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Start with Borderlands and continue through all 6 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with Borderlands
Book 1 by Brian McGilloway • Published 2007
The body of teenager Angela Cashell is discovered on the Tyrone Donegal border, wearing a stranger’s gold ring and lying beside an old photograph. Inspector Benedict Devlin’s search for her killer leads from small tow...
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Inspector Devlin reading order
Ends with Blood Ties
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Book 1:Borderlands
Brian McGilloway • 2007
The body of teenager Angela Cashell is discovered on the Tyrone Donegal border, wearing a stranger’s gold ring and lying beside an old photograph. Inspector Benedict Devlin’s search for her killer leads from small tow...
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Book 2:Gallows Lane
Brian McGilloway • 2008
A notorious ex con, James Kerr, returns to Devlin’s patch declaring he has found God, and Devlin is ordered to keep him away from trouble. When a young woman is beaten to death on a building site and then Kerr himself...
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Book 3:Bleed a River Deep
Brian McGilloway • 2009
At the opening of a new gold mine in Donegal, a controversial American politician is attacked and Inspector Devlin is blamed for the security failure. Days later an illegal immigrant is murdered near the border. Follo...
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Book 4:The Rising
Brian McGilloway • 2010
Devlin is called to a burning barn and finds the charred body of a local drug dealer inside. Suspicion falls on a vigilante group calling themselves The Rising, even as the teenage son of one of Devlin’s former collea...
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Book 5:The Nameless Dead
Brian McGilloway • 2012
Inspector Devlin joins a team searching a small island on the River Foyle for one of the Disappeared, a man killed during the Troubles. Instead they uncover the remains of a baby who appears to have been murdered. For...
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Book 6:Blood Ties
Brian McGilloway • 2021
Inspector Benedict Devlin is called to a boarding house where Brooklyn Harris, once jailed for killing his teenage girlfriend, has been stabbed to death. As Devlin uncovers Harris’s pattern of grooming girls online, a...
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Inspector Devlin FAQ
What is the best order to read the Inspector Devlin series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Borderlands.
How many books are in the Inspector Devlin series?
There are 6 books currently listed in the Inspector Devlin series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Inspector Devlin series?
New readers should start with Borderlands, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Inspector Devlin series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2007 to 2021.