Code Red
Doyle is in for the fight of his life...
An assassin is using a nerve agent to take out his targets...
And he has Doyle firmly in his sights...
A former NSA agent who's been selling classified information, is waiting at JFK for his girlfriend and partner in crime, unaware that she's been murdered in Times Square by somebody using a deadly chemical.
Max Doyle and Nathan Kane are called in to help take him down at the airport before he can board his plane to London.
Then the team are called in when a Russian Diplomat and his bodyguards are attacked in Central Park. The same nerve agent used is one thought to be long ago destroyed. Who is using it now? And where did he get it?
Then Doyle finds out that his nemesis is back in New York. A former Delta soldier and military contractor, he last saw Sean Hacker through the scope of a sniper rifle. After a deadly confrontation, Hacker disappeared. Now he's back.
Once again, Hacker hits close to home, but this time, Doyle is going to make sure there's a very different outcome...
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John Carson
John started writing in the early 1990’s, starting with 3 horror novels. In 1997, he then decided to switch to writing crime novels. He started a series with a detective called DCI Justice. He attended a weekend writing course in Edinburgh, with Ian Rankin as the tutor, at the end of 1997. Early in 1998 when the first Justice novel was finished, Ian read the book and gave John a written report on it, encouraging him to write more. After 2 more Justice books, John created DI Frank Miller, and decided to self-publish those books in 2014.
In 2019, John Created and published DCI Harry McNeil. After that success, John found the original notes for his DCI Justice series, and decided to rewrite them, tweaking the original storylines, and changing the character’s name. DCI Justice became DCI Sean Bracken. There are five books in that series.
As well as the detective novels, John published several thrillers. The Max Doyle series, set in New York, and a novel featuring Scott Marshall, also set in New York.
John moved from Edinburgh, Scotland to the Hudson Valley in New York State back in 2006, where he lives with his wife and family. And two dogs. And four cats. Where there’s never a dull moment…
Max Doyle Series
Max Doyle Series consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

