Jeremiah Healy Books in Order
Jeremiah Healy has written 30 books, published between 1984 and 2005. The first book is Blunt Darts (1984) and the newest is Two Birds with One Stone (2005). Publication order is the reading order below. 15 of the 30 books listed here are in the John Francis Cuddy series, which has its own page: John Francis Cuddy books in order.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 1984–2005
- Pages on record
- 5,500 in 19 of 30 books
- Reading time
- 92–138 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,500 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 30 titles with a page count on record.
Jeremiah Healy created the Boston private investigator John Francis Cuddy, and, as Terry Devane, the Mairead O'Clare legal thrillers, both series set primarily in Boston. Healy graduated from Rutgers College and Harvard Law School and taught for eighteen years at the New England School of Law. Blunt Darts (1984) opens a 30-book catalogue that closes with Two Birds with One Stone (2005), taking in The Staked Goat (1986), Swan Dive (1988), Right to Die (1991) and Shallow Graves (1992). Hard-boiled detective fiction, Massachusetts and murder head the subject list, at a median of 292 pages.
How many Jeremiah Healy books are there?
Jeremiah Healy has 30 books, released between 1984 and 2005. They include 2 series and 12 titles listed outside any series.
Jeremiah Healy Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Jeremiah Healy 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.
- 119841922/4
- 21986102/4
- 319872532/4
- 41988–2/4
- 5One Eye Open1989 · confirmed 2/41989–2/4
- 619892152/4
- 7Battered Spouse1990 · confirmed 2/41990–2/4
- 819912432/4
- 9Rest Stop1992 · confirmed 2/41992–2/4
- 1019922822/4
- 11The Bagged Man1993 · confirmed 2/41993–2/4
- 1219933522/4
- 1319943142/4
- 1419953842/4
- 15Turning The Witness1996 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/419963122/4
- 1619963402/4
- 1719982922/4
- 18The Stalking Of Sheilah Quinn1998 · 374 pages · confirmed 2/419983742/4
- 1919984002/4
- 20Hodegetria1999 · confirmed 2/41999–2/4
- 2119993592/4
- 22What's In A Name?2000 · 370 pages · confirmed 2/420003702/4
- 232001–2/4
- 24Turnabout2001 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/420012642/4
- 252002–2/4
- 26Aftermath2002 · confirmed 2/42002–2/4
- 27Off Season, And Other Stories2003 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420032722/4
- 2820032722/4
- 292003–2/4
- 30Two Birds with One Stone2005 · confirmed 2/42005–2/4
Jeremiah Healy series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- John Francis Cuddy books in order 15 books
Jeremiah Healy 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.
Mairead O'Clare Legal Mystery in order
3 booksStandalone books
12 books12 Jeremiah Healy titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jeremiah Healy books in order?
You only need to read Jeremiah Healy 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 Jeremiah Healy
Start with Blunt Darts (1984), the first John Francis Cuddy book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Jeremiah Healy book?
Two Birds with One Stone (2005) is the newest Jeremiah Healy book released so far.
Is there a new Jeremiah Healy book coming?
No next Jeremiah Healy book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jeremiah Healy at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Jeremiah Healy title on record dates from 2005, 21 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Jeremiah Healy books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,500 pages across the 19 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 292 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jeremiah Healy books, 15 of 30, were published in the 1990s.
What the Jeremiah Healy books are about
16 of the 30 Jeremiah Healy books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: john francis cuddy (fictitious character) is tagged on 11 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- John Francis Cuddy (Fictitious character) 11 of 16 books
- Private investigators 11 of 16 books
- Boston (Mass.) 7 of 16 books
- Cuddy, john (fictitious character) 7 of 16 books
- Massachusetts 7 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective, hard-boiled 5 of 16 books
- Legal stories 2 of 16 books