Reading Order

There’s no right or wrong order to read the books in the Increasingly Inaccurately Titled Dublin Trilogy and McGarry Stateside Series, so the following is just a suggestion.

The Increasingly Inaccurately Titled Dublin Trilogy (Bunny McGarry)

 

If you prefer to read books in the order they are written then:

    • 1) A Man With One of Those Faces
    • 2) The Day That Never Comes
    • 3) Angels in the Moonlight
    • 4) Last Orders
    • 5) Dead Man’s Sins
    • 6) Firewater Blues
    • 7) The Family Jewels
    • 8) Fortunate Son

    If you like to read things chronologically then start with:

      • 1) Angels in the Moonlight
      • 2) Dead Man’s Sins
      • 3) Firewater Blues
      • 4) The Family Jewels
      • 5) Fortunate Son
      • 6) A Man With One of Those Faces
      • 7) The Day That Never Comes
      • 8) Last Orders

       

      McGarry Stateside (Bunny McGarry)

      This series features the one and only Bunny McGarry and a whole heap of new characters including Jackson Diller, whom my dogs are named after. Once again, the action follows on from Last Orders.

        • 1) Disaster Inc
        • 2) I Have Sinned 
        • 3) The Quiet Man
        • 4) Other Plans
        • 5) Bunny's quest for Simone and the missing Sisters of the Saint continues in 2025

      Shorts

      Gathered together for the first time this collection contains all of the short stories and novellas featuring Bunny McGarry. Spanning his entire career in law enforcement and beyond, these stories give a whole new perspective on Ireland’s most truly unconventional police officer as he juggles being a force for justice and managing the world’s worst under-12s hurling team.

       

      US Standalone

      Welcome to Nowhere -  Smithy and Diller get their own outing. This started life as a short story (Smithy's Revenge) and then morphed into a full-blown book as so many of you wanted to what happened next. The action takes place between I Have Sinned and The Quiet Man.

       

      MCM Investigations (Brigit & Paul)

      These books feature Brigit, Paul, Phil, Jimmy Stewart and an adult Deccie and follows on from Last Orders.

       

      I've kept things simple here.

        • The Final Game
        • Deccie Must Die

      I hope that clears things up. Here's a graphic thrown in for good measure.

       

       

       

      The Stranger Times (Banecroft, Hannah, Grace, Stella and co)

       

      This is a new series by me written as C.K. McDonnell. Different genre but the same type of characters that you've come to know and love.

        • The Stranger Times
        • This Charming Man
        • Love Will Tear Us Apart
        • Relight My Fire
        • Ring the Bells (9 October 2025)