John Brady Books in Order
John Brady has written 12 books, published between 1988 and 2018. The first book is A Stone of the Heart (1988) and the newest is Crash (2018). Publication order is the reading order below. 10 of the 12 books listed here are in the Inspector Matt Minogue series, which has its own page: Inspector Matt Minogue books in order.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1988–2018
- Pages on record
- 2,525 in 7 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 42–63 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,525 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
John Brady has 12 catalogued books from A Stone of the Heart (1988) to Crash (2018), across the Inspector Matt Minogue, Inspektor Kimmel and Sergeant Tommy Malone series. Subject tags name the fictitious character Matt Minogue and list Dublin, Ireland, police procedurals, drug traffic, cold cases and homeless men. Unholy Ground, Kaddish in Dublin, All Souls, A Carra King, Islandbridge and The Going Rate are among the titles. The catalogue marks Brady's output as likely complete.
How many John Brady books are there?
John Brady has 12 books, released between 1988 and 2018. They include 3 separate series.
John Brady Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 John Brady 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.
- 11988–1/4
- 21989–1/4
- 31990–1/4
- 419933061/4
- 519943561/4
- 620003621/4
- 72002–1/4
- 820053451/4
- 920063741/4
- 102008–1/4
- 1120093901/4
- 1220183921/4
John Brady series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
John Brady 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.
Inspektor Kimmel in order
1 bookSergeant Tommy Malone in order
1 book- 1. Crash
Do you have to read John Brady books in order?
You only need to read John Brady books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with John Brady
Start with A Stone of the Heart (1988), the first Inspector Matt Minogue book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest John Brady book?
Crash (2018) is the newest John Brady book released so far.
Is there a new John Brady book coming?
No next John Brady book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
John Brady at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest John Brady title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- John Brady books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,525 pages across the 7 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 362 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John Brady books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2000s.
What the John Brady books are about
6 of the 12 John Brady books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: matt minogue (fictitious character) is tagged on 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Matt Minogue (Fictitious character) 5 of 6 books
- Police 4 of 6 books
- Minogue, matt (fictitious character) 3 of 6 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 6 books
- Dublin (Ireland) 2 of 6 books
- Ireland 2 of 6 books