Detective Annalisa Vega Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Gone for Good | 2021 | Buy |
| Long Gone | 2022 | Buy |
| Dead and Gone | 2023 | Buy |
| All the Way Gone | 2024 | Buy |
| Gone in the Night | 2025 | Buy |
Ellery Hathaway Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Vanishing Season | 2017 | Buy |
| No Mercy | 2019 | Buy |
| All the Best Lies | 2020 | Buy |
| Every Waking Hour | 2021 | Buy |
| Last Seen Alive | 2022 | Buy |
Joanna Schaffhausen is an American author of mystery and suspense novels. She launched her fiction career with The Vanishing Season (2017), the first book in the Ellery Hathaway series. That series follows a woman who survived a notorious kidnapping as a child and now works in law enforcement. Schaffhausen later started a second series featuring Detective Annalisa Vega.
Her books are known for strong female protagonists, careful plotting, and a willingness to explore how past trauma shapes present behavior. Both of her series have been well received by readers who enjoy character-driven crime fiction with solid procedural elements.