Margaret Duffy Books in Order
Margaret Duffy has written 30 books, published between 1987 and 2021. The first book is A Murder of Crows (1987) and the newest is The Not Quite Perfect Murderer (2021). Publication order is the reading order below. 23 of the 30 books listed here are in the Ingrid Langley and Patrick Gillard Mystery series, which has its own page: Ingrid Langley and Patrick Gillard Mystery books in order.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 1987–2021
- Pages on record
- 5,736 in 19 of 30 books
- Reading time
- 96–143 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,736 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.
Birds name the early novels of Margaret Duffy: A Murder of Crows (1987), Death of a Raven, Brass Eagle, Who Killed Cock Robin?, Rook-Shoot, Gallows Bird. Two series carry the catalogue, one following the writer Ingrid Langley and the intelligence officer Patrick Gillard, the other the police officer Joanna McKenzie, both set in Britain. 30 books span 1987 to The Not Quite Perfect Murderer in 2021, at a median of 288 pages.
How many Margaret Duffy books are there?
Margaret Duffy has 30 books, released between 1987 and 2021. They include 2 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.
Margaret Duffy Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Margaret Duffy 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.
- 11987–2/4
- 21988–2/4
- 319892282/4
- 419904322/4
- 519913922/4
- 6Man of Blood1992 · 396 pages · confirmed 2/419923962/4
- 719933792/4
- 819943712/4
- 9Corpse Candle1995 · 355 pages · confirmed 2/419953552/4
- 101996–2/4
- 11A Fine Target1998 · 379 pages · confirmed 2/419983792/4
- 1219983362/4
- 1320022402/4
- 1420042562/4
- 1520052882/4
- 1620064002/4
- 1720072172/4
- 1820082322/4
- 192009–2/4
- 202010–2/4
- 212011–2/4
- 2220122022/4
- 23Archangel Jim2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 2420142012/4
- 252015–2/4
- 262017–2/4
- 272017–2/4
- 28Stone Cold, Stone DeadIngrid Langley and Patrick Gillard Mystery #212018 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420182082/4
- 2920202242/4
- 302021–2/4
Margaret Duffy series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
Margaret Duffy 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.
Joanna McKenzie in order
3 booksStandalone books
4 books4 Margaret Duffy titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Margaret Duffy books in order?
You only need to read Margaret Duffy 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 Margaret Duffy
Start with the first book of the Margaret Duffy series you want to read: Ingrid Langley and Patrick Gillard Mystery starts with A Murder of Crows (1987) and Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard starts with A Murder of Crows (1987). The earliest catalogued title overall is A Murder of Crows (1987).
What is the newest Margaret Duffy book?
The Not Quite Perfect Murderer (2021) is the newest Margaret Duffy book released so far.
Is there a new Margaret Duffy book coming?
No next Margaret Duffy book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Margaret Duffy at a glance
- Paused
- No new Margaret Duffy title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Margaret Duffy books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,736 pages across the 19 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Margaret Duffy books, 9 of 30, were published in the 2010s.
What the Margaret Duffy books are about
21 of the 30 Margaret Duffy books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: gillard, patrick (fictitious character) is tagged on 14 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Gillard, patrick (fictitious character) 14 of 21 books
- Langley, ingrid (fictitious character) 13 of 21 books
- Mystery & detective 13 of 21 books
- Ingrid Langley (Fictitious character) 9 of 21 books
- Patrick Gillard (Fictitious character) 9 of 21 books
- Murder 5 of 21 books
- Authors 4 of 21 books
- Great Britain 4 of 21 books
- Investigation 4 of 21 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 4 of 21 books
- Crime 3 of 21 books
- Intelligence service 3 of 21 books