Malcolm Mackay Books in Order
Malcolm Mackay has written 9 books, published between 2013 and 2019. The first book is The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter (2013) and the newest is Saviors (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2013–2019
- Pages on record
- 2,038 in 5 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 34–51 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,038 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Malcolm Mackay, born on 1 September 1981 in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, writes Scottish crime fiction. The Glasgow Underworld books and the Saviors books make up nine catalogued titles, from The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter (2013) to Saviors (2019), with gangsters, organised crime and hired killers throughout. How a Gunman Says Goodbye took the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year in 2013. Nothing has followed since 2019.
How many Malcolm Mackay books are there?
Malcolm Mackay has 9 books, released between 2013 and 2019. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Malcolm Mackay Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Malcolm Mackay 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.
- 120133162/4
- 220133602/4
- 3The Night the Rich Men Burned2015 · confirmed 2/42015–2/4
- 4Every Night I Dream of Hell2015 · 395 pages · confirmed 2/420153952/4
- 520153912/4
- 62018–2/4
- 7For Those Who Know the Ending2018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 82019–2/4
- 920195762/4
Malcolm Mackay 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.
Glasgow Underworld in order
3 booksSaviors in order
3 booksStandalone books
3 books3 Malcolm Mackay titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Malcolm Mackay books in order?
You only need to read Malcolm Mackay 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 Malcolm Mackay
Start with The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter (2013), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Malcolm Mackay book?
Saviors (2019) is the newest Malcolm Mackay book released so far.
Is there a new Malcolm Mackay book coming?
No next Malcolm Mackay book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Malcolm Mackay at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Malcolm Mackay title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Malcolm Mackay books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,038 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 391 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Malcolm Mackay books, 9 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Malcolm Mackay books are about
All 9 Malcolm Mackay books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: scotland is tagged on 8 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Scotland 8 of 9 books
- Suspense 6 of 9 books
- Thrillers 5 of 9 books
- Organized crime 4 of 9 books
- Assassins 3 of 9 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 9 books
- Crime 2 of 9 books
- Gangsters 2 of 9 books