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Nebraska Author Alex Kava
A list of works by Nebraska mystery author
Alex Kava
Alex Kava (a.k.a. Sharon Kava) was raised outside of rural Silver Creek in central Nebraska. Interested in writing from a young age, she sometimes had to hide her earliest works while growing up in a hard-working family where reading could be considered a bit frivilous. Among the jobs she held while working to pay her way through college, Kava was employed by a hospital, where she cleaned and sterilized the tools and equipment for the morgue and surgery departments. Graduating from Omaha’s College of St. Mary’s in 1982, Kava went on work in commercial design, copy writing and as a director of public relations.
In 1996, wishing to become a freelance writer, she quit her full-time job, falling back on a home-based graphic-design business and even delivering newspapers to make ends meet. In 2000, A Perfect Evil, her first FBI thriller featuring profiler Maggie O’Dell, was published. Inspired by the crimes of Nebraska serial killer John Joubert, it became a bestseller and has led to a series of O’Dell thrillers. Kava’s 2004 novel, One False Move (not in the O’Dell series) has been selected as the 2nd annual One Book One Nebraska title for 2006.
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Alex Kava’s books
A Perfect Evil
(2000)
A Maggie O’Dell FBI thriller.
Split Second
(2001)
A Maggie O’Dell FBI thriller.
The Soul Catcher
(2002)
A Maggie O’Dell FBI thriller.
At the Stroke of Madness
(2003)
A Maggie O’Dell FBI thriller.
One False Move
(2004)
This book was the selected title for the 2006 One Book One Nebraska!
A Necessary Evil
(2006)
A Maggie O’Dell FBI thriller.
Whitewash
(2007)
Exposed
(2008)
A Maggie O’Dell FBI thriller.
Black Friday
(2009)
A Maggie O’Dell FBI thriller.
Damaged
(2010)
A Maggie O’Dell FBI thriller.
Hotwire
(2011)
A Maggie O’Dell FBI thriller.
Fireproof
(2012)
A Maggie O’Dell FBI thriller.
Stranded
(2013)
A Maggie O’Dell FBI thriller.
Breaking Creed
(2013)
First in the Ryder Creed series.
Silent Creed
(2015)
Second in the Ryder Creed series.
Off the Grid
(2013)
A collection of four shorter works by Kava, three of which are Maggie O’Dell FBI thrillers.
Reckless Creed
(2016)
Third in the Ryder Creed series.
Slices of Night
(2017)
Trio of short works by three different authors, Alex Kava, J.T. Ellison and Erica Spindler, that all combine into a long novella that crosses together three different sleuths (including Kava’s Maggie O’Dell) in the pursuit of a serial killer that moves between cities.
Storm Season
(2017)
Trio of short works by three different authors, Alex Kava, J.T. Ellison and Erica Spindler, set during the same massive storm, in which three different sleuths (including Kava’s Maggie O’Dell) tracking three different diabolical killers.
Before Evil
(2017)
Prequel to the first Maggie O’Dell FBI thriller, A Perfect Evil (2000).
Goodnight, Sweet Mother
(2017)
A novella featuring Maggie O’Dell — previously published in the anthology Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night.
Lost Creed
(2018)
Fourth in the Ryder Creed series.
Desperate Creed
(2019)
Fifth in the Ryder Creed series.
Hidden Creed
(2020)
Sixth in the Ryder Creed series.
Fallen Creed
(2022)
Seventh in the Ryder Creed series.
ADDITIONAL TITLES THAT ALEX KAVA HAS CONTRIBUTED TO:
Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night
(2006)
>> Alex Kava contributed the short story “Goodnight, Sweet Mother” to this anthology edited by James Patterson
Posted March 2006 sdc / last updated May 2023 sdc