Sean Duffy Books in Order
Adrian McKinty has written 9 books featuring Sean Duffy, published between 2012 and 2025. The first book is The Cold Cold Ground (2012) and the newest is Hang on St. Christopher (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2012–2025
- Confirmed
- 9 of 9 titles
- Pages on record
- 968 in 3 of 9 books
Sean Duffy is a Catholic detective in the Northern Ireland police, and Adrian McKinty's crime series puts him on murder investigations in a divided place. Nine catalogued books run from The Cold Cold Ground (2012) through I Hear the Sirens in the Street (2013), In the Morning I'll Be Gone (2014), Gun Street Girl (2015), Rain Dogs (2015) and Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly (2017), reaching Hang on St. Christopher.
How many Sean Duffy books are there?
Sean Duffy appears in 9 books, released between 2012 and 2025.
Sean Duffy Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Sean Duffy 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.
- 120123203/4
- 22013–3/4
- 32014–3/4
- 42015–3/4
- 520153293/4
- 6Police at the Station and They Don't Look FriendlyDetective Sean Duffy #62017 · 319 pages · confirmed 3/420173193/4
- 72018–3/4
- 82025–3/4
- 92025–3/4
Do you have to read Sean Duffy books in order?
You should read the Sean Duffy books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Sean Duffy book also stands alone.
Where to start with Sean Duffy
Start with The Cold Cold Ground (2012), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sean Duffy book?
Hang on St. Christopher (2025) is the newest Sean Duffy book released so far.
Is there a new Sean Duffy book coming?
No next Sean Duffy book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Sean Duffy at a glance
- Still running
- Sean Duffy is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Sean Duffy books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 968 pages across the 3 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sean Duffy books, 7 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Sean Duffy books are about
6 of the 9 Sean Duffy books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Investigation 5 of 6 books
- Murder 5 of 6 books
- Crime 3 of 6 books
- Detectives 3 of 6 books
- Northern ireland 3 of 6 books
- Police 3 of 6 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 6 books
More books by Adrian McKinty
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Adrian McKinty books in order 23 books
Series featuring Sean Duffy
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.