Kate Thompson

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  • Bibliography:
    63 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1973
  • Latest Book:
    April 2024
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Full Series List in Order

The Missing Link Trilogy

1 - The Missing Link (May-2001)
1 - Fourth World (May-2005)
2 - Only Human (Apr-2006)
3 - Origins (Nov-2007)

The New Policeman Trilogy

1 - The New Policeman (Feb-2007)
2 - The Last of the High Kings (Jun-2007)
3 - The White Horse Trick (Aug-2010)

Switchers

1 - Switchers (May-1998)
2 - Midnight's Choice (Aug-1999)
3 - Wild Blood (Jun-2000)

Book List in Order: 63 titles

  • Sugarbird

  • The Painted Caves

  • Switchers

    Switchers - 1

    Tess has a secret powerand it just might save the world from disaster Thirteen-year-old Tess is a Switcher, able to change into any animal at will. No one knows her secret, or so she thinks. But one day a strange, scruffy boy follows her home from...

  • Down Among the Gods

    Two lonely people, a chance meeting at an adult education class, an almost instant attraction. But why do they keep misunderstanding each other, missing each other? What is it that conspires to keep Jessie and Patrick apart? This is an urban romance ...

  • It Means Mischief

    Young Dublin actress Deidre O'Dare has just landed her first big role and desperately wants to shine - and to impress David, the director she has fallen madly in love with. But while Deidre loves David, David loves the leading lady, Eva. Meanwhile, S...

  • Midnight's Choice

    Switchers - 2

    Switcher Tess is about to discover her dark sideTess is a Switcher, able to change into any creature at will. She believes she has experienced everything her powers have to offer—until she meets Martin, another Switcher, who seems to have a mys...

  • More Mischief

  • Wild Blood

    Switchers - 3

    A paddleboat steamer is not exactly Frankie and Devin's chosen form of transportation. But when they find themselves in Jules Vernes's Around the World in Eighty Days, they figure they had better get used to it! Frankie and Devin join Phileas Fogg on...

  • Going Down

    Ella Nesbit is young, good-looking and has a wicked way with the violin. She also has a great job in a Dublin recording studio. So why isn't life more fun? Could Julian, the trainee from hell, have something to do with it? Or is it really due to Ella...



  • The Beguilers

    Known for their hypnotic powers and evil doings, the village people dare not venture onto the streets after dark as it belongs solely to the beguilers, but Rilka thinks it is time for things to change and so captures one in an attempt to put an end t...

  • The Missing Link

    The Missing Link Trilogy - 1

    Only two people knew what Danny really was. One was his father, who didn't believe it. The other was his mother who did. Chart the journey of Christie and his step-brother Danny as Danny tries to find his mother in her hidden lab in Fourth World, a w...

  • The Blue Hour

    Maddie Godard: chief copywriter, The Complete Works advertising agency. Smart. Sussed. Scared. Because when your self-esteem's been trampled and your world is overturned, you have to act fast. Maddie escapes from busy Dublin to seemingly tranquil Sai...

  • Blessing Or Curse

    Kate’s character is a vibrant businesswoman that refuses to let anyone control her. Her abusive husband’s truck is found burning in the woods, and she is a prime candidate for murder. Anna, Kate’s best friend, comes to stay with her and they hi...

  • Striking Poses

    The last thing Aphrodite Delaney wants from a theatrical career is to be under the spotlight, but the backstage alternative isn't much fun. she finds herself a forlorn Cinderella with no invite to the ball until - ping! - the handsome prince of Irish...

  • The Alchemist's Apprentice

    The "Alchemist's Apprentice" tells the rags to riches story of Jack, the blacksmith's boy. Jack's quest leads him on a quixotic set of travels which have a rollicking Tom Jones feel to them. Eventually, after both hardship and luxury, Jack finds hims...

  • A Perfect Life

    Golden girl Calypso is used to getting what she wants; closet romantic Dannie is mistress of her destiny and determined never to fall in love again; while single mother Rosa dreams of a life of freedom from tyrannical, sexist bosses. But after a seri...

  • Living the Dream

  • Sex, Lies and Fairytales

  • Fourth World

    The Missing Link Trilogy - 1


    The first book in a trilogy about terrifying genetic experiments.

    Danny is different. He's slower than other kids his age, and prone to violent outbursts. But when Danny runs off to find his biological mother, his older stepbrother Christi...



  • Only Human

    The Missing Link Trilogy - 2

    Christie and his friends continue their search for the missing link in the faraway Himalayas, where the answers may be found with the elusive and mysterious Yeti.
    Their journey leaves Danny battling his overwhelming longing for the sea, and Da...

  • The New Policeman

    The New Policeman Trilogy - 1

    Who knows where the time goes? There never seems to be enough time in Kinvara, or anywhere else in Ireland for that matter. When J.J.'s mother says that what she really wants for her birthday is more time in her day, J.J. decides to find her some...

  • The Last of the High Kings

    The New Policeman Trilogy - 2

    Traveling to the land of eternal youth was the only way J.J. Liddy could stop time from leaking from his world to T'ir na n'Og. But fifteen years after returning from the land of the faeries, J.J. wonders if that long-ago visit is responsible for the...

  • Origins

    The Missing Link Trilogy - 3

    All Nessa knew was that Cats and Dogs were different. Always had been. Always would be. Generations in the future, our world has been changed irrevocably by an unspeakable disaster. In this bleak landscape a cat named Nessa has been exiled from ...

  • Highway Robbery

    The rider sprang off as light as a cat and pulled the reins over the horse's head. Then he marched straight over to me and put them into my hand. "Hold the mare for me, lad. And when I come back, I'll give you a golden guinea."A dark stranger leaves ...

  • Love Lies Bleeding

    Love Lies Bleeding sees the return of Deirdre O'Dare, the actress protagonist of It Means Mischief and More Mischief. Allow yourself to be wooed and won over by a classy cast of characters who will waltz you from the glitzy spin of Los Angeles, via t...

  • Creature of the Night

    A HOUSE WITH A SECRET An unanswered question: Who is the Creature in the Night? Bobby lives a reckless life smoking, drinking, and stealing cars in Dublin. So his mother moves thefamily to the country. But Bobby suspects their cottage might not be as...

  • The Kinsella Sisters

    Home is where the heart is…Free spirit Rio Kinsella finds herself settled in the picture-postcard village of Lissamore on Ireland's West Coast. It's where she took her first step, had her first kiss and conceived her beloved son Finn. But now Finn'...

  • Black Bess

    'Hold the mare for me, lad. And when I come back I'll give you a golden guinea.' It's more money than the street urchin has ever dreamt of. But who is the rider, and why is there so much interest in his big black horse? And will the boy ever see the ...

  • Is 8 Enough?



  • The O'Hara Affair

    If only real life was like the movies…In the idyllic village of Lissamore on the West Coast of Ireland, flirty Fleur O'Farrell has what seems to be a perfect life. She has the savoir-faire, the wardrobe, and her very own Mr. Big. But Fleur also has...

  • The White Horse Trick

    The New Policeman Trilogy - 3

    The world is drowning. Freak storms and devastating hurricanes sweep across the countryside. No one has enough food or firewood -- electricity is an option only for the tyrannical Commander -- and then the Commander begins stealing young children ...

  • Most Wanted

    While making his daily deliveries, a baker’s son suddenly finds himself holding a stallion’s golden lead. Soon the boy discovers that this isn’t just any horse, it’s the most powerful creature in all of Rome. What will the mad emperor do i...

  • Wanted!

    While making his daily deliveries, a baker’s son suddenly finds himself holding a stallion’s golden lead. Soon the boy discovers that this isn’t just any horse, it’s the most powerful creature in all of Rome.

    What will the mad empero...

  • An American River

    We were afraid of its impenetrable darkness. Afraid of its industrial smell. We were afraid of the things that lived beneath its surface and the things that had died there. We were afraid of spotting a hand or a head bobbing in the rafts of garbage t...

  • Finding Friday

    FRIDAY was his birth name, Noah was what he was called, and he was terrified. Because of "crimes" he had committed against his adopted family in America, he found himself abandoned back in his birth country of Liberia, waiting, hoping someone from hi...

  • Annan Water

    Michael is inexplicably drawn to Annie, but a deep and mysterious river divides them Michael Duggan feels lost. After the death of his younger sister in a riding accident, his parents have relocated their family and their horse dealing business to...

  • The Fourth Horseman

    Should you believe what you see with your own eyes, even if it can’t be explained? Laurie is worried. Her father refuses to discuss the vision they have seen lurking by his science lab: glowing, dangerous-looking horsemen bearing bows and swords...

  • An Act of Worship

    In a small Irish town, an environmental activist and a butcher come together to track down a violent criminal For eco-warrior and journalist Sarah O’Malley, a temporary stint managing her sister’s holistic food store is the perfect escape. But...

  • Thin Air

    Set on a farm on Ireland’s West Coast, this gripping novel by Kate Thompson revolves around a missing teenager -- and the shattering effect of her disappearance upon her family and friends Nineteen-year-old Martina Keane has vanished, seemingly ...



  • Fuzzy Christmas

  • Who Lives in the Ocean?

    Who Lives in the Ocean is a novelty book from Top That Publishing for preschool children. Read the simple question on each page, then slide the tab or lift the flap to reveal the answer. Children will watch in delight as the ocean animals appear!<...

  • In My Little Princess Bed

    In my Little Princess Bed from Top That Publishing is a cute count-to-ten novelty book perfect for children aged 3+. 

    When the book is shut the padded cover makes it look just like a bed! The appealing plush face of the title character will...

  • Secrets of the Sewing Bee

  • I'm Just a Little Kitten

    Big, friendly eyes will delight children as they read the amusing story about a little kitten! In addition to fun googley-eyes, the rhyming text and bright, friendly illustrations will ensure that this adorable book becomes a bedtime favorite.

    ...

  • I'm Just a Little Puppy

    Big, friendly eyes will delight children as they read the amusing story about a little puppy! In addition to fun googley-eyes, the rhyming text and bright, friendly illustrations will ensure that this adorable book becomes a bedtime favorite.

    ...

  • New Halem Tales

    New Halem Tales: 13 Stories from 5 NW Authors

    "New Halem...I wanted to move there..."

      Nestled around a bay at the base of a mountain on the Oregon Coast, New Halem is a strangely exciting place created by a group of writers who li...

  • I'm Just a Little Cow

    Big, friendly eyes will delight children as they read the amusing story about a little cow! In addition to fun googley-eyes, the rhyming text and bright, friendly illustrations will ensure that this adorable book becomes a bedtime favorite.

    ...

  • I'm Just a Little Horse

    Big, friendly eyes will delight children as they read the amusing story about a little horse! In addition to fun googley-eyes, the rhyming text and bright, friendly illustrations will ensure that this adorable book becomes a bedtime favorite.

    ...

  • I'm Just a Little Pig

    Big, friendly eyes will delight children as they read the amusing story about a little pig! In addition to fun googley-eyes, the rhyming text and bright, friendly illustrations will ensure that this adorable book becomes a bedtime favorite.

    ...



  • I'm Just a Little Sheep

    Big, friendly eyes will delight children as they read the amusing story about a little sheep! In addition to fun googley-eyes, the rhyming text and bright, friendly illustrations will ensure that this adorable book becomes a bedtime favorite.

    ...

  • The Wedding Girls

  • The Allotment Girls

    The Allotment Girls is an inspiring and heartwarming novel of wartime hardship, friendship and fortitude from Kate Thompson, author of the Secrets of the Sewing Bee. During the Second World War, life in the iconic Bryant & May match factory is g...

  • Secrets of the Homefront Girls

  • Provenance

    Provenance is set in and around a fictional Warlpiri community at the western edge of the Tanami desert in central Australia. It is the story of an English doctor, whose love of the red desert country brings him to work in the remote community. Wh...

  • Secrets of the Lavender Girls


    Nell Gunn, Snowball and Esther will be back, along with more characters from Britain''s biggest beauty factory, as they battle the twists and turns of war in Stratford.

    Will Nell find lasting love? Will Snowball reveal what forced him ont...

  • Superheroes Don't Get Scared

    A bright and fun superhero story that normalizes fear and celebrates the potential in all of us to be brave and bold.Maisie dreams of being a superhero because they never get scared--right? But when she learns that even the biggest superheroes feel a...

  • Secrets of the Singer Girls

  • The Little Wartime Library

    An uplifting and inspiring novel based on the true story of a librarian who created an underground shelter during World War II, perfect for readers of The Paris Library or The Last Bookshop in London. London, 1944: Clara Button is no ordinary li...

  • Superheroes Always Fight Back ... Or Do They?

    Arthur dreams of being a mega-fast and strong superhero with the ability to fight and banish the baddie next door. But when Grandpa explains that the best superheroes actually save the day by being kind, Arthur realises that we all have a superpower ...

  • The Wartime Book Club

    Inspired by true events, The Wartime Book Club is an unforgettable story of everyday bravery and resistance, full of romance, drama, and camaraderie and a tribute to the joy of reading and the power of books in our darkest hour. The Isle of Jers...

  • Great House

    • / Contemporary Romance
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  • Richard's Way

    • / Contemporary Romance
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  • That Gallagher Girl

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    Times are hard in the village of Lissamore on Ireland's West Coast. So it's lucky that free-spirited Cat Gallagher knows a thing or two about breaking and entering.Times are hard in the village of Lissamore on Ireland's West Coast. So it's lucky that...

Award-Winning Books by Kate Thompson

The New Policeman
2005 Costa Book Award -- Children's


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kate Thompson has published 63 books.

Kate Thompson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Wartime Book Club, was published in April 2024.

The first book by Kate Thompson, Sugarbird, was published in June 1973.

Yes. Kate Thompson has 3 series.
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