Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard Books in Order
Margaret Duffy has written 23 Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard books, published between 1987 and 2021. The first book is A Murder of Crows (1987) and the newest is The Not Quite Perfect Murderer (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 1987–2021
- Pages on record
- 3,899 in 14 of 23 books
- Reading time
- 65–97 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,899 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 23 titles with a page count on record.
Ingrid Langley and Patrick Gillard are the pair at the centre of Margaret Duffy's British mystery series, which mixes murder investigation, police procedure and the intelligence service. The 23 books run from A Murder of Crows (1987) to The Not Quite Perfect Murderer (2021). Early titles use bird names: Death of a Raven, Brass Eagle, Who Killed Cock Robin?, Rook-Shoot and Gallows Bird. A Hanging Matter (2002), Dead Trouble and Tainted Ground belong to the later stretch.
How many Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard books are there?
Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard has 23 books, released between 1987 and 2021.
Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard 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.
- 11987–2/4
- 21988–2/4
- 319892282/4
- 419904322/4
- 519913922/4
- 619933792/4
- 720022402/4
- 820042562/4
- 920052882/4
- 1020064002/4
- 1120072172/4
- 1220082322/4
- 132009–2/4
- 142010–2/4
- 152011–2/4
- 1620122022/4
- 1720142012/4
- 182015–2/4
- 192017–2/4
- 202017–2/4
- 21Stone Cold, Stone DeadIngrid Langley and Patrick Gillard Mystery #212018 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420182082/4
- 2220202242/4
- 232021–2/4
Do you have to read Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard books in order?
You should read the Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard book also stands alone.
Where to start with Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard
Start with A Murder of Crows (1987), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard book?
The Not Quite Perfect Murderer (2021) is the newest Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard book released so far.
Is there a new Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard book coming?
No next Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard at a glance
- Paused
- No new Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,899 pages across the 14 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 236 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard books, 8 of 23, were published in the 2010s.
What the Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard books are about
20 of the 23 Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: gillard, patrick (fictitious character) is tagged on 14 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Gillard, patrick (fictitious character) 14 of 20 books
- Langley, ingrid (fictitious character) 13 of 20 books
- Mystery & detective 12 of 20 books
- Ingrid Langley (Fictitious character) 9 of 20 books
- Patrick Gillard (Fictitious character) 9 of 20 books
- Murder 5 of 20 books
- Authors 4 of 20 books
- Great Britain 4 of 20 books
- Investigation 4 of 20 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 4 of 20 books
- Crime 3 of 20 books
- Intelligence service 3 of 20 books
More books by Margaret Duffy
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Series that include Ingrid Langley & Patrick Gillard books
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