Jack McMorrow Books in Order

Gerry Boyle has written 14 books featuring Jack McMorrow, published between 1993 and 2024. The first book is Deadline (1993) and the newest is Hard Line (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1993–2024
Pages on record
3,660 in 11 of 14 books
Reading time
61–92 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,660 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

Jack McMorrow is the title character of Gerry Boyle's Jack McMorrow Mystery series. The catalogue lists 14 books from Deadline (1993) to Hard Line (2024), and the series continues. Bloodline (1995), Lifeline (1996), Borderline (1998) and Pretty Dead (2003) fall in between. Subjects recorded for the books include journalists, investigative reporting, Maine and social workers.

How many Jack McMorrow books are there?

Jack McMorrow appears in 14 books, released between 1993 and 2024.

Jack McMorrow Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Jack McMorrow 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
    DeadlineJack McMorrow Mystery #11993 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993278
  2. 2
    BloodlineJack McMorrow Mystery #21995 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995336
  3. 3
    LifelineJack McMorrow Mystery #31996 · 351 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996351
  4. 4
    PotshotJack McMorrow Mystery #41997 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997322
  5. 5
    BorderlineJack McMorrow Mystery #51998 · 360 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998360
  6. 6
    Cover StoryJack McMorrow Mystery #62000 · 371 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000371
  7. 7
    Pretty DeadJack McMorrow Mystery #72003 · 325 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003325
  8. 8
    Home BodyJack McMorrow Mystery #82004 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004400
  9. 9
    Damaged GoodsJack McMorrow Mystery #92010 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010264
  10. 10
    Once BurnedJack McMorrow Mystery #102015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015
  11. 11
    Straw ManJack McMorrow Mystery #112016 · 325 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016325
  12. 12
    Random ActJack McMorrow Mystery #122019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019
  13. 13
    Robbed BlindJack McMorrow Mystery #132022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  14. 14
    Hard LineJack McMorrow Mystery #142024 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2024328

Do you have to read Jack McMorrow books in order?

You should read the Jack McMorrow books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Jack McMorrow book also stands alone.

Where to start with Jack McMorrow

Start with Deadline (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jack McMorrow book?

Hard Line (2024) is the newest Jack McMorrow book released so far.

Is there a new Jack McMorrow book coming?

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

Jack McMorrow at a glance

Still running
Jack McMorrow is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Jack McMorrow books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,660 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 328 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jack McMorrow books, 5 of 14, were published in the 1990s.

What the Jack McMorrow books are about

11 of the 14 Jack McMorrow books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: journalists is tagged on 9 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Gerry Boyle

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.