Terence Faherty Books in Order

Terence Faherty has written 24 books, published between 1991 and 2019. The first book is Deadstick (1991) and the newest is The Cardboard Box (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1991–2019
Pages on record
3,219 in 13 of 24 books
Reading time
54–80 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,219 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

Terence Faherty, born 1954, is an American writer of mystery novels. Two detective sequences organise the catalogue, Owen Keane Mystery and Scott Elliott Mystery, and both Owen Keane and Scott Elliott are recorded as fictitious characters. Private investigators, murder, the motion picture industry, legal material, Indiana, New Jersey and Hollywood sit among the subjects. The 24 books run from Deadstick (1991) to The Cardboard Box (2019), with Live To Regret (1992), The Lost Keats (1993) and Die Dreaming (1994) early in the sequence. The median book is 250 pages.

How many Terence Faherty books are there?

Terence Faherty has 24 books, released between 1991 and 2019. They include 2 series and 9 titles listed outside any series.

Terence Faherty Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Terence Faherty 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. 1
    DeadstickOwen Keane Mystery #11991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991
  2. 2
    Live To RegretOwen Keane Mystery #21992 · 213 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992213
  3. 3
    The Lost KeatsOwen Keane Mystery #31993 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993250
  4. 4
    Die DreamingOwen Keane Mystery #41994 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994252
  5. 5
    Kill Me AgainScott Elliott Mystery #11996 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996304
  6. 6
    Prove the NamelessWorldwide Library Mystery #111996 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996294
  7. 7
    Come Back DeadScott Elliott Mystery #21997 · 332 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997332
  8. 8
    The OrdainedOwen Keane Mystery #61997 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997264
  9. 9
    Orion RisingOwen Keane Mystery #71999 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999250
  10. 10
    Raise the DevilScott Elliott Mystery #32000 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000264
  11. 11
    The Second Coming2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002
  12. 12
    The Widow of Slane2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004
  13. 13
    The Confessions of Owen Keane2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005
  14. 14
    In a TeapotScott Elliott Mystery #42005 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005128
  15. 15
    A Bullet From Yesterday2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  16. 16
    The Hollywood OpScott Elliott Mystery #52011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  17. 17
    Dance in the DarkScott Elliott Mystery #62011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  18. 18
    After Cana2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  19. 19
    Eastward in EdenOwen Keane Mystery #82013 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013244
  20. 20
    The Quiet Woman2014 · 245 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014245
  21. 21
    Tales of the Star Republic2016 · 179 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016179
  22. 22
    Infinite Uticas2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  23. 23
    Play a Cold HandScott Elliott Mystery #72017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  24. 24
    The Cardboard Box2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019

Terence Faherty 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.

Owen Keane Mystery in order

7 books
  1. 1. Deadstick
  2. 2. Live To Regret
  3. 3. The Lost Keats
  4. 4. Die Dreaming
  5. 6. The Ordained
  6. 7. Orion Rising
  7. 8. Eastward in Eden

Scott Elliott Mystery in order

7 books
  1. 1. Kill Me Again
  2. 2. Come Back Dead
  3. 3. Raise the Devil
  4. 4. In a Teapot
  5. 5. The Hollywood Op
  6. 6. Dance in the Dark
  7. 7. Play a Cold Hand

Worldwide Library Mystery in order

1 book
  1. 11. Prove the Nameless

Standalone books

9 books

9 Terence Faherty titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Terence Faherty books in order?

You only need to read Terence Faherty 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 Terence Faherty

Start with Deadstick (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Terence Faherty book?

The Cardboard Box (2019) is the newest Terence Faherty book released so far.

Is there a new Terence Faherty book coming?

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

Terence Faherty at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Terence Faherty title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Terence Faherty books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,219 pages across the 13 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 250 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Terence Faherty books, 10 of 24, were published in the 2010s.

What the Terence Faherty books are about

15 of the 24 Terence Faherty books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 9 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.