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Brian McGilloway Books in Order

Brian McGilloway has written 13 books, published between 2007 and 2024. The first book is Borderlands (2007) and the newest is The One You Least Suspect (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2007–2024
Confirmed
13 of 13 titles
Pages on record
2,573 in 8 of 13 books
Reading time
43–64 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,573 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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13 catalogued books stand under Brian McGilloway's name, from Borderlands (2007) to The One You Least Suspect (2024). McGilloway is a crime writer from Derry in Northern Ireland, born in 1974. Police procedure drives the fiction: Inspector Benedict Devlin leads one series, DS Lucy Black another, and standalone novels fill out the list. Murder, investigation and crime in Northern Ireland supply the recurring material, and McGilloway continues to publish.

How many Brian McGilloway books are there?

Brian McGilloway has 13 books, released between 2007 and 2024. They include 2 separate series.

Brian McGilloway Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Brian McGilloway 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 Borderlands by Brian McGilloway, book 1 of the Inspector Devlin series (2007)
  2. Cover of Gallows Lane by Brian McGilloway, book 2 of the Inspector Devlin series (2008)
  3. Cover of Bleed a River Deep by Brian McGilloway, book 3 of the Inspector Devlin series (2009)
  4. Cover of The Rising by Brian McGilloway, book 4 of the Inspector Devlin series (2010)
  5. Cover of Little Girl Lost by Brian McGilloway, book 1 of the DS Lucy Black series (2011)
  6. Cover of The Nameless Dead by Brian McGilloway, book 5 of the Inspector Devlin series (2012)
  7. Cover of Hurt / Someone You Know by Brian McGilloway, book 2 of the DS Lucy Black series (2013)
  8. Cover of Preserve The Dead / The Forgotten Ones by Brian McGilloway, book 3 of the DS Lucy Black series (2014)
  9. Cover of Bad Blood by Brian McGilloway, book 4 of the DS Lucy Black series (2017)
  10. Cover of Blood Ties by Brian McGilloway, book 6 of the Inspector Devlin series (2021)
  1. 1
    BorderlandsInspector Devlin #12007 · 243 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007243
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  2. 2
    Gallows LaneInspector Devlin #22008 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008304
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  3. 3
    Bleed a River DeepInspector Devlin #32009 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009304
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  4. 4
    The RisingInspector Devlin #42010 · 357 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010357
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  5. 5
    Little Girl LostDS Lucy Black #12011 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011304
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  6. 6
    The Nameless DeadInspector Devlin #52012 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Hurt / Someone You KnowDS Lucy Black #22013 · 406 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013406
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Preserve The Dead / The Forgotten OnesDS Lucy Black #32014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Bad BloodDS Lucy Black #42017 · 351 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017351
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Last CrossingBrian McGilloway Standalone Novels #12020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Blood TiesInspector Devlin #62021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  12. 12
    The Empty RoomBrian McGilloway Standalone Novels #22022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  13. 13
    The One You Least SuspectBrian McGilloway Standalone Novels #32024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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Brian McGilloway 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.

Inspector Devlin in order

6 books
  1. 1. Borderlands
  2. 2. Gallows Lane
  3. 3. Bleed a River Deep
  4. 4. The Rising
  5. 5. The Nameless Dead
  6. 6. Blood Ties

DS Lucy Black in order

4 books
  1. 1. Little Girl Lost
  2. 2. Hurt / Someone You Know
  3. 3. Preserve The Dead / The Forgotten Ones
  4. 4. Bad Blood

Brian McGilloway Standalone Novels

3 books

3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read Brian McGilloway books in order?

You only need to read Brian McGilloway books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Brian McGilloway

Start with Borderlands (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Brian McGilloway book?

The One You Least Suspect (2024) is the newest Brian McGilloway book released so far.

Is there a new Brian McGilloway book coming?

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

Brian McGilloway at a glance

Still publishing
Brian McGilloway published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Brian McGilloway books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,573 pages across the 8 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Brian McGilloway books, 6 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the Brian McGilloway books are about

10 of the 13 Brian McGilloway books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 6 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.