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Inspector Matt Minogue Books in Order

Inspector Matt Minogue by John Brady contains 10 books, published between 1988 and 2009. The first book is A Stone of the Heart (1988) and the newest is The Coast Road (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1988–2009
Pages on record
1,759 in 5 of 10 books
Reading time
29–44 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,759 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Inspector Matt Minogue is a police procedural and mystery series by John Brady, credited on all 10 books. Matt Minogue is the recorded fictitious character, and the subjects place the sequence in Dublin and Ireland, taking in drug traffic, cold cases and homeless men. A Stone of the Heart (1988) opens the run and The Coast Road (2009) closes it, with Unholy Ground (1989), Kaddish in Dublin (1990), All Souls (1993), The Good Life (1994), A Carra King (2000), Wonderland (2002) and Islandbridge (2005) in between. The median recorded length is 356 pages.

How many Inspector Matt Minogue books are there?

Inspector Matt Minogue has 10 books, released between 1988 and 2009.

Inspector Matt Minogue Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Inspector Matt Minogue 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. Cover of All Souls by John Brady, book 4 of the Inspector Matt Minogue series (1993)
  2. Cover of The Good Life by John Brady, book 5 of the Inspector Matt Minogue series (1994)
  3. Cover of A Carra King by John Brady, book 6 of the Inspector Matt Minogue series (2000)
  4. Cover of Islandbridge by John Brady, book 8 of the Inspector Matt Minogue series (2005)
  5. Cover of The Coast Road by John Brady, book 10 of the Inspector Matt Minogue series (2009)
  1. 1
    A Stone of the Heart1988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988–
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  2. 2
    Unholy Ground1989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989–
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  3. 3
    Kaddish in Dublin1990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990–
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  4. 4
    All Souls1993 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993306
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  5. 5
    The Good Life1994 · 356 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994356
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  6. 6
    A Carra King2000 · 362 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000362
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  7. 7
    Wonderland2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  8. 8
    Islandbridge2005 · 345 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005345
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  9. 9
    The Going Rate2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  10. 10
    The Coast Road2009 · 390 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009390
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Is there a chronological order for Inspector Matt Minogue?

No separate chronological order is on record for Inspector Matt Minogue, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Inspector Matt Minogue books in order?

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

Where to start with Inspector Matt Minogue

Start with A Stone of the Heart (1988), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Inspector Matt Minogue book?

The Coast Road (2009) is the newest Inspector Matt Minogue book released so far.

Is there a new Inspector Matt Minogue book coming?

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

Inspector Matt Minogue at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Inspector Matt Minogue title on record dates from 2009, 17 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Inspector Matt Minogue books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,759 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 356 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Inspector Matt Minogue books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2000s.

What the Inspector Matt Minogue books are about

5 of the 10 Inspector Matt Minogue books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: matt minogue (fictitious character) is tagged on 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by John Brady

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