Dan Mahoney Books in Order

Dan Mahoney has written 8 books, published between 1993 and 2003. The first book is Detective First Grade (1993) and the newest is Justice (2003). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1993–2003
Total pages
3,690 across 8 books
Reading time
62–92 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,690 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute.

Dan Mahoney writes police procedurals set in New York City. The 8 catalogued books appeared between 1993 and 2003, opening with Detective First Grade (1993) and ending with Justice (2003). Two series are recorded: Detective Brian McKenna and Detective Cisco Sanchez. Subjects name the New York City Police Department, terrorism and homeless persons alongside crime and mystery. The Edge Of The City, Hyde, Once In, Never Out, Black and White, The Two Chinatowns and The Protectors fill the run, and all 8 volumes were measured at a median of 457 pages.

How many Dan Mahoney books are there?

Dan Mahoney has 8 books, released between 1993 and 2003. They include 2 separate series.

Dan Mahoney Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Dan Mahoney 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. 1
    Detective First GradeDetective Brian McKenna #11993 · 443 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993443
  2. 2
    The Edge Of The CityDetective Brian McKenna #21995 · 514 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995514
  3. 3
    HydeDetective Brian McKenna #31996 · 502 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996502
  4. 4
    Once In, Never OutDetective Brian McKenna #41998 · 471 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998471
  5. 5
    Black and WhiteDetective Brian McKenna #51999 · 528 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999528
  6. 6
    The Two ChinatownsDetective Cisco Sanchez #12001 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001432
  7. 7
    The ProtectorsDetective Brian McKenna #62002 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002416
  8. 8
    JusticeDetective Cisco Sanchez #22003 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003384

Dan Mahoney 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.

Detective Brian McKenna in order

6 books
  1. 1. Detective First Grade
  2. 2. The Edge Of The City
  3. 3. Hyde
  4. 4. Once In, Never Out
  5. 5. Black and White
  6. 6. The Protectors

Detective Cisco Sanchez in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Two Chinatowns
  2. 2. Justice

Do you have to read Dan Mahoney books in order?

You only need to read Dan Mahoney 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 Dan Mahoney

Start with Detective First Grade (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Dan Mahoney book?

Justice (2003) is the newest Dan Mahoney book released so far.

Is there a new Dan Mahoney book coming?

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

Dan Mahoney at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Dan Mahoney title on record dates from 2003, 23 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Dan Mahoney books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,690 pages across all 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 457 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Dan Mahoney books, 5 of 8, were published in the 1990s.

What the Dan Mahoney books are about

All 8 Dan Mahoney books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mckenna, brian (fictitious character) is tagged on 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.