The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 4 books · 2018 to 2022 · Mostly set in Galway

Dervla McTiernan

Crime and mysteryThriller and suspensePolice proceduralLegal thriller

Detective Sergeant Cormac Reilly leaves an elite Dublin unit for Galway, where colleagues distrust him and cold cases reopen. McTiernan is Irish-born and lives in Perth.

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Cormac Reilly

3 books · Set in GalwayPolice procedural
  1. 1The Ruin2018With Cormac ReillyBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Scholar2019With Cormac ReillyBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Good Turn2020With Cormac Reilly and Peter FisherBuy on Amazon

Standalone

1 book · Set in various placesLegal thriller
  1. 1The Murder Rule2022With Hannah RokebyBuy on Amazon

Characters

4 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Galway