Keith McCarthy Books in Order

Keith McCarthy has written 19 books, published between 2003 and 2020. The first book is A Feast Of Carrion (2003) and the newest is Echoes of a Thing Long Gone (2020). Publication order is the reading order below. 12 of the 19 books listed here are in the Eisenmenger-Flemming Forensic Mysteries series, which has its own page: Eisenmenger-Flemming Forensic Mysteries books in order.

Books
19
Published
2003–2020
Pages on record
2,300 in 8 of 19 books

Keith McCarthy writes mystery and detective fiction, with forensic pathologists, physicians and lawyers among the catalogue subjects. McCarthy's series are the Eisenmenger-Flemming Forensic Mysteries, Dr. Lance Elliot and Bishop and Todd Mystery, and the subject tags name the fictitious characters John Eisenmenger and Helena Flemming. The 19 catalogued books run from A Feast Of Carrion (2003) to Echoes of a Thing Long Gone (2020). Serial murder investigation is a listed subject, and the catalogue appears complete.

How many Keith McCarthy books are there?

Keith McCarthy has 19 books, released between 2003 and 2020. They include 3 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Keith McCarthy Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Keith McCarthy 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. 12003358
  2. 22004224
  3. 32005316
  4. 42006
  5. 52007296
  6. 6
    Murder PlotDr. Lance Elliot #12008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008
  7. 72008282
  8. 8
    Dying to KnowDr. Lance Elliot #22010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  9. 92010
  10. 10
    Your Last Best Friend2011 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011296
  11. 11
    Nor All Your TearsDr. Lance Elliot #32011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  12. 122011
  13. 132012240
  14. 14
    Memento Mori2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  15. 152016288
  16. 162017
  17. 172019
  18. 18
    A Terrible MistakeBishop and Todd Mystery #12020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  19. 19
    Echoes of a Thing Long Gone2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020

Keith McCarthy series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Keith McCarthy 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.

Dr. Lance Elliot in order

3 books
  1. 1. Murder Plot
  2. 2. Dying to Know
  3. 3. Nor All Your Tears

Bishop and Todd Mystery in order

1 book
  1. 1. A Terrible Mistake

Standalone books

3 books

3 Keith McCarthy titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Keith McCarthy books in order?

You only need to read Keith McCarthy 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 Keith McCarthy

Start with A Feast Of Carrion (2003), the first Eisenmenger-Flemming Forensic Mysteries book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Keith McCarthy book?

Echoes of a Thing Long Gone (2020) is the newest Keith McCarthy book released so far.

Is there a new Keith McCarthy book coming?

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

Keith McCarthy at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Keith McCarthy title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Keith McCarthy books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,300 pages across the 8 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 292 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Keith McCarthy books, 10 of 19, were published in the 2010s.

What the Keith McCarthy books are about

7 of the 19 Keith McCarthy books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.