Brady Coyne Books in Order
There are 28 Brady Coyne books, published between 1984 and 2010. The first book is Death at Charity's Point (1984) and the newest is Outwitting Trolls (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 28
- Published
- 1984–2010
- Confirmed
- 28 of 28 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,847 in 21 of 28 books
- Reading time
- 97–146 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,847 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 28 titles with a page count on record.
Brady Coyne is a fictional character in William G. Tapply's mystery fiction, with catalogue subjects listing lawyers, legal stories, Boston, Massachusetts, private investigators and missing persons. Coyne appears in 28 books from Death at Charity's Point (1984) to Outwitting Trolls (2010). Tapply is credited on 26 of them and Philip R. Craig on 2, and Brady Coyne/J.W. Jackson is listed as a series. Early entries include The Dutch Blue Error (1984), Follow the Sharks (1985) and Dead Meat (1987).
How many Brady Coyne books are there?
Brady Coyne has 28 books, released between 1984 and 2010.
Brady Coyne Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 28 Brady Coyne 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.
- 119842443/4
- 21984–3/4
- 319852143/4
- 41986–3/4
- 519872133/4
- 61987–3/4
- 71988–3/4
- 81989–3/4
- 919902603/4
- 1019912413/4
- 1119922773/4
- 1219932733/4
- 1319952343/4
- 1419962763/4
- 1519982743/4
- 1619992573/4
- 1720002883/4
- 1820013523/4
- 192001–3/4
- 2020022903/4
- 2120033213/4
- 2220043053/4
- 2320052923/4
- 2420063043/4
- 2520073363/4
- 2620072923/4
- 2720083043/4
- 282010–3/4
Do you have to read Brady Coyne books in order?
You should read the Brady Coyne books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Brady Coyne book also stands alone.
Where to start with Brady Coyne
Start with Death at Charity's Point (1984), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Brady Coyne book?
Outwitting Trolls (2010) is the newest Brady Coyne book released so far.
Is there a new Brady Coyne book coming?
No next Brady Coyne book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Brady Coyne at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Brady Coyne title on record dates from 2010, 16 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Brady Coyne books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,847 pages across the 21 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 277 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Brady Coyne books, 11 of 28, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 28 titles, 26 are credited to William G. Tapply and 2 to Philip R. Craig.
What the Brady Coyne books are about
25 of the 28 Brady Coyne books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: coyne, brady (fictitious character) is tagged on 16 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Coyne, brady (fictitious character) 16 of 25 books
- Lawyers 12 of 25 books
- Mystery & detective 11 of 25 books
- Boston (Mass.) 10 of 25 books
- Massachusetts 7 of 25 books
- Legal stories 6 of 25 books
- Jeff Jackson (Fictitious character) 3 of 25 books
- Missing persons 3 of 25 books
- Murder 3 of 25 books
- Private investigators 3 of 25 books