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Stefan Gillespie Series

9 primary works • 9 total works
Detective Stefan Gillespie in Dublin in the 30s:

Book 1

The City of Shadows
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3.93 · 889 Ratings · 120 Reviews · published 2012 · 13 editions
Dublin 1934: Detective Stefan Gillespie arrests a …

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    Book 2

    The City of Strangers
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    3.98     · 550 Ratings · 55 Reviews · published 2013 · 6 editions
    New York, 1939: A city of hope. A city of opportun…

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    Book 3

    The City in Darkness
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    4.22     · 367 Ratings · 37 Reviews · published 2016 · 7 editions

    Christmas 1939. In Europe the Phoney War hides car…

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    Book 4

    The City of Lies
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    4.12     · 339 Ratings · 29 Reviews · 6 editions
    One of Irish Times' Best Crime Novels of 2017!

    Dubl…

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    Book 5

    The City in Flames
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    4.22     · 236 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 2019 · 6 editions

    1940. A woman lands on the Scottish coast from a G…

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    Book 6

    The City Under Siege
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    4.35     · 218 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 2020 · 5 editions
    1941, and Detective Inspector Stefan Gillespie is …

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    Book 7

    The City Underground
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    4.28     · 134 Ratings · 14 Reviews · 4 editions
    Ireland 1941. A German spy escapes from Mountjoy P…

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    Book 8

    The City of God
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    4.39     · 145 Ratings · 12 Reviews · 5 editions

    1943. Garda Inspector Stefan Gillespie, on a diplo…

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    Book 9

    The Dead City
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    4.30     · 105 Ratings · 10 Reviews · 2 editions
    In this dead city, the vultures are circling...
    Ber…

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