Collins-Burke Mystery Books in Order

Monty Collins takes on an unusually polished client, Father Brennan Burke, after a young woman is murdered and suspicion falls on the priest. To save him, Monty has to dig into a past Burke clearly does not want exposed.

A coded obituary tells Declan Burke that someone from his IRA past wants him dead. Monty Collins follows the threat from New York to old Irish loyalties as gunfire, family tension, and buried secrets turn deadly.

When two men are found shot outside a Halifax bar, Monty Collins doubts the murder-suicide ruling. His hunt for the truth pulls him through the city's nightlife, damaged relationships, and a web of money, drugs, and old grudges.

A German theologian is found nearly decapitated on a Halifax church altar during Vespers. Monty and Father Brennan Burke face a crowded field of suspects, church politics, and a case that reaches from Halifax to Italy.

Showy lawyer Beau Delaney is charged with killing his wife, Peggy. Monty takes the defence, but family secrets, a mysterious child, and strains inside his own circle make the case far messier than it first appears.

Graffiti at Christy Burke's Dublin pub warns there is a killer on the premises, and soon a body appears. Brennan, Monty, and Michael O'Flaherty uncover dangerous secrets while violence in Northern Ireland closes in.

After a young woman claims the Virgin Mary appeared in Father Burke's churchyard, pilgrims and reporters flood Halifax. Then a body is found, Monty defends a combative talk show host, and both men are blocked by secrets they cannot share.

In this prequel set in 1989, Brennan races from New York to London and Ireland after his sister is arrested and his cousin is charged with murder. Family history, surveillance, and the Troubles turn a legal crisis into something much larger.

Twelve-year-old Bonnie MacDonald vanishes after a family party in Cape Breton. As Monty helps the famous musical Clan Donnie and Normie draws closer to the family, long-buried darkness begins to surface.

In 1995 Belfast, a ceasefire promises change, but old loyalties refuse to stay buried. Monty and Brennan get pulled into unsolved bombings, political tension, and separate secrets that put them on a collision course.

When Meika Keller, one of Brennan's parishioners, turns up dead on a Halifax beach, Monty argues the accused officer may be innocent while Brennan searches for answers. The case leads from Halifax into Meika's hidden East German past.

In 1970s Dublin, Shay Rynne joins the Garda after his friend Rosaleen's murder goes unsolved. His off-the-books search for the killer soon entangles family loyalty, political unrest, and dangerous links reaching to New York.

Students at Father Brennan Burke's choir school write a play about the Halifax Explosion, then receive threats meant to stop the final act. When a young woman is murdered, Monty, Brennan, and Normie uncover ties between past tragedy and present violence.

Declan Burke returns to Ireland after four decades away, claiming it is simply time to go home. His sons know better, and when Terry disappears, Brennan, Monty, and Shay Rynne are drawn into old IRA business and family truths.