Dublin Murder Squad reading order

A plan for the whole series

6 volumes, 3,137 pages, about 60 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 months.

• From volume 2 on, the number of ratings falls most before volume 3, “Faithful Place” (by 27%). Plan your break after volume 2, before the series plans it for you.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 27, 2027, 13 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 119 habout 4 weeksby November 24, 2026

   • 1. In the Woods2007 · 596 pages · 11 h
   • 2. The Likeness2008 · 466 pages · 9 h
2. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by December 3, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 218 habout 3 weeksby December 27, 2026

   • 3. Faithful Place2010 · 448 pages · 8 h
   • 4. Broken Harbour2012 · 544 pages · 10 h
4. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 31, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 320 habout 4 weeksby January 27, 2027

   • 5. The Secret Place2014 · 560 pages · 10 h
   • 6. The Trespasser2016 · ≈ 523 pages · 10 h
6. The end of the series

   January 27, 2027

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≈ next to a page count: a volume with no page count in our data is counted at this series’s average.

Does the series hold up

Shape of the series: it gets better. Readers scored the opening (7.4) below the ending (7.6). After the first volume you do not yet know how good this series is.

Best volume: The Likeness (7.9, 295 ratings). Weakest: In the Woods (7.4). From volume 2 on, the biggest drop in the number of ratings is between volume 2 and 3: 27%. The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (7.6) scores close to the series average or above it.