How many books has Claire McGowan written?

Claire McGowan has written 151 books across 6 series. Their published works span from 2002 to 2026.

What is the first book in each Claire McGowan series?

Here are the first books in Claire McGowan's series: Akashic Noir: San Francisco Noir; Anthologies: Off The Record 2 - At The Movies - A Charity Anthology; Paula Maguire: The Lost.

What order should I read Claire McGowan's books?

We recommend reading Claire McGowan's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.

Is Claire McGowan still writing new books?

Yes, Claire McGowan has 2 ongoing series: Akashic Noir, Standalone Novels.

Claire McGowan Reading Order

6 series · 151 books

Literary Fiction Mystery & Thriller Non-Fiction

Claire McGowan is a prolific crime and literary fiction author known for her psychologically complex thrillers that explore dark mysteries and human motivation. Her Paula Maguire series follows a forensic psychologist investigating cold cases in Northern Ireland, establishing McGowan as a master of character-driven crime narratives. Beyond her series work, she has contributed to acclaimed anthologies, written short fiction, and produced non-fiction that reflects her deep engagement with the crime genre and the craft of writing itself.

Akashic Noir Series

Ongoing

121 books (2002–2025)

Start with San Francisco Noir, the first of 121 books in the Akashic Noir series.

Start this series with San Francisco Noir

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#	Title
1	San Francisco Noir 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bronx Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Seattle Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Brooklyn Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Hasidic Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Brooklyn Noir 2 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Chicago Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dublin Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Baltimore Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	D.C. Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	London Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Manhattan Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Miami Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Twin Cities Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Detroit Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Havana Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Los Angeles Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	New Orleans Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Wall Street Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	D.C. Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Istanbul Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Las Vegas Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Manhattan Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Paris Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Queens Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Toronto Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Trinidad Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Boston Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Delhi Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Phoenix Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Portland Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Rome Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	San Francisco Noir 2 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Copenhagen Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Haiti Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Indian Country Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Lone Star Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Los Angeles Noir 2 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Mexico City Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Moscow Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Orange County Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Philadelphia Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Richmond Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Barcelona Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	Cape Cod Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	New Jersey Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Pittsburgh Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	San Diego Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Boston Noir 2 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Kansas City Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Kingston Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Long Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Mumbai Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	St. Petersburg Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	Staten Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	Venice Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	Buffalo Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	Dallas Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	Haiti Noir 2 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	Manila Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
62	USA Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
63	Belfast Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
64	Helsinki Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
65	Prison Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
66	Rio Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
67	Singapore Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
68	Tehran Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
69	Tel Aviv Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
70	Beirut Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
71	Chicago Noir: The Classics 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
72	Marseille Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
73	Memphis Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
74	Providence Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
75	Zagreb Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
76	Brussels Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
77	Mississippi Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
78	New Orleans Noir: The Classics 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
79	Prague Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
80	San Juan Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
81	St. Louis Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
82	Stockholm Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
83	Atlanta Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
84	Buenos Aires Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
85	Montana Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
86	Montreal Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
87	New Haven Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
88	Oakland Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
89	Trinidad Noir: The Classics 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
90	Baghdad Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
91	Berlin Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
92	Hong Kong Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
93	Lagos Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
94	Marrakech Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
95	Santa Cruz Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
96	Sydney Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
97	São Paulo Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
98	Vancouver Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
99	Amsterdam Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
100	Houston Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
101	Milwaukee Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
102	Accra Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
103	Addis Ababa Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
104	Alabama Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
105	Belgrade Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
106	Berkeley Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
107	Columbus Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
108	Miami Noir: The Classics 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
109	Nairobi Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
110	Santa Fe Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
111	Tampa Bay Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
112	Palm Springs Noir 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
113	Denver Noir 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
114	Paris Noir: The Suburbs 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
115	South Central Noir 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
116	Cleveland Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
117	East Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
118	West Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
119	Honolulu Noir 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
120	Hamburg Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
121	Sacramento Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Anthologies Series

Complete

3 books (2012–2024)

Start with Off The Record 2 - At The Movies - A Charity Anthology and read in order.

Start this series with Off The Record 2 - At The Movies - A Charity Anthology

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#	Title
1	Off The Record 2 - At The Movies - A Charity Anthology 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Deadly Pleasures 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Death Comes at Christmas 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Non-Fiction Series

Complete

1 book (2022–2022)

#	Title
1	The Vanishing Triangle 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Paula Maguire Series

Complete

7 books (2013–2018)

Start with The Lost, the first of 7 books in the Paula Maguire series.

Start this series with The Lost

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#	Title
1	The Lost 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Dead Ground 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Controlled Explosions 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Silent Dead 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	A Savage Hunger 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Blood Tide 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Killing House 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Short Stories/Novellas Series

Complete

1 book (2025–2025)

#	Title
1	Her Last Christmas 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Standalone Novels Series

Ongoing

18 books (2012–2026)

Start with The Fall, the first of 18 books in the Standalone Novels series.

Start this series with The Fall

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#	Title
1	The Fall 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Thirty List(As:Eva Woods) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Ex Factor(As:Eva Woods) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	How to Be Happy / Something Like Happy(As:Eva Woods) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Inbetween Days / The Lives We Touch(As:Eva Woods) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Man I Can't Forget(As:Eva Woods) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Other Wife 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	What You Did 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Push 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	I Know You 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Pride & Prejudice on Social Media(With: Sarah Day) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Heartbreak Club(As: Eva Woods) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Are You Awake? 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	You Are Here(As: Eva Woods) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Let Me In 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Truth Truth Lie 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The First Girl 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Other Couple 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Claire McGowan written?: Claire McGowan has written 151 books across 6 series. Their published works span from 2002 to 2026.
What is the first book in each Claire McGowan series?: Here are the first books in Claire McGowan's series: Akashic Noir: San Francisco Noir; Anthologies: Off The Record 2 - At The Movies - A Charity Anthology; Paula Maguire: The Lost.
What order should I read Claire McGowan's books?: We recommend reading Claire McGowan's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
Is Claire McGowan still writing new books?: Yes, Claire McGowan has 2 ongoing series: Akashic Noir, Standalone Novels.

Claire McGowan Reading Order

Akashic Noir Series

Anthologies Series

Non-Fiction Series

Paula Maguire Series

Short Stories/Novellas Series

Standalone Novels Series

Frequently Asked Questions

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