Famous Last Words
He caught him once before. Can he do it again?
With Harry McNeil’s life changed forever, he is thrust back into work when a serial killer dies in prison. Harry helped bring him to justice, but even in death, the man has something to say.
A message is found at the man’s post mortem. A message for Harry.
It isn’t over.
An informant in prison claims that the killer bragged about more victims, but none were ever found. Until now.
But these victims aren’t from the past. They’re from the present.
Just because the mentor is dead, doesn’t mean his spirit doesn’t live on…
And Harry is on the hunt for the protégé who is determined to keep the legacy going…
Meantime, DI Max Hold is having a quiet time since transferring back to his home town in Fife, from the London Met.
Until he gets a call to assist at a unique crime scene - Prince Albert's cairn in the Cairngorm National Park. The body of a young woman has been found at the pyramid, and although the crime scene is being overseen by Grampian Division, Hold is being sent by Fife.
Out of his jurisdiction, some of the other officers think he's out of his league.
But dealing with some of London's finest low life for fifteen years, he doesn't give in easily. And along with a DS who's on temporary assignment, he faces a tough challenge. But soon this becomes one of the toughest cases of his career. And nothing London threw at him will prepare him for the outcome of this case...
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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…
A DCI Harry McNeil Crime Thriller
A DCI Harry McNeil Crime Thriller consists of twenty books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
