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  • Bibliography:
    17 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 1993
  • Latest Book:
    April 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Brandon Blake Crime Novel

1 - Port City Shakedown (Jun-2009)
2 - Port City Black and White (Sep-2011)

A Brandon Blake Mystery

1 - Port City Crossfire (Aug-2019)
2 - Port City Rat Trap (Apr-2023)

A Jack McMorrow Mystery

1 - Deadline (Nov-1993)
2 - Bloodline (Apr-1995)
3 - Lifeline (Jul-1996)
4 - Potshot (Apr-1997)
5 - Borderline (Mar-1998)
6 - Cover Story (Jan-2000)
7 - Pretty Dead (Dec-2003)
8 - Home Body (Jun-2004)
9 - Damaged Goods (May-2010)
10 - Once Burned (May-2015)
11 - Straw Man (May-2016)
12 - Random Act (Jun-2019)

Book List in Order: 17 titles



  • This is hardworking Maine, poverty Maine, where the local economy of the town of Androscoggin is ruled by the paper mill ... It's where Jack McMorrow, a former New York Times metro reporter has come to take over the local weekly ... When a seemingly ...



  • "THE DIALOGUE HUMS AND CRACKLES...Low-profile free-lance reporter Jack McMorrow sticks his head above the tree line long enough to contract for an article on kids having kids, then homes in on one particular high-school kid: Missy Hewett, a success s...



  • The tendency toward mayhem that follows Jack McMorrow like a shadow finally sends his girlfriend Roxanne fleeing to the relatively stable urban center of Portland, leaving Jack to nurse a sore heart and mull an ultimatum alone in the wilds of Maine. ...



  • "Boyle has a wonderful sense of place--in this case, Maine, where Jack McMorrow has fled to escape the workaholic drive that led him to become a top reporter for the New Yolk Times Now he works as a freelancer, which leads him into places most report...



  • While Jack McMorrow is in Scanesett, Maine, to research a travel article on Benedict Arnold's 1775 march to Quebec, another passenger from the tour bus disappears into the woods and Jack stays behind to find out what happened to the unfortunate man. ...



  • One minute, Mayor John Fiore is standing before a bouquet of microphones, making promises left and right, making friends even faster. The next minute, he's dead -- murdered in a hotel restroom. For Jack McMorrow, a small-town reporter from Maine, it'...



  • Family secrets will get out...And the ramifications get gruesome in Pretty Dead, the seventh Jack McMorrow Mystery. In this widely acclaimed addition to the popular series, veteran reporter Jack McMorrow and his partner Roxanne are sent to investigat...



  • There ain’t no rest for the wicked… In Home Body, the eighth Jack McMorrow Mystery, Jack has reformed his bad boy ways and settled into seeming domestic tranquility with a steady job and a very pregnant Roxane. But the quiet life is short-lived w...



  • This first book in a new series is set in and around the Portland, Maine, waterfront. It introduces Brandon Blake, a loner who lives on his old wooden cruiser. Raised by his alcoholic grandmother after his mother was lost at sea, Blake learned to dep...






  • Jack McMorrow, his social worker wife, Roxanne, and their young daughter, Sophie, become the target of satanist Harland Wilton after Roxanne’s inquiry into child abuse prompts the removal of Harland’s two boys from his custody. At the same time, ...



  • Brandon Blake, the tough and resourceful kid from the Portland waterfront, has made it. He's been hired by the Portland Police Department, partly as payback for stopping a vicious cop killer in PORT CITY SHAKEDOWN. But the newest rookie on the night ...



  • Life is briefly as it should be for Jack McMorrow: He and his wife Roxanne have retreated from the stress and danger of their day jobs to raise their daughter Sophie. But when development and arson threaten the nearby town of Sanctuary, and a crazy a...



  • When worlds collide, few are spared the collateral damage -- least of all crime reporter Jack McMorrow, who has learned the hard way that trouble often blooms in the cracks of human relationships. In this, the latest installment of the popular Jack M...



  • Love is hell...or maybe it's just who we choose to love. After all, how do we really know who anyone is?When Maine's favorite reporter, Jack McMorrow, heads out to the hardware store on a routine chore, little does he know that he's about to witness ...



  • "Port City Crossfire, is both gripping, nonstop action and a deep dive into what happens to a cop when he's involved in a deadly force event. …couldn't put it down." ~Kate Flora, award-winning author of the Joe Burgess police procedural series--Pre...



  • The end is coming . . . and fast. Aging investigative reporter Jack McMorrow is tired and finding it harder and harder to keep faith in a society with seemingly no rules except “don’t get caught.” In Robbed Blind, Jack’s world is turned ups...



  • When a Bank Teller is Found Dead in Portland Harbor, Officer Brandon Blake Defies Orders in Port City Rat Trap, a Brandon Blake Mystery from Gerry Boyle--Present Day, Portland, Maine--Having just returned to duty following the fatal shooting of a tee...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gerry Boyle has published 17 books.

Gerry Boyle does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Port City Rat Trap, was published in April 2023.

The first book by Gerry Boyle, Deadline, was published in November 1993.

Yes. Gerry Boyle has 3 series.