Dublin Murder Squad Series

by Tana French

A six-book literary crime series in which each novel follows a different detective from the same Dublin murder unit, making the series simultaneously interconnected and readable in any order. The books are known for their psychological depth, unreliable narrators, and a willingness to prioritize character complexity over conventional mystery resolution.

Books in The Dublin Murder Squad series in order:

In the Woods Book cover
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1
In the Woods
Recommended For Ages
18
+

A Dublin detective assigned to a murder case near the site of a childhood tragedy he cannot remember begins to unravel both the case and his own past.

The Likeness Book cover
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2
The Likeness
Recommended For Ages
18
+

A detective goes undercover as a murder victim who shared her exact appearance, moving into the dead woman's house and life to find the killer from within the victim's close-knit household.

Faithful Place Book cover
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3
Faithful Place
Recommended For Ages
18
+

A Dublin detective returns to his working-class childhood neighborhood when a suitcase belonging to the girl who stood him up decades ago turns up, and he must confront his own past.

Broken Harbor Book cover
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4
Broken Harbor
Recommended For Ages
18
+

A Dublin detective investigates a brutal family attack in an abandoned ghost-estate development, uncovering a case that forces him to revisit a devastating event from his own past.

The Secret Place Book cover
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5
The Secret Place
Recommended For Ages
18
+

A year after a boy was found murdered on the grounds of an elite girls' school, a detective follows a new lead back into the world of teenage girls and the complicated loyalties that may have led to the killing.

The Trespasser Book cover
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6
The Trespasser
Recommended For Ages
18
+

A Dublin detective investigating what seems like a domestic murder discovers the case may connect to something far larger and more dangerous than anyone will acknowledge.