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Peter McGarr Books in Order

Peter McGarr by Bartholomew Gill contains 16 books, published between 1976 and 2002. The first book is McGarr and the Politician's Wife/The Death of an Irish Politician (1976) and the newest is Death in Dublin (2002). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1976–2002
Pages on record
4,092 in 15 of 16 books
Reading time
68–102 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,092 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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Peter McGarr is the police detective of Bartholomew Gill's series set in Ireland, which counts 16 books from 1976 to 2002. McGarr and the Politician's Wife (1976), also titled The Death of an Irish Politician, opens the run. McGarr and the Sienese Conspiracy (1977) and McGarr and the Cliffs of Moher (1978) follow, then McGarr and the P.M. of Belgrave Square (1983). Later books include The Death of a Joyce Scholar (1989) and Death on a Cold, Wild River (1993), and Death in Dublin (2002) is the last. Fly fishing is among the recorded subjects.

How many Peter McGarr books are there?

Peter McGarr has 16 books, released between 1976 and 2002.

Peter McGarr Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Peter McGarr 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 McGarr and the Politician's Wife/The Death of an Irish Politician by Bartholomew Gill (1976)
  2. Cover of McGarr and the Sienese Conspiracy/The Death of an Irish Consul by Bartholomew Gill (1977)
  3. Cover of McGarr and the Cliffs of Moher/The Death of an Irish Lass by Bartholomew Gill, book 3 of the Peter McGarr series
  4. Cover of cGarr and the Dublin Horse Show/The Death of an Irish Tradition by Bartholomew Gill (1979)
  5. Cover of The Death of a Joyce Scholar by Bartholomew Gill, book 8 of the Peter McGarr series (1989)
  6. Cover of Death on a Cold, Wild River by Bartholomew Gill, book 10 of the Peter McGarr series (1993)
  7. Cover of The Death of an Ardent Bibliophile by Bartholomew Gill, book 11 of the Peter McGarr series (1995)
  8. Cover of The Death of an Irish Sea Wolf by Bartholomew Gill, book 12 of the Peter McGarr series (1996)
  9. Cover of The Death of an Irish Sinner by Bartholomew Gill, book 15 of the Peter McGarr series (2001)
  10. Cover of Death in Dublin by Bartholomew Gill, book 16 of the Peter McGarr series (2002)
  1. 1
    McGarr and the Politician's Wife/The Death of an Irish Politician1976 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976240
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  2. 2
    McGarr and the Sienese Conspiracy/The Death of an Irish Consul1977 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977320
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  3. 3
    McGarr and the Cliffs of Moher/The Death of an Irish Lass1978 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978304
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  4. 4
    cGarr and the Dublin Horse Show/The Death of an Irish Tradition1979 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979368
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  5. 5
    McGarr and the P.M. of Belgrave Square1983 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983240
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  6. 6
    McGarr and the Method of Descartes1984 · 289 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984289
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  7. 7
    McGarr and the Legacy of a Woman Scorned1986 · 218 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986218
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  8. 8
    The Death of a Joyce Scholar1989 · 324 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989324
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  9. 9
    The Death of Love1992 · 10 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199210
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  10. 10
    Death on a Cold, Wild River1993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  11. 11
    The Death of an Ardent Bibliophile1995 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995256
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  12. 12
    The Death of an Irish Sea Wolf1996 · 293 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996293
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  13. 13
    The Death of an Irish Tinker/Death of a Busker King1997 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997245
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  14. 14
    The Death of an Irish Lover2000 · 265 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000265
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  15. 15
    The Death of an Irish Sinner2001 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001368
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  16. 16
    Death in Dublin2002 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002352
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Is there a chronological order for Peter McGarr?

No separate chronological order is on record for Peter McGarr, 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 Peter McGarr books in order?

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

Where to start with Peter McGarr

Start with McGarr and the Politician's Wife/The Death of an Irish Politician (1976), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Peter McGarr book?

Death in Dublin (2002) is the newest Peter McGarr book released so far.

Is there a new Peter McGarr book coming?

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

Peter McGarr at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Peter McGarr title on record dates from 2002, 24 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Peter McGarr books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,092 pages across the 15 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 289 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Peter McGarr books, 5 of 16, were published in the 1990s.

What the Peter McGarr books are about

All 16 Peter McGarr books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mcgarr, peter (fictitious character) is tagged on 12 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Bartholomew Gill

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