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Martin O’Brien Books in Order

Martin O’Brien has written 11 books, published between 2005 and 2021. The first book is Jacquot and the Waterman (2005) and the newest is Justice Done (2021). Publication order is the reading order below. 10 of the 11 books listed here are in the Daniel Jacquot series, which has its own page: Daniel Jacquot books in order.

Books
11
Published
2005–2021
Pages on record
1,392 in 3 of 11 books
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Martin O'Brien is the author of the Daniel Jacquot police procedurals, set in France according to the catalogue subjects. Serial murder, missing persons and rugby teams also appear among those subjects. Jacquot and the Waterman (2005) is the first of 11 books, followed by Jacquot and the Fifteen and Jacquot and the Master in 2007. Later titles include Confession (2009), Knife Gun Poison Bomb (2014) and Talking To The Sharks (2016), and Justice Done (2021) is the newest.

How many Martin O’Brien books are there?

Martin O’Brien has 11 books, released between 2005 and 2021. 10 of them belong to the Daniel Jacquot series.

Martin O’Brien Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Martin O’Brien 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 Jacquot and the Waterman by Martin O’Brien, book 1 of the Daniel Jacquot series (2005)
  2. Cover of Jacquot and the Fifteen by Martin O’Brien, book 3 of the Daniel Jacquot series (2007)
  3. Cover of Confession by Martin O’Brien, book 4 of the Daniel Jacquot series (2009)
  4. Cover of The Angel by Martin O’Brien, book 6 of the Daniel Jacquot series (2012)
  5. Cover of The Dying Minutes by Martin O’Brien, book 7 of the Daniel Jacquot series (2012)
  1. 1
    Jacquot and the WatermanDaniel Jacquot #12005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  2. 2
    Jacquot and the MasterDaniel Jacquot #22007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  3. 3
    Jacquot and the FifteenDaniel Jacquot #32007 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007416
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  4. 4
    ConfessionDaniel Jacquot #42009 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009432
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  5. 5
    Blood Counts:Daniel Jacquot #52010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  6. 6
    Lunching The Girls2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    The AngelDaniel Jacquot #62012 · 544 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012544
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  8. 8
    The Dying MinutesDaniel Jacquot #72012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Knife Gun Poison BombDaniel Jacquot #82014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Talking To The SharksDaniel Jacquot #92016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  11. 11
    Justice DoneDaniel Jacquot #102021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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Martin O’Brien series in order

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

Martin O’Brien 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.

Standalone books

1 book

1 Martin O’Brien title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Martin O’Brien books in order?

You only need to read Martin O’Brien books in order within the Daniel Jacquot series, which holds 10 of the 11 Martin O’Brien books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Martin O’Brien

Start with Jacquot and the Waterman (2005), the first Daniel Jacquot book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Martin O’Brien book?

Justice Done (2021) is the newest Martin O’Brien book released so far.

Is there a new Martin O’Brien book coming?

No next Martin O’Brien book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Martin O’Brien at a glance

Paused
No new Martin O’Brien title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Martin O’Brien books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,392 pages across the 3 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 432 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Martin O’Brien books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Martin O’Brien books are about

5 of the 11 Martin O’Brien books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.