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Conor Fitzgerald Books in Order

Conor Fitzgerald has written 6 books, published between 2010 and 2017. The first book is The Dogs Of Rome (2010) and the newest is Cardinal Witness (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2010–2017
Pages on record
960 in 3 of 6 books
Reading time
16–24 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 960 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

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Conor Fitzgerald writes police procedurals set in Rome. Commissario Alec Blume is the recurring investigator across all 6 catalogued books, which run from The Dogs Of Rome (2010) to Cardinal Witness (2017), taking in The Fatal Touch and The Namesake in 2011, The Memory Theater, also published as The Memory Key, in 2013, and Bitter Remedy in 2014. Murder, missing persons and criminal investigation drive the cases.

How many Conor Fitzgerald books are there?

Conor Fitzgerald has 6 books, released between 2010 and 2017.

Conor Fitzgerald Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Conor Fitzgerald 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 The Dogs Of Rome by Conor Fitzgerald, book 1 of the Commissario Alec Blume series (2010)
  2. Cover of The Fatal Touch by Conor Fitzgerald, book 2 of the Commissario Alec Blume series (2011)
  3. Cover of The Namesake by Conor Fitzgerald, book 3 of the Commissario Alec Blume series (2011)
  1. 1
    The Dogs Of RomeCommissario Alec Blume #12010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  2. 2
    The Fatal TouchCommissario Alec Blume #22011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  3. 3
    The NamesakeCommissario Alec Blume #32011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  4. 4
    The Memory Theater aka The Memory KeyCommissario Alec Blume #42013 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013320
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  5. 5
    Bitter RemedyCommissario Alec Blume #52014 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014320
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  6. 6
    Cardinal WitnessCommissario Alec Blume #62017 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017320
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Conor Fitzgerald 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.

Commissario Alec Blume in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Dogs Of Rome
  2. 2. The Fatal Touch
  3. 3. The Namesake
  4. 4. The Memory Theater aka The Memory Key
  5. 5. Bitter Remedy
  6. 6. Cardinal Witness

Do you have to read Conor Fitzgerald books in order?

You only need to read Conor Fitzgerald books in order within the Commissario Alec Blume series, which holds 6 of the 6 Conor Fitzgerald books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Conor Fitzgerald

Start with The Dogs Of Rome (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Conor Fitzgerald book?

Cardinal Witness (2017) is the newest Conor Fitzgerald book released so far.

Is there a new Conor Fitzgerald book coming?

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

Conor Fitzgerald at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Conor Fitzgerald title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Conor Fitzgerald books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
960 pages across the 3 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Conor Fitzgerald books, 6 of 6, were published in the 2010s.

What the Conor Fitzgerald books are about

5 of the 6 Conor Fitzgerald books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: rome (italy) is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.