James McGee Books in Order
James McGee has written 9 books, published between 1985 and 2017. The first book is Trigger Men (1985) and the newest is The Reckoning (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1985–2017
- Total pages
- 3,948 across 9 books
- Reading time
- 66–99 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,948 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
James McGee is an English novelist known for historical adventure novels about Matthew Hawkwood, a fictional Bow Street Runner. McGee was born in Kent and, as an army child, grew up in Gibraltar, Germany and Northern Ireland, later working in banking, newspapers and bookselling. Six titles dated 2006 to 2017 sit under the name: Ratcatcher, also listed as Hawkwood (2006), Resurrectionist (2007), Rapscallion (2008), Rebellion (2011), The Blooding (2014) and The Reckoning (2017). Matthew Hawkwood is recorded as both the series and the recurring character. Subjects record London history, body snatching and prisoners of war.
How many James McGee books are there?
James McGee has 9 books, released between 1985 and 2017. 6 of them belong to the Matthew Hawkwood series.
James McGee Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 James McGee 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.
- 1Trigger Men1985 · 408 pages · confirmed 1/419854081/4
- 2Crow's War1989 · 444 pages · confirmed 1/419894441/4
- 3Wolf's Lair1990 · 374 pages · confirmed 1/419903741/4
- 420064921/4
- 520074001/4
- 620084121/4
- 720115221/4
- 820144961/4
- 920174001/4
James McGee 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.
Matthew Hawkwood in order
6 booksStandalone books
3 books3 James McGee titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read James McGee books in order?
You only need to read James McGee books in order within the Matthew Hawkwood series, which holds 6 of the 9 James McGee books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with James McGee
Start with Trigger Men (1985), the earliest published title.
What is the newest James McGee book?
The Reckoning (2017) is the newest James McGee book released so far.
Is there a new James McGee book coming?
No next James McGee book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
James McGee at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest James McGee title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- James McGee books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 3,948 pages across all 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 412 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most James McGee books, 3 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the James McGee books are about
6 of the 9 James McGee books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 4 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 4 of 6 books
- London (England) 4 of 6 books
- Suspense 4 of 6 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 6 books
- Private investigators 2 of 6 books
- Thrillers 2 of 6 books