CATHARINE RIGGS
“Riggs keeps the tension high to the dramatic climax.”
-Publishers Weekly
“A superb novel from a unique writer with a distinctive voice. Honest, terrifyingly believable...”
- Robert Dugoni, bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite series
ABOUT ME
Catharine Riggs lives and writes on California’s central coast. A graduate of UCLA with an MBA from Drake University, Riggs is a former business banker, adjunct college instructor and nonprofit executive turned author. Her Santa Barbara based thrillers have generated enthusiastic reviews from Publishers Weekly and Mystery Scene Magazine and from numerous authors including Robert Dugoni, T.R. Ragan, P.J. Vernon, David Housewright and Margaret Murphy.
COMING 2027
A Gothic Thriller from Dutton Books
A twisty tale that asks, 'what if you're not your mother's daughter?'
WHAT SHE NEVER SAID
2019
How much would you pay to keep a secret?
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The 1% doesn’t do anything like the rest of us, including retire. But when the elderly guests of swanky Serenity Acres fall on hard times, they conveniently pass away. Could an Angel of Mercy—or an Angel of Greed—be behind the sudden deaths? A peek into a tony retirement community where the upscale residents will stop at nothing to have their secrets buried in a grave.
WHAT SHE GAVE AWAY
2018
Choices have consequences. Revenge has a cost.
Catharine Riggs' first work of psychological suspense features an outsider with a dark past and a bitter grudge who moves to a wealthy beach-side community only to find herself enmeshed in the secrets of her boss and his hapless wife. Spanning two years and told in the protagonists’ alternating voices, WHAT SHE GAVE AWAY reveals the power of choice, the price of revenge and the treachery of denial.​
UPCOMING EVENTS
Bouchercon | October 21-25, 2026
Calgary, Canada
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