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Michael Russell Books in Order

Michael Russell has written 10 books, published between 2012 and 2026. The first book is The City of Shadows (2012) and the newest is The City in Year Zero (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2012–2026
Pages on record
2,596 in 7 of 10 books
Reading time
43–65 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,596 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Michael Russell writes historical crime fiction set in Ireland and wider Europe between the wars. Stefan Gillespie is the recurring detective across all 10 catalogued books, each of them titled for a city: The City of Shadows (2012), The City of Strangers (2013), The City in Darkness (2016), The City of Lies (2017), The City in Flames (2019), The City Under Siege (2020), The City Underground (2022), The City of God (2023), The Dead City (2025) and The City in Year Zero (2026). Dublin, murder investigation and twentieth-century European history supply the material.

How many Michael Russell books are there?

Michael Russell has 10 books, released between 2012 and 2026.

Michael Russell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Michael Russell 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 The City of Shadows by Michael Russell, book 1 of the Stefan Gillespie series (2012)
  2. Cover of The City of Strangers by Michael Russell, book 2 of the Stefan Gillespie series (2013)
  3. Cover of The City in Darkness by Michael Russell, book 3 of the Stefan Gillespie series (2016)
  4. Cover of The City of Lies by Michael Russell, book 4 of the Stefan Gillespie series (2017)
  5. Cover of The City Underground by Michael Russell, book 7 of the Stefan Gillespie series (2022)
  1. 1
    The City of ShadowsStefan Gillespie #12012 · 468 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012468
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  2. 2
    The City of StrangersStefan Gillespie #22013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  3. 3
    The City in DarknessStefan Gillespie #32016 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016352
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  4. 4
    The City of LiesStefan Gillespie #42017 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017416
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  5. 5
    The City in FlamesStefan Gillespie #52019 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019400
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  6. 6
    The City Under SiegeStefan Gillespie #62020 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020336
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  7. 7
    The City UndergroundStefan Gillespie #72022 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022288
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  8. 8
    The City of GodStefan Gillespie #82023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  9. 9
    The Dead CityStefan Gillespie #92025 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025336
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  10. 10
    The City in Year ZeroStefan Gillespie #102026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Michael Russell 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.

Stefan Gillespie in order

10 books
  1. 1. The City of Shadows
  2. 2. The City of Strangers
  3. 3. The City in Darkness
  4. 4. The City of Lies
  5. 5. The City in Flames
  6. 6. The City Under Siege
  7. 7. The City Underground
  8. 8. The City of God
  9. 9. The Dead City
  10. 10. The City in Year Zero

Do you have to read Michael Russell books in order?

You only need to read Michael Russell books in order within the Stefan Gillespie series, which holds 10 of the 10 Michael Russell books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Michael Russell

Start with The City of Shadows (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Michael Russell book?

The City in Year Zero (2026) is the newest Michael Russell book released so far.

Is there a new Michael Russell book coming?

No next Michael Russell 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 Russell at a glance

Still publishing
Michael Russell published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Michael Russell books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,596 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Michael Russell books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2020s.

What the Michael Russell books are about

6 of the 10 Michael Russell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crime is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.