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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1987
  • Latest Book:
    June 2018
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Full Series List in Order

Nathaniel Wolfe

Victorian Mystery (Aug-2008)
Nathaniel Wolfe and the Bodysnatchers (Aug-2012)

The Promises of Dr. Sigmundus

1 - The Hollow People (Oct-2007)
2 - The Cracked Mirror // The Gallow Glass (May-2008)
3 - The Resurrection Fields (Nov-2009)

Book List in Order: 11 titles



  • Written in the form of stories which capture the many moods of childhood, from the uncertainty and the pain, to the mad jokes and the impossible schemes, this autobiography tells of a young Irish boy growing up in Walthamstow in the 1960s....



  • Three friends set out in search of their identities -- and a link to their past -- in a provocative adventure that builds to a deeply satisfying ending. Jacob awakens inexplicably in a gray, grim place called Locus, where people his age live in do...



  • ON THE SINISTER ISLAND where strict obedience to the laws of the mysterious Dr. Sigmundus holds sway, dreaming will get you locked up and branded a lunatic, a danger to society and to all who know you. In this doomed and repressive place, two teens t...



  • The Cracked Mirror continues its chronicle of a moody, fantastical world in which its teenage hero and heroine must endure more risk, make riskier choices, and sacrifice their very lives in the cause of freedom and self determination. This haunting i...



  • In the first supernatural mystery in the Nathaniel Wolfe series, 12-year-old Nathaniel doesn't believe in spirits -- but he'll soon be forced to change his mind Up there on the stage beside his father was a shadow, a shape, blurred at fir...



  • Beginning where Book 2, The Cracked Mirror, left off, this finale to the Promises of Dr. Sigmundus trilogy takes readers into bizarre realms with fanciful creatures, continuing its signature exploration of the price of freedom and self-determination....



  • It's seven o'clock on a cold, London evening and in a grubby theatre down by the docks, Nathaniel Wolfe watches as his father - the greatest medium in London - takes to the stage. Which of the dead will speak through him tonight? What Nathaniel doesn...



  • Fresh from their weird, wonderful but highly dangerous adventure in Qullipoth, Otto, Juliet and Cornelius are now a part of The Magical Detective Agency - along with the curious, lemon-sherbet eating Maximilian Hawksmoor. But they are about to embark...



  • Nathaniel Wolfe, who has been living quietly with his grandfather in the countryside, is summoned back to London where he must first make a terrifying journey to the Other Side in the second book in the series

    Nathaniel and his grandfather...






  • A visitor calls with a gift and a message from the past in this literary, historical novel. In 1802 Thomas de Quincey, a young man from a comfortable middle-class background who would go on to become one of the most celebrated writers of his day, col...



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    When Otto returns home from school one day to find his mother missing, and then discovers an advert for the Magical Detective Agency, he decides there's nothing for it but to call on their services. In fact, the agency is just one man, a strange char...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Brian Keaney has published 11 books.

Brian Keaney does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Alphabet of Heart's Desire, was published in June 2018.

The first book by Brian Keaney, Don't Hang About, was published in June 1987.

Yes. Brian Keaney has 2 series.