Katia Lief Reading Order

6 books (2010–2013)

This six-book mystery and thriller series follows detective Karin Schaeffer through investigations spanning from 2010 to 2013. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Next Time You See Me and concluding with The Money Kill. Katia Lief's Schaeffer novels blend procedural mystery with literary fiction elements as the detective confronts a succession of dangerous criminals and evolving cases throughout the arc.

Start with Next Time You See Me / Hide and Seek, the first of 6 books in the Karin Schaeffer series.

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1	Next Time You See Me / Hide and Seek 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	You Are Next 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Gift 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Vanishing Girls / The 12th Victim 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Domino Killer 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Money Kill / Dead Rich 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2012–2017)

Katia Lief's collection of short stories and novellas spans five years, beginning with Heartbeat in 2012 and concluding with The Orchid Grower in 2017. This three-book series should be read in publication order to experience the complete arc. The completed series blends mystery, thriller, and literary fiction elements.

Start with Heartbeat and read in order.

11 books (1990–2024)

Katia Lief has written eleven standalone mystery and thriller novels across three decades, beginning with Soul Catcher in 1990 and continuing through Invisible Woman in 2024. Though each book stands alone, readers interested in following the author's evolution should begin with Soul Catcher and proceed in publication order through the series' ongoing releases. Early works were published under the author's maiden name Katia Spiegelman, while later novels appear under the pen name Kate Pepper. The series spans multiple genres within the mystery and thriller category, offering varied standalone stories rather than a connected narrative.

Start with Soul Catcher(As: Katia Spiegelman), the first of 11 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Soul Catcher(As: Katia Spiegelman) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Peculiar Politics: Love, Sex and the Wrong Bride(As: Katia Spiegelman) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Five Days in Summer / Five Days to Die(As:Kate Pepper) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Here She Lies(As:Kate Pepper) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Seven Minutes to Noon(As:Kate Pepper) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	One Cold Night(As:Kate Pepper) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Cartoons: The Rise and Fall of Rocky Love(As: Katia Spiegelman) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Names of the Dead / Watch You Die(As:Kate Pepper) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Waterbury(As:Kate Pepper) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	House of a Thousand Eyes 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Invisible Woman 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible