense writer on a par with Alex Kava, Lisa Gardner and other masters of the contemporary spine-tingler. Lief moves to the head of the class with Vanishing Girls, as the apparent reemergence of a fiendish serial killer on the night streets of Brooklyn threatens to destroy everything and everyone Karin loves…again!