P.J. Parrish

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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1999
  • Latest Book:
    January 2019
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About the Author

P.J. Parrish is the New York Times bestselling author of ten Louis Kincaid and Joe Frye thrillers. The author is actually two sisters, Kristy Montee and Kelly Nichols. Their books have appeared on both the New York Times and USA Today best seller lists. The series has garnered 11 major crime-fiction awards, and an Edgar® nomination. Parrish has won two Shamus awards, one Anthony and one International Thriller competition. Her books have been published throughout Europe and Asia.
Parrish's short stories have also appeared in many anthologies, including two published by Mystery Writers of America, edited by Harlan Coben and the late Stuart Kaminsky. Their stories have also appeared in Akashic Books acclaimed Detroit Noir, and in Ellery Queen Magazine. Most recently, they contributed an essay to a special edition of Edgar Allan Poe's works edited by Michael Connelly.
Before turning to writing full time, Kristy Montee was a newspaper editor and dance critic for the Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale. Nichols previously was a blackjack dealer and then a human resources specialist in the casino industry. Montee lives in Fort Lauderdale and Nichols resides in Houghton Lake, Michigan.
The sisters were writers as kids, albeit with different styles: Kelly's first attempt at fiction at age 11 was titled The Kill. Kristy's at 13 was The Cat Who Understood. Not much has changed: Kelly now tends to handle the gory stuff and Kristy the character development. But the collaboration is a smooth one, thanks to lots of ego suppression, good wine, and marathon phone calls via Skype.



Full Series List in Order

Louis Kincaid

1 - Dark of the Moon (Apr-1999)
2 - Dead of Winter (Jan-2001)
3 - Paint It Black (Jan-2002)
4 - Thicker Than Water (Jan-2003)
5 - Island of Bones (Jan-2004)
6 - A Killing Rain (Feb-2005)
7 - Unquiet Grave (Feb-2006)
8 - A Thousand Bones (Jul-2007)
9 - South of Hell (Aug-2008)
10 - The Little Death (Feb-2010)
11 - Heart of Ice (Mar-2013)

Matt Owens

1 - The Killing Song (Aug-2011)

Book List in Order: 16 titles

  • Dark of the Moon

    Louis Kincaid - 1

    In a sleepy, secret-ridden southern town, there are those who still believe its best to leave the past alone...Thirty years ago, a young black man vanished from rural Black Pool, Mississippi--and his violent death remained shrouded in mystery. Now hi...

  • Dead of Winter

    Louis Kincaid - 2

    SOME FEARS ARE NEVER LAID TO REST In the quaint tourist town of Loon Lake, Michigan, a killer is taking his vengeance. One by one, the bodies are found, brutally executed, with mysteriously coded death cards placed beside each corpse--the gruesome s...

  • Paint It Black

    Louis Kincaid - 3

    Florida's Gulf Coast community of Sereno Key has been shaken to the core by a grisly ritualistic murder. Though an arrest is quickly made, Detective Louis Kincaid feels strangely unsettled. His uncertainty is confirmed as a second body is discovered,...

  • Thicker Than Water

    Louis Kincaid - 4

    On a hot summer night in Florida, a beautiful young woman is brutally raped and murdered... Twenty years later, the man convicted of her slaying is released from prison--only days before another horrific crime is committed... Now, Louis Kincaid...

  • Island of Bones

    Louis Kincaid - 5

    ISLAND OF SECRETS In the wake of a hurricane, a tiny bleached skull washes up in front of Detective Louis Kincaid's cottage. Days later, the bullet-ridden body of a woman surfaces on a nearby beach. She has no identification...except for a unique ri...

  • A Killing Rain

    Louis Kincaid - 6

    Deep in the sweltering Florida Everglades, a hunter stalks the ultimate prey...savoring his quarry's terror...closing in for the kill... For Detective Louis Kincaid, what should have been a routine case has taken a grisly turn, leading straight to...

  • Unquiet Grave

    Louis Kincaid - 7

    Not Every Soul Rest in Peace In a remote corner of the Michigan woods, behind rusted iron gates and crumbling stone walls, lie one of the country's most notorious sanitariums and its forgotten cemetery. The sprawling ruin is empty now, and the bulld...

  • One Shot

    in Mystery Writers of America Presents Death Do Us Part

    This volume compiles 18 gripping stories about relationships from some of the top mystery writers working today, including Harlan Coben, P.J. Parrish, Lee Child, Ridley Pearson, R.L. Stine, Jim Fusilli, Jeff Abbott, Charles Todd, and Tom Savage.

  • A Thousand Bones

    Louis Kincaid - 8

    A woman cop. A haunting memory.... The only female detective in the Miami PD's Homicide division, Joe Frye has memories that haunt her, and a past that not even her lover, detective Louis Kincaid, truly knows. It began when Joe was an ambitious ...



  • South of Hell

    Louis Kincaid - 9

    Dig up the past. Pay the price. With one phone call from a man he barely recalls meeting years ago, South Florida detective Louis Kincaid heads to the Michigan town of his college days to reopen a disturbing cold case -- and finds himself confront...

  • The Little Death

    Louis Kincaid - 10

    P. J. Parrish is actually two sisters -- Kristy Montee and Kelly Nichols -- who pooled their talents and their lifelong love of writing to create the character of Louis Kincaid. Their New York Times and USA Today bestselling novels include An Unq...

  • The Killing Song

    Matt Owens - 1

    From the USA Today bestselling author of the Louis Kincaid mysteries comes a heart-pounding new thriller with a sizzling new hero -- Matt Owens, a South Florida investigative reporter on a desperate hunt for his sister's killer. Matt Owens is a Pu...

  • Heart of Ice

    Louis Kincaid - 11

    Detective Louis Kincaid cracks a murder case frozen in time in this new work of “crime fiction at its finest” (Lee Child) from bestselling author P. J. Parrish. Florida PI Louis Kincaid wants to wear a badge again. But before he can, he must r...

  • She's Not There

    They say it’s better to battle the devil you know. But what if you don’t recognize him before it’s too late? She knows her name is Amelia, but after waking up in a hospital battered and bruised with just the clothes on her back, it’s all s...

  • The Damage Done

    THIS EDITION ISBN 978-0978842703 IS NOT AVAILABLE. A CORRECT VERSION OF THIS TITLE IS AVAILABLE UNDER ISBN 9781732086746.  PLEASE DO NOT ORDER THIS EDITION EVEN IF THE SITE LETS YOU DO SO.Any third party sellers you see selling this specific book...

  • OUR NOIR

    PJ Parrish is pleased to present OUR NOIR, a collection of short stories and a Louis Kincaid novella.The collection includes:LOST AND FOUNDMaybe there was something that happened to men when they stood on bridges, like standing in the middle of a bri...

Award-Winning Books by P.J. Parrish

Heart of Ice
2014 Shamus Award -- Paperback Original P.I. Novel
A Thousand Bones
2008 Anthony Award -- Paperback Original
Unquiet Grave
2007 Michigan Notable Books -- Notable Book
2007 Shamus Award -- Paperback Original P.I. Novel
2007 Thriller Award -- Paperback Original


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

P.J. Parrish has published 16 books.

P.J. Parrish does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, OUR NOIR, was published in January 2019.

The first book by P.J. Parrish, Dark of the Moon, was published in April 1999.

Yes. P.J. Parrish has 2 series.
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