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Luke Delaney Books in Order

Luke Delaney has written 12 books, published between 2013 and 2022. The first book is Redemption of the Dead (2013) and the newest is Senseless (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2013–2022
Pages on record
1,888 in 4 of 12 books
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Luke Delaney writes London police procedurals. Twelve books are catalogued between 2013 and 2022, Cold Killing, The Keeper, The Toy Taker, The Jackdaw and A Killing Mind among them, grouped into the DI Sean Corrigan and Sergeant Jack King series. Serial murder, missing persons and crimes against women drive the plots, at a median length of 450 pages. Nothing has been recorded since Senseless (2022).

How many Luke Delaney books are there?

Luke Delaney has 12 books, released between 2013 and 2022. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Luke Delaney Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Luke Delaney 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. Cover of Cold Killing by Luke Delaney, book 2 of the DI Sean Corrigan series (2013)
  2. Cover of The Toy Taker by Luke Delaney, book 5 of the DI Sean Corrigan series (2014)
  3. Cover of The Rule of Fear by Luke Delaney, book 1 of the Sergeant Jack King series (2017)
  1. 1
    Redemption of the DeadDI Sean Corrigan #12013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  2. 2
    Cold KillingDI Sean Corrigan #22013 · 437 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013437
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  3. 3
    The KeeperDI Sean Corrigan #32013 · 553 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013553
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  4. 4
    The NetworkDI Sean Corrigan #42014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  5. 5
    The Toy TakerDI Sean Corrigan #52014 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014464
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  6. 6
    The JackdawDI Sean Corrigan #62015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  7. 7
    The Rain KillerDI Sean Corrigan #72015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  8. 8
    An Imperfect KillingDI Sean Corrigan #82016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  9. 9
    The Rule of FearSergeant Jack King #12017 · 434 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017434
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  10. 10
    A Killing MindDI Sean Corrigan #92017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  11. 11
    The Killing Boys2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  12. 12
    Senseless2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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Luke Delaney 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.

DI Sean Corrigan in order

9 books
  1. 1. Redemption of the Dead
  2. 2. Cold Killing
  3. 3. The Keeper
  4. 4. The Network
  5. 5. The Toy Taker
  6. 6. The Jackdaw
  7. 7. The Rain Killer
  8. 8. An Imperfect Killing
  9. 9. A Killing Mind

Sergeant Jack King in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Rule of Fear

Standalone books

2 books

2 Luke Delaney titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Luke Delaney books in order?

You only need to read Luke Delaney 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 Luke Delaney

Start with Redemption of the Dead (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Luke Delaney book?

Senseless (2022) is the newest Luke Delaney book released so far.

Is there a new Luke Delaney book coming?

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

Luke Delaney at a glance

Paused
No new Luke Delaney title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Luke Delaney books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,888 pages across the 4 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 450 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Luke Delaney books, 10 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Luke Delaney books are about

6 of the 12 Luke Delaney 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 6 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.