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  • Famous Last Words

  • A DCI Harry McNeil Crime Thriller, Book 16
  • By: John Carson
  • Narrated by: Angus King
  • Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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Summary

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...

Famous Last Words is book #16 in the DCI Harry McNeil Scottish crime series.

©2023 John Carson (P)2024 John Carson

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Shame it was so short

I really enjoy this series but felt the book was very short considering the multiple story arcs that were being dealt with.

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Not so sure about this one.

Rather short and felt like a novella rather than the usual more descriptive and suspenseful stories. I’m not sure about the return of the other main character. It feels like a ‘Bobby Ewing’ explanation rather than a real one and their relationship doesn’t seem real - surely he would have blown his top!
Hoping that future stories get back on track.

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