Kathleen 'Kathy' Mallory is a fictional character featured in eleven mystery novels by author Carol O'Connell.
[1] The novels in the series include Mallory's Oracle (1994), The Man Who Cast Two Shadows (1995), Killing Critics (1996), Stone Angel (1997), Shell Game (1999), Crime School (2002), Dead Famous (2003), Winter House (2004), Find Me (2006 / UK edition title: Shark Music), The Chalk Girl (2012), and It Happens In The Dark (2013).
Emotionally scarred as a 6-year-old after she witnessed the murder of her mother in a small Louisiana town, Mallory flees to New York City, where she lives as a street child.
From age 10, Kathy, a "baby sociopath," grows up surrounded by Markowitz and his colorful circle of friends, including his partner, Sgt.
Genius Charles Butler assists Kathy in her side computer technology business and is in love with her, though she remains oblivious.