Detective Stilwell (Catalina) · Book 2

Ironwood

Published
19 May 2026
Pages
282
ISBN-13
9780316595384
Type
novel
Cover of Ironwood

About this book

Ironwood follows almost exactly a year later, in May 2026, at 282 pages, as a drug-running flight leaves one of Stilwell's deputies dead and crosses his investigation with LAPD's Renee Ballard and the Open-Unsolved Unit.

Key facts about Ironwood

Michael Connelly wrote Ironwood, a novel on our list. It has been out since 19 May 2026. The book has 282 pages.

We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780316595384 to find the main one.

Ironwood is book 2 of 2 in the Detective Stilwell (Catalina) series. The series has 2 published books. However, the series starts with Nightshade (2025). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.

Additionally, Michael Connelly writes Harry Bosch, Jack McEvoy and The Lincoln Lawyer (Mickey Haller), plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our crime and legal thriller shelves. It is also the latest published Michael Connelly book on file.

About Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly is one of the defining American crime novelists of the past three decades, best known for the Harry Bosch series — LAPD detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, a Vietnam veteran and obsessive investigator whose personal code often puts him at odds with department politics. See every Michael Connelly book in order.

Its place in Detective Stilwell (Catalina)

Ironwood is book 2 in the Detective Stilwell (Catalina) series. It follows Nightshade. See the full Detective Stilwell (Catalina) reading order.

Michael Connelly's newest series moves his Los Angeles universe offshore to Catalina Island, 29 miles from the mainland but a world apart from it, where Detective Sergeant Stilwell runs the tiny one-man substation in Avalon. Exiled there after a career setback on the mainland, Stilwell expects a quiet posting of drunk-and-disorderlies and petty theft — until Nightshade (2025) opens with a body wrapped in plastic and weighted down in the harbor, a case that forces him to cross every line of jurisdiction and…

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