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Cody McFadyen Books in Order

Cody McFadyen has written 5 books, published between 2006 and 2016. The first book is Shadow Man (2006) and the newest is The Truth Factory (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
5
Published
2006–2016
Total pages
2,574 across 5 books
Reading time
43–64 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,574 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

See all 5 books in order Printable Cody McFadyen checklist

Smoky Barrett, a government investigator who hunts serial killers, is at the centre of every one of Cody McFadyen's books. The series opens with Shadow Man (2006) and runs through The Face of Death, The Darker Side and Abandoned to The Truth Factory in 2016. Five books in total, each long at a median of 512 pages, and nothing has followed since 2016.

How many Cody McFadyen books are there?

Cody McFadyen has 5 books, released between 2006 and 2016.

Cody McFadyen Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Cody McFadyen 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 Shadow Man by Cody McFadyen, book 1 of the Smoky Barrett series (2006)
  2. Cover of The Face of Death by Cody McFadyen, book 2 of the Smoky Barrett series (2007)
  3. Cover of The Darker Side by Cody McFadyen, book 3 of the Smoky Barrett series (2008)
  4. Cover of Abandoned by Cody McFadyen, book 4 of the Smoky Barrett series (2009)
  5. Cover of The Truth Factory by Cody McFadyen, book 5 of the Smoky Barrett series (2016)
  1. 1
    Shadow ManSmoky Barrett #12006 · 470 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006470
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    The Face of DeathSmoky Barrett #22007 · 592 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007592
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Darker SideSmoky Barrett #32008 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008512
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    AbandonedSmoky Barrett #42009 · 608 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009608
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Truth FactorySmoky Barrett #52016 · 392 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016392
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Cody McFadyen 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.

Smoky Barrett in order

5 books
  1. 1. Shadow Man
  2. 2. The Face of Death
  3. 3. The Darker Side
  4. 4. Abandoned
  5. 5. The Truth Factory

Do you have to read Cody McFadyen books in order?

You only need to read Cody McFadyen books in order within the Smoky Barrett series, which holds 5 of the 5 Cody McFadyen books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Cody McFadyen

Start with Shadow Man (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Cody McFadyen book?

The Truth Factory (2016) is the newest Cody McFadyen book released so far.

Is there a new Cody McFadyen book coming?

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

Cody McFadyen at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Cody McFadyen title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Cody McFadyen books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,574 pages across all 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 512 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Cody McFadyen books, 4 of 5, were published in the 2000s.

What the Cody McFadyen books are about

All 5 Cody McFadyen books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: serial murders is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.