The Galway Murders Books in Order

A missing teenager’s case becomes a murder inquiry as Fiona Madden returns to police work in her home community. A man claiming to be the son she surrendered for adoption creates a parallel personal mystery, while local secrets obstruct the search for justice.

A body found after Clifden’s horse fair has no identification and was moved from the scene of the killing. Fiona Madden and Sean Tracy investigate amid suspicion directed at nearby travelers, working to identify the victim before community tensions overwhelm the case.

A body discovered with a dagger at an ancient Aran Islands fort suggests a killing staged to resemble ritual. Fiona Madden and Sean Tracy must navigate the remote setting and its concealed connections to determine who is exploiting the landscape’s history.

A corpse recovered from a Connemara bog draws Fiona Madden and Sean Tracy into crimes concealed for years. Identifying the victim exposes powerful interests and buried connections, turning their determination to investigate into a threat to both careers and lives.

Several relatives are found murdered in a Connemara cottage, and suspicion centers on a missing family member. Fiona Madden and Sean Tracy investigate links to illicit distilling and organized crime, uncovering a motive whose roots may lie in older family secrets.

Newly promoted Fiona Madden investigates the shooting of a former religious-school worker linked to childhood abuse. Pressure to treat revenge as the obvious explanation competes with emerging alternatives, while an attack on her son pulls her away from a difficult inquiry.

A young woman’s murder in remote South Connemara draws Fiona Madden and Sean Tracy into a possible hate crime. Shifting police hierarchies and family complications add pressure as the victim’s identity reveals tensions beneath the changing community around them.

Human bones found in an abandoned mill offer little evidence for Fiona Madden’s newly assigned team. An unidentified victim and disappearing witness complicate the investigation, requiring careful reconstruction of the past while police reorganization and personal responsibilities compete for attention.

Doubts about a fish-farm manager’s apparent drowning prompt Fiona Madden to investigate what first seemed accidental. The victim’s relationships and workplace reveal links to drugs and financial crime, forcing her and Sean Tracy beneath Connemara’s peaceful surface to uncover the cause.