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Bartholomew Gill Books in Order

Bartholomew Gill has written 18 books, published between 1976 and 2002. The first book is McGarr and the Politician's Wife/The Death of an Irish Politician (1976) and the newest is Death in Dublin (2002). Publication order is the reading order below. 16 of the 18 books listed here are in the Peter McGarr series, which has its own page: Peter McGarr books in order.

Books
18
Published
1976–2002
Pages on record
4,829 in 17 of 18 books
Reading time
80–121 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,829 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

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Bartholomew Gill was the pen name of Mark C. McGarrity, an Irish-American crime and mystery novelist who lived from July 22, 1943, to July 4, 2002. McGarrity took the pen name from his maternal grandfather, remembered as a great storyteller. The Gill novels are mysteries set in Ireland featuring police detective Peter McGarr; McGarrity wrote 22 of them. Under his own name he published five novels and one nonfiction book, and he wrote on nature and outdoor recreation as a features writer and columnist for The Star-Ledger. The catalogue runs from 1976 to Death in Dublin (2002).

How many Bartholomew Gill books are there?

Bartholomew Gill has 18 books, released between 1976 and 2002. 16 of them belong to the Peter McGarr series.

Bartholomew Gill Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Bartholomew Gill books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of McGarr and the Politician's Wife/The Death of an Irish Politician by Bartholomew Gill (1976)
  2. Cover of McGarr and the Sienese Conspiracy/The Death of an Irish Consul by Bartholomew Gill (1977)
  3. Cover of McGarr and the Cliffs of Moher/The Death of an Irish Lass by Bartholomew Gill, book 3 of the Peter McGarr series
  4. Cover of cGarr and the Dublin Horse Show/The Death of an Irish Tradition by Bartholomew Gill (1979)
  5. Cover of A Passing Advantage by Bartholomew Gill (1980)
  6. Cover of White Rush by Bartholomew Gill (1981)
  7. Cover of The Death of a Joyce Scholar by Bartholomew Gill, book 8 of the Peter McGarr series (1989)
  8. Cover of Death on a Cold, Wild River by Bartholomew Gill, book 10 of the Peter McGarr series (1993)
  9. Cover of The Death of an Ardent Bibliophile by Bartholomew Gill, book 11 of the Peter McGarr series (1995)
  10. Cover of The Death of an Irish Sea Wolf by Bartholomew Gill, book 12 of the Peter McGarr series (1996)
  11. Cover of The Death of an Irish Sinner by Bartholomew Gill, book 15 of the Peter McGarr series (2001)
  12. Cover of Death in Dublin by Bartholomew Gill, book 16 of the Peter McGarr series (2002)
  1. 1
    McGarr and the Politician's Wife/The Death of an Irish PoliticianPeter McGarr #11976 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976240
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  2. 2
    McGarr and the Sienese Conspiracy/The Death of an Irish ConsulPeter McGarr #21977 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977320
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  3. 3
    McGarr and the Cliffs of Moher/The Death of an Irish LassPeter McGarr #31978 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978304
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  4. 4
    cGarr and the Dublin Horse Show/The Death of an Irish TraditionPeter McGarr #41979 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979368
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  5. 5
    A Passing Advantage1980 · 277 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980277
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  6. 6
    White Rush1981 · 460 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981460
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  7. 7
    McGarr and the P.M. of Belgrave SquarePeter McGarr #51983 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983240
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  8. 8
    McGarr and the Method of DescartesPeter McGarr #61984 · 289 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984289
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  9. 9
    McGarr and the Legacy of a Woman ScornedPeter McGarr #71986 · 218 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986218
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  10. 10
    The Death of a Joyce ScholarPeter McGarr #81989 · 324 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989324
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  11. 11
    The Death of LovePeter McGarr #91992 · 10 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199210
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  12. 12
    Death on a Cold, Wild RiverPeter McGarr #101993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  13. 13
    The Death of an Ardent BibliophilePeter McGarr #111995 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995256
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  14. 14
    The Death of an Irish Sea WolfPeter McGarr #121996 · 293 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996293
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  15. 15
    The Death of an Irish Tinker/Death of a Busker KingPeter McGarr #131997 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997245
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  16. 16
    The Death of an Irish LoverPeter McGarr #142000 · 265 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000265
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  17. 17
    The Death of an Irish SinnerPeter McGarr #152001 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001368
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  18. 18
    Death in DublinPeter McGarr #162002 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002352
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Bartholomew Gill series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Bartholomew Gill books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

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2 books

2 Bartholomew Gill titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Bartholomew Gill books in order?

You only need to read Bartholomew Gill books in order within the Peter McGarr series, which holds 16 of the 18 Bartholomew Gill books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Bartholomew Gill

Start with McGarr and the Politician's Wife/The Death of an Irish Politician (1976), the first Peter McGarr book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Bartholomew Gill book?

Death in Dublin (2002) is the newest Bartholomew Gill book released so far.

Is there a new Bartholomew Gill book coming?

No next Bartholomew Gill book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Bartholomew Gill at a glance

Died
Bartholomew Gill died in 2002, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Bartholomew Gill on record dates from 2002.
Release pace
Bartholomew Gill books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,829 pages across the 17 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 289 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Bartholomew Gill books, 6 of 18, were published in the 1980s.

What the Bartholomew Gill books are about

All 18 Bartholomew Gill books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mcgarr, peter (fictitious character) is tagged on 12 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.