Cathryn Grant

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  • Bibliography:
    48 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2010
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Alexandra Mallory

1 - The Woman in the Mirror (Jul-2016)
2 - The Woman in the Water (Sep-2016)
3 - The Woman in the Painting (Nov-2016)
4 - The Woman in the Window (Feb-2017)
5 - The Woman in the Bar (Jun-2017)
6 - The Woman in the Bedroom (Aug-2017)
7 - The Woman in the Dark (Nov-2017)
8 - The Woman In the Cellar (Mar-2018)
9 - The Woman In the Photograph (Sep-2018)
10 - The Woman In the Storm (Mar-2019)
11 - The Woman In the Taxi (Apr-2020)

Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour

1 - Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 1 (Oct-2010)
2 - Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 2 (Aug-2011)
3 - Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 3 (Jan-2013)
4 - Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 4 (Dec-2013)

The Haunted Ship Trilogy

1 - Alone on the Beach (Nov-2015)
2 - Slipping Away from the Beach (Feb-2016)
3 - Haunting the Beach (Apr-2016)

Madison Keith

1 - Fatal Cut (Jun-2011)
2 - Shallow Water (Sep-2011)
3 - Unholy Child (Dec-2011)
4 - Stone Cold (May-2012)
5 - Deadly Streets (Aug-2012)
6 - Lonely Ghosts (Nov-2012)
7 - Last Chance (Apr-2013)
8 - Eaten Alive (Dec-2013)
9 - Empty Home (Nov-2014)
10 - Ugly Truth (May-2015)
11 - Beloved Ghosts (Jul-2015)

Book List in Order: 48 titles

  • Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 1

    Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - 1

    For a taste of Suburban Noir -- a collection of eleven Flash Fiction stories that will make you shiver and sometimes look over your shoulder.Like a shot of vodka or scotch, flash fiction is a quick hit to the brain at the end of the day, a startling ...

  • The Demise of the Soccer Moms

    Soccer is a competitive sport.For mothers as much as their daughters.All Charlotte wants is for her daughter to be accepted onto the soccer team.Amy will stop at nothing to keep this woman's daughter from playing on the team.She'll fight even harder ...

  • Fatal Cut

    Madison Keith - 1

    In Fatal Cut, the first novella in this ghostly Suburban Noir series, a man is brutally murdered in the church parking lot. Madison Keith is the only one not surprised by the identity of the killer. She has witnessed first hand the buried resentmen...

  • Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 2

    Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - 2

    A collection of eleven Suburban Noir Flash Fiction stories that will make you shiver and sometimes look over your shoulder.Like a shot of vodka or scotch, flash fiction is a quick hit to the brain at the end of the day, a startling peek into anotherâ...

  • Shallow Water

    Madison Keith - 2

    "I enjoyed getting to know Madison Keith even better in Shallow Water."In the second novella in this psychological suspense series, Madison finds a dead body in the Shallow Water of Half Moon Bay. The most likely culprit has a rock-solid alibi, and M...

  • Buried By Debt

    Love, lust and money. Fear of friends finding out about their money problems leads a couple to descend into a darker world than they could ever imagine. Devon worships Jenna. Their friends say he's obsessed with her. Maybe he is, all he knows is that...

  • Unholy Child

    Madison Keith - 3

    A proposed child care center enflames hidden prejudices at First Central Church, leading to murder.A dark spirit terrifies Madison and dampens her previous enthusiasm for encountering ghosts. She's determined to find out what, or who, is tormenting h...

  • Stone Cold

    Madison Keith - 4

    In the fourth novella of this Suburban Noir Ghost Story series, Madison Keith visits her best friend on the Oregon coast. While staying in an unusual stone house, she meets two disturbing women who harbor a shocking secret. As Madison seeks to uncove...

  • Deadly Streets

    Madison Keith - 5

    In the fifth novella in this series, Madison stumbles across the body of a homeless man lying in the street in front of the church where she works as an administrative assistant. The sickening and persistent ghost of the dead man forces her to search...



  • Lonely Ghosts

    Madison Keith - 6

    In the sixth novella of the Madison Keith Suburban Noir Ghost Story series, Madison and her boyfriend, JD, go to Australia to visit his twin brother, Luke.Before the plane lands in Sydney, a woman’s body is found in Luke’s garden.Madison and JD s...

  • Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 3

    Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - 3

    For a taste of Suburban Noir -- a collection of eleven Flash Fiction stories that will make you shiver and sometimes look over your shoulder.Like a shot of vodka or scotch, flash fiction is a quick hit to the brain at the end of the...

  • The Suburban Abyss

    Claire thought the suburbs were safe.But her neighbors are not what they seem.As their secrets are revealed, the quiet suburb erupts.Tension mounts as the layers of each one are revealed.If you like psychological suspense, you’ll love The Suburban ...

  • Madison Keith Ghost Story Collection - Volume 1

    This collection includes the first three novellas in the Madison Keith Suburban Noir Ghost Story series. In Fatal Cut, a man is brutally murdered in the church parking lot. Madison Keith is the only one who isn't surprised by the identity of the kill...

  • Last Chance

    Madison Keith - 7

    Even though she doesn’t believe in them, Pastor Kate believes she’s been assaulted by a ghost. She asks Madison to spend a few nights at the home where she’s helping one of the church deacons and his wife with their new baby. Not only does Madi...

  • The Hallelujah Horror Show

    Obsession, fanaticism, and ambition clash leading to death. Bob sneaks a cigarette every week.As he smokes the forbidden cigarette, he fixates on the people at the church across the street.He has a thing about religious fanatics.   After a brief e...

  • Reduction In Force

    "Fiction too close to today's headlines."REDUCTION IN FORCE is a collection of two Suburban Noir Short Stories, originally published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.TALKING HERSELF TO DEATH: Eddie is the only person at CompuTech who can tolera...

  • Eaten Alive

    Madison Keith - 8

    In the eighth novella, Madison feels she’s being “eaten alive” with thoughts about her past, but when she asks Pastor Joe for time off to look for closure, he questions her commitment to her job.When she discovers her murdered neighbor’s body...

  • Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 4

    Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - 4

    For a taste of Suburban Noir -- a collection of eleven Flash Fiction stories that will make you shiver and sometimes look over your shoulder.Like a shot of vodka or scotch, flash fiction is a quick hit to the brain at the end of the day, a startling ...

  • Getting Ahead

    Will office politics and frustrated desire......lead to murder?Fanatical dedication to her career is all Laura needs to take the next step up the corporate ladder.She knows the prestigious job is hers for the taking, but an administrative assistant w...



  • Empty Home

    Madison Keith - 9

    In the ninth ghost story in this series, Madison is determined to get some answers about the ghosts from her past. Returning to her childhood home, she finds more than she bargained for: a detective who no longer cares, an aunt and uncle who are not...

  • Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 5

    For a taste of Suburban Noir -- a collection of eleven Flash Fiction stories that will make you shiver and sometimes look over your shoulder.Like a shot of vodka or scotch, flash fiction is a quick hit to the brain at the end of the...

  • Faceless

    Jealousy festering in social media opens the door to violence.Allie loves social media because it makes her feel close to her friends.It never occurs to her that some are jealous of the seemingly perfect lives they see displayed online.The embers of ...

  • Maternal Instinct

    Michelle is a good mom. She and her family are enjoying a summer vacation at Pine Mountain Lake. When she drives past two boys walking in the heat of the day, her maternal instinct kicks in and she offers them a ride. Slowly she realizes these two ar...

  • Ugly Truth

    Madison Keith - 10

    In the tenth ghost story in this series, Madison Keith is confronted by an entity whose message could destroy the pastor of the church where she works. Still trying to reconcile her parents’ murders, she is forced to expose her past in order to dea...

  • Madison Keith Ghost Story Collection - Volume 4

    This collection includes the final two novellas in the Madison Keith Suburban Noir Ghost Story series: Ugly Truth and Beloved Ghosts. In Ugly Truth, Madison is confronted by an entity whose message could destroy the pastor of the church where she wor...

  • Beloved Ghosts

    Madison Keith - 11

    In the final novella of this Suburban Noir ghost story series, Madison is consumed with her desire to find the ghosts from her past and allow them to rest. The contents of her childhood journals are both disappointing and surprising. She hardly not...

  • An Affair with God

    When everyone claims to speak for God... ...it's hard to find the truth.Vain, sensuous, jealous, and idealistic, Gabrielle is a devoted mother and madly in love with her husband.  As the minister of Grace Lutheran Church, Mark's devotion to the me...

  • Chances Are

    For years, Alan Campbell believed his wife and close friends loved to hear him sing an old Johnny Mathis song, Chances Are. On a sweltering evening, after a backyard barbecue with plenty of good wine, he finds out his wife Trish has suffered in silen...

  • Alone on the Beach

    The Haunted Ship Trilogy - 1

    The abandoned ship is haunted.The ghost is coming for Corrine.So the old woman says, but Corrine doesn't believe her.Corrine loves living by the ocean. Her life seems almost perfect now that she's falling in love. When she learns that the abandoned ...



  • Slipping Away from the Beach

    The Haunted Ship Trilogy - 2

    A ghost that haunts the human mind is the most terrifying of all.It's 1967 -- the summer of love -- sex, drugs and rock 'n roll.Mary's sons are grown. Her husband has left her for a woman who is young, beautiful and unencumbered by children.He also l...

  • Haunting the Beach

    The Haunted Ship Trilogy - 3

    A ghost that haunts the human mind is the most terrifying of all.In 1930, the town of Aptos is obsessed with the long-awaited grand opening of the restaurant and dance hall built inside the abandoned concrete ship.Everyone has a dream for the promise...

  • The Woman in the Mirror

    Alexandra Mallory - 1

    Alexandra loves martinis and men.But she hates misogynists.Men want her.Women like her, but they don't always know why.She has an insatiable curiosity and sometimes takes risks she shouldn't.Trying to escape the consequences of her risky behavior, sh...

  • The Woman in the Water

    Alexandra Mallory - 2

    When the punishment doesn't fit the crime... ...someone has to die.  Alexandra is obsessed with the spectacular house next door to the tiny cabin she and Jared are sharing.  The odd behavior of the owners piques Alexandra's curiosity.Her envy of ...

  • The Woman in the Painting

    Alexandra Mallory - 3

    They say a picture speaks a thousand words. Sometimes......one of those words means someone deserves to die.Alexandra loves her glamorous San Francisco apartment, but nothing is going as she'd dreamed.The lucrative job that provides her cover is in j...

  • The Woman in the Window

    Alexandra Mallory - 4

     Blood is a scary thing.When Alexandra sees a woman writing on an apartment window in what appears to be blood, she's transfixed.She becomes obsessed with discovering the secrets that lie within the stately old building. While she tries to unravel ...

  • The Woman in the Bar

    Alexandra Mallory - 5

    Everyone has something to hide. 
Alexandra's recent killings have left her exposed. 
Now, two detectives at The Chimera in San Francisco, Isaiah's favorite neighborhood bar, are much too interested in her background. 
Their intense scrutiny and...

  • The Woman in the Bedroom

    Alexandra Mallory - 6

    Sometimes, a bedroom is the most dangerous place on earth. ALEX NEEDS TO RUNEager to remove herself from the scene of her latest crimes, Alex accepts a job offer in Australia.Joining a startup company with Tess is the perfect excuse for leaving the c...

  • The Woman in the Dark

    Alexandra Mallory - 7

    Desire and death await in the dark. The murder next door is unsolved. But Alex knows she's covered her tracks. Now, her life is complicated by the discovery of a woman's body closer to home. As detectives seek the identity of the dead woman and t...

  • The Woman In the Cellar

    Alexandra Mallory - 8

    Sometimes a secret is in plain sight.But Alex just can't see it.While the police have moved on from investigating the deaths in herneighborhood, Alex's life is getting more complicated in other ways.Things are resurfacing that she thought were settle...



  • The Woman In the Photograph

    Alexandra Mallory - 9

    This time, it's personal.And Alexandra takes her biggest risk yet.Now in New York, Alex settles in and immediately makes the acquaintance of her disturbing neighbors, a threatening co-worker, and a predatory client.Alex loves New York and loves her n...

  • She's Listening

    Ann's life has never been in danger...Until now.Gemma goes to Dr. Ann Wilcox for therapy. What she uncovers will lead her on a journey through her long-forgotten nightmares.A dedicated and caring therapist, Ann wants to see her patientsachieve the li...

  • The Woman In the Storm

    Alexandra Mallory - 10

    Murder can’t always be planned.

    The antique key on the dead man’s body was too beautiful to leave behind. 

    Alex removed it from the key ring on a whim, but now she’s obsessed with finding the lock where it fits. 

    Visiting...

  • The Woman In the Taxi

    Alexandra Mallory - 11

    Sometimes murder is the only choice...Even if it's risky.Alex is forced to decide how to free herself from her day trading neighbors, but discovering their secrets leaves her only one option.At the same time, her coworker, Stephanie, is putting Alex'...

  • The Woman In the Church

    Thou shalt not kill....Too late.Alex is being put in a corner and will have to decide just how far she will go to protect her job. Her coworker, Stephanie, is turning up the heat and is hell-bent on forcing Alex out.A confrontation is inevitable, the...

  • The Favorite Child

    Annie’s sister has gone missing. Why doesn’t anyone care? Annie feels like she's at a good place in her life. Happily married, expecting her first child, enjoying a vacation with her extended family at their beautiful coastal home. But ...

  • The Woman In the Hotel

    Alexandra has gone undetected, or so she thought.A chance meeting with a woman in a hotel threatens to reveal not only who Alexreally is, but forces her to make a decision challenging her own code.As Ned continues his relentless quest to discover the...

  • The Artist

    Sitting for an oil painting might feel like torture, but what if it truly is? What if you wind up dead?​Everyone keeps telling Morgan she's incredibly lucky to get the chance to have her portrait painted by the fabulous Ember West.But Ember's d...

  • The Woman In the Shadows

    • / Thriller
    • Buy Buy

    Alexandra has never spoken about the woman in the shadows of her life. Until now.Everything is changing for Alex. She's always been confident that she's one step ahead of everyone else, until now.Diana is not the boss Alex expected her to be, pressin...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Cathryn Grant has published 48 books.

Cathryn Grant does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Artist, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Cathryn Grant, Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 1, was published in October 2010.

Yes. Cathryn Grant has 4 series.
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