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Start with Divorcing Jack and continue through all 10 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with Divorcing Jack
Book 1 by Colin Bateman • Published 1995
Set in Belfast during a tense election, Divorcing Jack follows drunken columnist Dan Starkey after a careless kiss leads to murder, blackmail and a political conspiracy. His attempts to save his marriage and his own s...
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Dan Starkey reading order
Ends with The Dead Pass
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Book 1:Divorcing Jack
Colin Bateman • 1995
Set in Belfast during a tense election, Divorcing Jack follows drunken columnist Dan Starkey after a careless kiss leads to murder, blackmail and a political conspiracy. His attempts to save his marriage and his own s...
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Book 2:Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men
Colin Bateman • 1996
Dan Starkey is hired to ghostwrite the life story of Bobby "Fat Boy" McMaster, Ireland's heavyweight boxing champion, ahead of a big fight in New York. When McMaster's wife is kidnapped, Starkey must navigate gangster...
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Book 3:The Turbulent Priests
Colin Bateman • 1999
Dan Starkey is sent by church authorities to a tiny island off the Irish coast to investigate claims that a young girl is the new Messiah. In a dry community full of secrets and simmering resentments, he finds miracle...
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Book 4:Shooting Sean
Colin Bateman • 2001
Dan Starkey is hired by fading movie star Sean O'Toole, who wants to reinvent himself by directing a film about an infamous IRA killer. What should be a cushy job turns deadly as political enemies, old paramilitaries...
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Book 5:The Horse with My Name
Colin Bateman • 2002
Unemployed and separated from his wife, Dan Starkey is asked by failed bookmaker Mark Corkery to investigate racing tycoon Geordie McClean. The deeper he digs into the horse business, the more he uncovers crooked deal...
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Book 6:Driving Big Davie
Colin Bateman • 2004
Dan Starkey heads to Florida with his giant friend Big Davie, who has a spare honeymoon ticket and a broken heart. What starts as a sun soaked road trip turns into a violent quest for revenge that forces Starkey to co...
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Book 7:Belfast Confidential
Colin Bateman • 2005
After his friend Mouse, editor of glossy gossip magazine Belfast Confidential, is murdered, Dan Starkey reluctantly takes over the job. Mouse was compiling a list of the city's fifty most powerful people and Starkey b...
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Book 8:Nine Inches
Colin Bateman • 2013
Shock jock Jack Caramac's four year old son is kidnapped for exactly one hour and returned unharmed, a warning rather than a ransom job. Dan Starkey, now calling himself an upmarket private eye, is hired to find out w...
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Book 9:Fire and Brimstone
Colin Bateman • 2013
A media billionaire's daughter vanishes after a massacre at a Belfast student party, and Dan Starkey is hired to find her. At the same time he is asked to prove that a fiery religious movement is behind an arson attac...
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Book 10:The Dead Pass
Colin Bateman • 2014
Dan Starkey travels to Derry when veteran activist Moira Doherty hires him to track down her missing son Billy, a violent criminal with a drug problem. When Moira's body is later pulled from the river beneath the Peac...
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Dan Starkey FAQ
What is the best order to read the Dan Starkey series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Divorcing Jack.
How many books are in the Dan Starkey series?
There are 10 books currently listed in the Dan Starkey series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Dan Starkey series?
New readers should start with Divorcing Jack, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Dan Starkey series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 1995 to 2014.