Books in Order: A Comprehensive Guide to Kay Hooper's Novels

The gift of a typewriter is what reportedly set Kay Hooper writing — and few gifts have ever been put to harder use. After trying her hand at a string of other jobs, she published her first novel, Lady Thief, in 1981, then went on to build a major career in romantic suspense and paranormal fiction, anchored by the Bishop/Special Crimes Unit novels.

That series is what this guide maps: twenty books published across twenty-one years, from Stealing Shadows in 2000 to Curse of Salem in 2021. A run that long is a real commitment, but it's also the appeal — Hooper had two full decades to deepen the Bishop world, and readers who start at the beginning get to watch her do it.