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Notre Dame Books in Order

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Browse the Notre Dame mysteries by Ralph McInerny in reading order, with short summaries of Roger and Philip Knight's investigations around the university.

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Notre Dame books in publication order

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13 books

1

On This Rockne

by Ralph McInerny

1997

A billionaire's proposed memorial to football coach Knute Rockne provokes competing interests at Notre Dame. When a trustee is murdered, investigator Philip Knight and his professor brother Roger examine a case whose motives reach beyond an unhappy marriage.

2

Lack of the Irish

by Ralph McInerny

1998

Religious tensions surround a major Notre Dame football game and a campus theological conference when administrator Hazel Nootin is murdered. Brothers Philip and Roger Knight investigate suspects whose personal problems and hidden loyalties complicate an already contentious university weekend.

3

Irish Tenure

by Ralph McInerny

1999

Two Notre Dame philosophy professors compete for tenure as an unknown Chesterton story emerges from university archives. When one contender is found dead, Roger and Philip Knight investigate the academic rivalries and personal entanglements surrounding her discovery.

4

The Book of Kills

by Ralph McInerny

2000

Escalating campus pranks and accusations about Notre Dame's acquisition of its land prompt the university to seek help from Philip and Roger Knight. When the scholar behind the controversy is murdered, their inquiry becomes a hunt for his killer.

5

Emerald Aisle

by Ralph McInerny

2001

Two former sweethearts clash over a reserved Notre Dame wedding chapel while Roger and Philip Knight investigate stolen rare books in Minneapolis. A death turns overlapping romantic disputes and the missing Newman collection into a more dangerous puzzle.

6

Celt and Pepper

by Ralph McInerny

2002

Notre Dame poet and professor Martin Kilmartin is found dead in his office rather than traveling to Ireland as expected. Roger Knight questions the apparent heart attack, investigating inconsistencies with his brother Phil and uncovering people with motives to harm him.

7

Irish Coffee

by Ralph McInerny

2003

The death of Notre Dame athletics employee Fred Neville initially offers Roger and Philip Knight few suspects. Then two women appear claiming to be his fiancée, revealing romantic complications that change the brothers' understanding of the apparent murder.

8

Green Thumb

by Ralph McInerny

2004

Phil Knight encounters a dying man on Notre Dame's golf course, and an autopsy reveals poisoning. The victim, a university donor attending an informal reunion, leaves Phil and Roger to examine old resentments among classmates and more recent conflicts.

9

Irish Gilt

by Ralph McInerny

2005

Missing letters and a diary concerning Father John Zahm's South American travels draw Roger and Philip Knight into a dispute between Notre Dame alumni. A suspicious death complicates their search as competing plans for the documents expose conflicting interests.

10

The Letter Killeth

by Ralph McInerny

2006

Philip Knight investigates threatening letters sent to Notre Dame administrators during a cold South Bend winter. What seems like a prank becomes more serious when a professor's car burns and a body appears, drawing both Knight brothers into a murder case.

11

Irish Alibi

by Ralph McInerny

2007

As Notre Dame prepares for a football game against Georgia Tech, the university's Civil War connections stir a hostile dispute. Two Southern brothers plan a prank to defend their honor, drawing Roger and Philip Knight into a clash over the past.

12

The Green Revolution

by Ralph McInerny

2008

Notre Dame's struggling football season brings competing demands from alumni and faculty, each with a different vision for the university. Roger and Philip Knight navigate these institutional battles as the dispute becomes entangled with a murder investigation.

13

Sham Rock

by Ralph McInerny

2010

A former Notre Dame student returns to withdraw a donation as a classmate confesses to a decades-old murder. Asked to handle the university's delicate problem, Roger and Philip Knight investigate a disappearance linked to youthful friendship and rivalry.

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