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Michael McGarrity Books in Order

Michael McGarrity has written 19 books, published between 1996 and 2025. The first book is Tularosa (1996) and the newest is Night in the City (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 14 of the 19 books listed here are in the Kevin Kerney series, which has its own page: Kevin Kerney books in order.

Books
19
Published
1996–2025
Confirmed
19 of 19 titles
Pages on record
6,039 in 16 of 19 books
Reading time
101–151 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,039 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

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New Mexico is the setting for Michael McGarrity's police procedurals, which follow Kevin Kerney from Santa Fe through the state's murder investigations. Tularosa (1996) opens the series, continuing through Mexican Hat, Serpent Gate, Hermit's Peak, The Judas Judge and The Big Gamble. The American West Trilogy and standalone novels bring the catalogue to 19 titles, reaching Night in the City in 2025.

How many Michael McGarrity books are there?

Michael McGarrity has 19 books, released between 1996 and 2025. They include 2 separate series.

Michael McGarrity Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Michael McGarrity 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 Serpent Gate by Michael McGarrity, book 3 of the Kevin Kerney series (1998)
  2. Cover of Hermit's Peak by Michael McGarrity, book 4 of the Kevin Kerney series (1999)
  3. Cover of The Judas Judge by Michael McGarrity, book 5 of the Kevin Kerney series (2000)
  4. Cover of Under the Color of Law by Michael McGarrity, book 6 of the Kevin Kerney series (2001)
  5. Cover of The Big Gamble by Michael McGarrity, book 7 of the Kevin Kerney series (2002)
  6. Cover of Everyone Dies by Michael McGarrity, book 8 of the Kevin Kerney series (2003)
  7. Cover of Slow Kill by Michael McGarrity, book 9 of the Kevin Kerney series (2004)
  8. Cover of Nothing But Trouble by Michael McGarrity, book 10 of the Kevin Kerney series (2005)
  9. Cover of Death Song by Michael McGarrity, book 11 of the Kevin Kerney series (2007)
  10. Cover of Dead or Alive by Michael McGarrity, book 12 of the Kevin Kerney series (2008)
  11. Cover of Hard Country by Michael McGarrity, book 1 of the American West Trilogy (2012)
  12. Cover of Backlands by Michael McGarrity, book 2 of the American West Trilogy (2014)
  13. Cover of Head Wounds by Michael McGarrity, book 14 of the Kevin Kerney series (2020)
  14. Cover of The Long Ago by Michael McGarrity, book 1 of the Michael McGarrity Standalone Novels series (2023)
  1. 1
    TularosaKevin Kerney #11996 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996304
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  2. 2
    Mexican HatKevin Kerney #21997 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997320
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  3. 3
    Serpent GateKevin Kerney #31998 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998368
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  4. 4
    Hermit's PeakKevin Kerney #41999 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999368
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  5. 5
    The Judas JudgeKevin Kerney #52000 · 296 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000296
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  6. 6
    Under the Color of LawKevin Kerney #62001 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001384
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  7. 7
    The Big GambleKevin Kerney #72002 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002352
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  8. 8
    Everyone DiesKevin Kerney #82003 · 273 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003273
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  9. 9
    Slow KillKevin Kerney #92004 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004352
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  10. 10
    Nothing But TroubleKevin Kerney #102005 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005384
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  11. 11
    Death SongKevin Kerney #112007 · confirmed 3/4
    2007–
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  12. 12
    Dead or AliveKevin Kerney #122008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
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  13. 13
    Hard CountryAmerican West Trilogy #12012 · 607 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012607
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  14. 14
    BacklandsAmerican West Trilogy #22014 · 507 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014507
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  15. 15
    The Last RanchAmerican West Trilogy #32016 · 525 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016525
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  16. 16
    ResidueKevin Kerney #132018 · 371 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018371
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  17. 17
    Head WoundsKevin Kerney #142020 · 356 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020356
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  18. 18
    The Long AgoMichael McGarrity Standalone Novels #12023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  19. 19
    Night in the CityMichael McGarrity Standalone Novels #22025 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2025272
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Michael McGarrity series in order

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

Michael McGarrity 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.

American West Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Hard Country
  2. 2. Backlands
  3. 3. The Last Ranch

Michael McGarrity Standalone Novels

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Michael McGarrity Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Michael McGarrity books run from Tularosa (1996) to Night in the City (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Michael McGarrity in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Michael McGarrity books in order?

You only need to read Michael McGarrity 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 Michael McGarrity

Start with Tularosa (1996), the first Kevin Kerney book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Michael McGarrity book?

Night in the City (2025) is the newest Michael McGarrity book released so far.

Is there a new Michael McGarrity book coming?

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

Michael McGarrity at a glance

Still publishing
Michael McGarrity published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Michael McGarrity books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
6,039 pages across the 16 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 362 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Michael McGarrity books, 8 of 19, were published in the 2000s.

What the Michael McGarrity books are about

17 of the 19 Michael McGarrity 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 10 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.