Order of Adrian McKinty Books
Adrian McKinty is an Irish author of crime fiction and young adult novels. He writes the Michael Forsythe series, Lighthouse Trilogy YA series and the Sean Duffy series. McKinty studied law at the University of Warwick and then studied politics and philosophy at the University of Oxford. Before becoming a novelist, he taught high school English in Denver, Colorado. McKinty has written for numerous publications, including The Washington Post, The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Melbourne Age and Harpers Magazine. His novel In The Morning I’ll Be Gone won the Ned Kelly Award in 2014. Adrian lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife and two children.
Adrian McKinty became a published author in 1997 with the novel Orange Rhymes with Everything. Below is a list of Adrian McKinty’s books in order of when they were first published:
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Publication Order of Michael Forsythe Books
| Dead I Well May Be | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dead Yard | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bloomsday Dead | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Lighthouse Trilogy Books
| The Lighthouse Land | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lighthouse War | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lighthouse Keepers | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Detective Sean Duffy Books
| The Cold Cold Ground | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| I Hear the Sirens in the Street | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In the Morning I'll Be Gone | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Gun Street Girl | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rain Dogs | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Detective Up Late | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| God’s Away on Business | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hang on St. Christopher | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| "Godu2019s Away on Business" is a prequel. | ||
Chronological Order of Detective Sean Duffy Books
| God’s Away on Business | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cold Cold Ground | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| I Hear the Sirens in the Street | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In the Morning I'll Be Gone | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Gun Street Girl | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rain Dogs | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Detective Up Late | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hang on St. Christopher | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Orange Rhymes With Everything | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hidden River | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fifty Grand | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Falling Glass | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Deviant | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sun Is God | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Chain | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Island | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Akashic Noir Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
Note: The anthology Belfast Noir was edited with Stuart Neville.
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Adrian McKinty Synopsis: Orange Rhymes with Everything is the debut novel of Adrian McKinty. The novel is the look at Protestants in Northern Ireland from the viewpoint of a teenage girl and an man who may be her father.
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I would strongly recommend is series about a Protestant policeman working in a Catholic district. I loved them, very realistic, but I wasn’t as educated as I thought, couple of words I needed to check. But it added to my enjoyment.