Christine Mangan books in order

Q: "How many books has Christine Mangan written?"

"Christine Mangan has written three books in one series."

Q: "What was Christine Mangan's first book?"

"Christine Mangan's first book is Tangerine, published in 2018."

Q: "What literary tradition does Christine Mangan work in?"

"Mangan's novels are consistently compared to Patricia Highsmith and Daphne du Maurier: slow-burn psychological suspense that prioritizes atmosphere and obsessive relationships over plot mechanics. Her academic background reinforces this: her PhD from University College Dublin focused on 18th-century Gothic literature, and her fiction applies that interest in psychological dread and Gothic atmosphere to mid-century European settings. Each novel uses a distinctive location — 1950s Tangier, 1966 Venice, early 1960s Europe — as both backdrop and participant in the psychological unraveling at the center of the story."

Standalone Novels

Title	Published	Buy on Amazon
Tangerine	2018	Buy
Palace of the Drowned	2021	Buy
The Continental Affair	2023	Buy

Christine Mangan holds a PhD in English literature from University College Dublin, where her research focused on 18th-century Gothic fiction, and an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Southern Maine. She lives in Detroit. Her debut novel Tangerine sold at auction to HarperCollins for a reported $1.1 million and became a national bestseller, with film rights optioned by George Clooney’s Smokehouse Pictures with Scarlett Johansson attached.

Tangerine (2018) set the tone for everything that followed: a mid-century European location used as psychological landscape, an obsessive female relationship at the center, and a slow accumulation of dread rather than conventional thriller plotting. Palace of the Drowned (2021) took that template to 1966 Venice, using the city’s famous catastrophic flooding as backdrop for a novelist’s breakdown and a young woman’s unsettling admiration. The Continental Affair (2023) expanded the geography to include Granada, Paris, Belgrade, and Istanbul in a chase across early 1960s Europe.

All three novels reward readers who prefer atmosphere and character over action, and each has been described by reviewers as evoking the specific quality of Highsmith’s most celebrated work: the feeling that the real danger is not external but interior.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Christine Mangan written?

Christine Mangan has written three books in one series.

What was Christine Mangan's first book?

Christine Mangan’s first book is Tangerine, published in 2018.

What literary tradition does Christine Mangan work in?

Mangan’s novels are consistently compared to Patricia Highsmith and Daphne du Maurier: slow-burn psychological suspense that prioritizes atmosphere and obsessive relationships over plot mechanics. Her academic background reinforces this: her PhD from University College Dublin focused on 18th-century Gothic literature, and her fiction applies that interest in psychological dread and Gothic atmosphere to mid-century European settings. Each novel uses a distinctive location — 1950s Tangier, 1966 Venice, early 1960s Europe — as both backdrop and participant in the psychological unraveling at the center of the story.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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