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Ken Bruen
[1951-]
Detective Sergeant Tom Brant and Chief Inspector James Roberts in London's southeast precinct:

A White Arrest1 (1998)

Taming the Alien1 (1999)

The McDead1 (2000)

Blitz (2002)

Vixen (2003)

Calibre (2006)

Ammunition (2007)

Jack Taylor, dismissed from the Garda Síochána (Irish police) for drinking, now finding things for people in Galway, Ireland, since “private eye” sounds too much like “informer” to the Irish:

The Guards (2001) [review]
2004 Shamus Award for Best Novel
Finalist 2004 Barry Award for Best Novel
Finalist 2004 Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel
Finalist 2004 Macavity Award for Best Novel
Finalist 2010 Barry Award for Best Novel of the Decade

The Killing of the Tinkers (2002)
2005 Macavity Award for Best Novel
Finalist 2005 Anthony Award for Best Mystery Novel

The Magdalen Martyrs (2003)

The Dramatist (2004)
2007 Shamus Award for Best Novel

Finalist 2005 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel

Priest (2006)
2007 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel
Finalist 2008 Edgar Award for Best Mystery

Cross (2007)

Sanctuary (2008)

The Devil (2010)

Headstone (2011)

Purgatory (2013)

Green Hell (2015)

The Emerald Lie (2016)

The Ghosts of Galway (2017)

In the Galway Silence (2018)

Galway Girl (2019)

A Galway Epiphany (2020)

Galway Confidential (2024)

Co-authored with Jason Starr
Max Fisher, a wealthy businessman, and Angela Petrakos, his sexy assistant, starting out in New York City:

Bust (2006)
Finalist 2007 Barry Award for Best Paperback

Slide (2007)
Finalist 2008 Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original

The Max (2008)

Pimp (2016)

Non-series:

Shades of Grace2 (1993)

Martyrs2 (1994)

Rilke on Black (1996)

The Hackman Blues (1997)

Her Last Call to Louis MacNeice (1998)

London Boulevard (2001)

Dispatching Baudelaire (2004)

American Skin (2006)

Once Were Cops (2008)

Tower (2009)
[with Reed Farrel Coleman]
2010 Macavity Award for Best Novel
Finalist 2010 Anthony Award for Best Paperback

Merrick (2014)


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