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Norah Mulcahaney Books in Order

Norah Mulcahaney by Lillian O’Donnell contains 17 books, published between 1972 and 1998. The first book is The Phone Calls (1972) and the newest is Blue Death (1998). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1972–1998
Pages on record
2,591 in 12 of 17 books
Reading time
43–65 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,591 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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Norah Mulcahaney is a Lillian O'Donnell police procedural series set in New York, with 17 catalogued books from 1972 to 1998. Catalogue subjects name Norah Mulcahaney as the fictitious character and include policewomen and women detectives. The Phone Calls (1972) is the first title, followed by Don't Wear Your Wedding Ring (1973), The Baby Merchants (1975) and No Business Being a Cop (1978). Cop Without a Shield (1983) and Ladykiller (1984) come later, and Blue Death (1998) is the last entry. The series is recorded as likely complete.

How many Norah Mulcahaney books are there?

Norah Mulcahaney has 17 books, released between 1972 and 1998.

Norah Mulcahaney Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Norah Mulcahaney 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 The Phone Calls by Lillian O’Donnell, book 1 of the Norah Mulcahaney series (1972)
  2. Cover of Don't Wear Your Wedding Ring by Lillian O’Donnell, book 2 of the Norah Mulcahaney series (1973)
  3. Cover of Dial 577 R-A-P-E by Lillian O’Donnell, book 3 of the Norah Mulcahaney series (1974)
  4. Cover of The Baby Merchants by Lillian O’Donnell, book 4 of the Norah Mulcahaney series (1975)
  5. Cover of Leisure Dying by Lillian O’Donnell, book 5 of the Norah Mulcahaney series (1976)
  6. Cover of No Business Being a Cop by Lillian O’Donnell, book 6 of the Norah Mulcahaney series (1978)
  7. Cover of The Children's Zoo by Lillian O’Donnell, book 7 of the Norah Mulcahaney series (1981)
  8. Cover of Cop Without a Shield by Lillian O’Donnell, book 8 of the Norah Mulcahaney series (1983)
  9. Cover of Ladykiller by Lillian O’Donnell, book 9 of the Norah Mulcahaney series (1984)
  10. Cover of The Other Side of Door by Lillian O’Donnell, book 12 of the Norah Mulcahaney series (1988)
  11. Cover of A Private Crime by Lillian O’Donnell, book 14 of the Norah Mulcahaney series (1991)
  12. Cover of Pushover by Lillian O’Donnell, book 15 of the Norah Mulcahaney series (1992)
  13. Cover of Lockout by Lillian O’Donnell, book 16 of the Norah Mulcahaney series (1994)
  14. Cover of Blue Death by Lillian O’Donnell, book 17 of the Norah Mulcahaney series (1998)
  1. 1
    The Phone Calls1972 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972196
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  2. 2
    Don't Wear Your Wedding Ring1973 · 228 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973228
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  3. 3
    Dial 577 R-A-P-E1974 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974182
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  4. 4
    The Baby Merchants1975 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975196
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  5. 5
    Leisure Dying1976 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976186
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  6. 6
    No Business Being a Cop1978 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978255
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  7. 7
    The Children's Zoo1981 · 221 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981221
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  8. 8
    Cop Without a Shield1983 · 233 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983233
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  9. 9
    Ladykiller1984 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984224
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  10. 10
    Casual Affairs1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985–
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  11. 11
    Shadow in Red1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  12. 12
    The Other Side of Door1988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988–
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  13. 13
    A Good Night to Kill1989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989–
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  14. 14
    A Private Crime1991 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991216
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  15. 15
    Pushover1992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992–
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  16. 16
    Lockout1994 · 239 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994239
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  17. 17
    Blue Death1998 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998215
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Is there a chronological order for Norah Mulcahaney?

No separate chronological order is on record for Norah Mulcahaney, 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 Norah Mulcahaney books in order?

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

Where to start with Norah Mulcahaney

Start with The Phone Calls (1972), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Norah Mulcahaney book?

Blue Death (1998) is the newest Norah Mulcahaney book released so far.

Is there a new Norah Mulcahaney book coming?

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

Norah Mulcahaney at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Norah Mulcahaney title on record dates from 1998, 28 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Norah Mulcahaney books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,591 pages across the 12 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 218 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Norah Mulcahaney books, 7 of 17, were published in the 1980s.

What the Norah Mulcahaney books are about

15 of the 17 Norah Mulcahaney books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: policewomen is tagged on 15 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Lillian O’Donnell

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