Jonathan Santlofer Books in Order

A killer turns members of New York’s art community into grotesque recreations of famous paintings. Former police officer and art historian Kate McKinnon recognizes patterns in the murders, but investigating a former protégé’s death draws her into the murderer’s plans.

Bizarre paintings left beside mutilated bodies bring former cop and art historian Kate McKinnon back into a murder investigation. When the violence strikes close to home, grief and anger drive her pursuit of a killer who seems determined to draw her in.

Rebuilding her life after her husband’s death, Kate McKinnon begins writing about New York’s postwar artists. A killer starts attacking their paintings and the people who own them, forcing her to decode visual clues rooted in the art world’s hidden history.

NYPD sketch artist Nate Rodriguez joins a hunt for a murderer who draws his crimes before committing them. Reconstructing a face no witness has survived to identify pulls Nate into a contest with a killer who possesses artistic talents of his own.

A series of apparently unrelated murders brings forensic artist Nate Rodriguez onto a New York task force. When the killers themselves begin turning up dead, he searches for a connection that points toward a disturbing scheme to manipulate the human mind.

After his wife Joy’s sudden death, Jonathan Santlofer uses writing and drawing to remember their marriage and confront his grief. His memoir explores becoming single again, maintaining family bonds and learning how to live with a love that endures through loss.

Artist Luke Perrone investigates his ancestor’s role in the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa. His search for the truth attracts an INTERPOL detective and dangerous collectors, drawing him into a contemporary art world where authenticity can be worth killing for.

Luke Perrone and Alexis Verde discover what may be Van Gogh’s missing final self-portrait, only to lose it again. Joining an INTERPOL agent’s search, they uncover connections between stolen art, historical atrocities and a dangerous trade that continues in the present.

Ten people gather on an isolated island to commemorate the recently deceased artist Victor D’Arcangelo. Expecting a memorial and possible inheritance, his guests instead confront buried secrets and a gathering that begins to look like an elaborate act of revenge.