Betrayal

From the bestselling author of Ambush comes another edge-of-your-seat thriller

'A pacy thriller guaranteed to get the heart beating'

'Top marks on the "hard to put down" scale'

PAUL CARSON is a doctor and novelist. He lives in Dublin with his wife and two children, where he runs an asthma and allergy clinic for children as well as writing.

Dublin's Harmon Penitentiary is Europe's most dangerous jail. 
 
Dr Frank Ryan is in charge of looking after its inmates. It's a risky job - the last doctor was murdered - but for Ryan it's also an exciting challenge. 
 
Early one morning, Ryan receives a phone call. It's the jail. He's needed right away. Kissing his girlfriend Lisa goodbye, he leaves his high-security apartment and walks straight into an ambush. This may be it for Ryan. 
 
Coming to, Ryan finds himself in what he assumes is a hospital. But something isn't right. Why does his nurse lock the door behind her and why hasn't Lisa come looking for him? Is Ryan now a prisoner? 
 
Overwhelmed by confusing and contradictory evidence, Frank Ryan's investigations lead him to the penitentiary's most secure section, J Wing, and the mysterious inmate incarcerated there...

Ambush

From international bestselling author comes this addictive thriller - one where the doctor doesn't heal, he avenges.

One wintry Dublin morning, a hired killer unleashes a deadly ambush. 
 
His targets: a Government Minister campaigning against drugs and his medical spokesman, Dr Scott Nolan. But the attacks go horribly wrong, and in the bloodbath that follows, Scott's wife Laura is killed by a bullet meant for him. 
 
Fuelled by guilt, grief and revenge, Nolan enters into an uneasy alliance with Laura's brother, Detective Mark Higgins. Together they embark on a highly controversial covert mission to track down the assassin. 
 
But their target is vicious and amoral - are Nolan and Higgins prepared to put their own lives on the line to catch him? 
 
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READERS LOVE PAUL CARSON 
 
'Carson is a great storyteller' 
 
'Paul Carson had me on the edge of my seat' 
 
'I enjoy all Paul Carson's books' 
 
'Carson does not disappoint' 
 
'Paul Carson has never let me down. Never a dull moment.'

'The John Grisham of medical fiction'

Paul Carson is an international bestselling author and medical doctor. He has published fifteen works (seven health books, two children's novels and six thrillers). He is an No.1 Irish Times bestseller and his works have been translated into twenty languages. Paul contributes to a wide range of publications, including The Sunday Times and the Irish Times. He is married and lives in south Dublin where he runs an asthma and allergy clinic for children as well as writing. To find out more visit www.paulcarson.ie

One wintry Dublin morning, a hired killer unleashes a deadly ambush. 
 
His targets: a Government Minister campaigning against drugs and his medical spokesman, Dr Scott Nolan. But the attacks go horribly wrong, and in the bloodbath that follows, Scott's wife Laura is killed by a bullet meant for him. 
 
Fuelled by guilt, grief and revenge, Nolan enters into an uneasy alliance with Laura's brother, Detective Mark Higgins. Together they embark on a highly controversial covert mission to track down the assassin. 
 
But their target is vicious and amoral - are Nolan and Higgins prepared to put their own lives on the line to catch him?

Scalpel

A tense and unputdownable thriller which spent over twenty weeks at No. 1 on the hardback bestseller lists in Ireland

'An undeniably compelling chiller' GQ 
 
'Paul Carson is a name to watch' EVENING HERALD 
 
'A first rate thriller' LONDON MAGAZINE 
 
'This wonderfully tense read gleefully twists and gnaws at the nerves' BIG ISSUE UK 
 
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A TENSE AND UNPUTDOWNABLE THRILLER WHICH SPENT OVER TWENTY WEEKS AT NO. 1 ON THE HARDBACK BESTSELLER LIST IN IRELAND 
 
A killer is on the loose in Dublin's Central Maternity Hospital. 
 
When a young laboratory assistant is found brutally murdered at her bench, the only clue is a blood-stained scalpel. 
 
DS Kate Hamilton suspects the murderer is among the silent hospital staff, desperate to protect their reputations. As she closes in on the killer, she little realises that the hunter has become the hunted. 
 
A newborn baby has gone missing. 
 
In the same week, the child of one of Ireland's top industrialists is kidnapped, born at the Central Maternity Hospital only days before the murder. 
 
Will Hamilton catch the killer before he gets to his next victim? Will the police find the baby before it's too late? 
 
As they race against time, every patient's nightmare is about to come true. 
 
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READERS LOVE PAUL CARSON 
 
'Carson is a great storyteller' 
 
'Paul Carson had me on the edge of my seat' 
 
'I enjoy all Paul Carson's books' 
 
'Carson does not disappoint' 
 
'Paul Carson has never let me down. Never a dull moment.'

A killer is on the loose in Dublin's Central Maternity Hospital. 
 
When a young laboratory assistant is found brutally murdered at her bench, the only clue is a blood-stained scalpel. 
 
DS Kate Hamilton suspects the murderer is among the silent hospital staff, desperate to protect their reputations. As she closes in on the killer, she little realises that the hunter has become the hunted. 
 
A newborn baby has gone missing. 
 
In the same week, the child of one of Ireland's top industrialists is kidnapped, born at the Central Maternity Hospital only days before the murder. 
 
Will Hamilton catch the killer before he gets to his next victim? Will the police find the baby before it's too late? 
 
As they race against time, every patient's nightmare is about to come true.

Final Duty

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER FROM PAUL CARSON - A HEART-STOPPING, ADDICTIVE THRILLER FULL OF CORRUPTION, GREED AND A DEADLY SECRET

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER FROM PAUL CARSON - A HEART-STOPPING, ADDICTIVE THRILLER FULL OF CORRUPTION, GREED AND A DEADLY SECRET 
 
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They murdered his boss, stalked his family and invaded his home. Now they want his life. 
 
When jack Hunt is lured from his native Dublin to Chicago's top hospital, the talented young heart specialist sees a new life ahead for his family. The day he's appointed head of the unit, his own dreams are fulfilled. 
 
But he's promoted into a nightmare. Random street attacks, mindless vandalism, round-the-clock surveillance. Within months Jack Hunt's world collapses. 
 
His fight back sets him on a dangerous mission, uncovering explosive secrets. 
 
But he won't be able to tell the world if his enemies can find him first... 
 
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READERS LOVE PAUL CARSON 
 
'Keeps you guessing right to the end' 
 
'I thoroughly recommend this book' 
 
'Paul Carson had me on the edge of my seat' 
 
'Carson does not disappoint' 
 
'Paul Carson has never let me down. Never a dull moment.' 
 
 
 
 
No.1 Irish Times bestseller in 2000.

Written with tremendous pace... Final Duty is a first-class thriller

They murdered his boss, stalked his family and invaded his home. Now they want his life. 
 
When jack Hunt is lured from his native Dublin to Chicago's top hospital, the talented young heart specialist sees a new life ahead for his family. The day he's appointed head of the unit, his own dreams are fulfilled. 
 
But he's promoted into a nightmare. Random street attacks, mindless vandalism, round-the-clock surveillance. Within months Jack Hunt's world collapses. 
 
His fight back sets him on a dangerous mission, uncovering explosive secrets. 
 
But he won't be able to tell the world if his enemies can find him first...

Cold Steel

The second thrilling novel from internationally bestselling crime author Paul Carson

'A first class thriller' SUNDAY TRIBUNE 
 
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The body of a teenage girl is found in a Dublin park. 
 
She has been brutually stabbed to death. For Dublin's police and politicians, the nightmare is just beginning. The dead girl is the daughter of a high-profile American surgeon who heads the Mercy Hospital's new Heart Foundation. 
 
When DS Jim Clarke and his team pick up the trail of a suspect, the pressure is on to close in quickly. America is baying for justice. But do they have the right man? 
 
Meanwhile, at the Mercy Hospital Frank Clancy, consultant haematologist, is concerned about two unusual deaths. But when he decides to take a closer look, things take a turn for the worst 
 
And his life is placed in danger... 
 
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READERS LOVE PAUL CARSON 
 
'Carson is a great storyteller' 
 
'Paul Carson had me on the edge of my seat' 
 
'I enjoy all Paul Carson's books' 
 
'Carson does not disappoint' 
 
'Paul Carson has never let me down. Never a dull moment.'

'A first class thriller' SUNDAY TRIBUNE 
 
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The body of a teenage girl is found in a Dublin park. 
 
She has been brutually stabbed to death. For Dublin's police and politicians, the nightmare is just beginning. The dead girl is the daughter of a high-profile American surgeon who heads the Mercy Hospital's new Heart Foundation. 
 
When DS Jim Clarke and his team pick up the trail of a suspect, the pressure is on to close in quickly. America is baying for justice. But do they have the right man? 
 
Meanwhile, at the Mercy Hospital Frank Clancy, consultant haematologist, is concerned about two unusual deaths. But when he decides to take a closer look, things take a turn for the worst 
 
And his life is placed in danger...

Paul Carson

The compelling new novel from the No.1 Irish bestselling author of Betrayal. Perfect for fans of Kathy Reichs, M R Hall and Benjamin Black. 
 
Dr Mike Wilson is a pathologist with a troubled past and a naturally suspicious mind. As the new Dublin city coroner, he is used to investigating violent, unusual or unexplained deaths. But one case worries Mike. A lot. 
 
Patrick Dowling was found hanging in woodland late the previous year. The investigation ended the moment the autopsy result was announced. Suicide. Dowling had been a drug addict with poor life expectancy. Case closed. Then Mike discovers that Dowling’s file was on a previous coroner’s desk. A man who was shot dead by an unknown gunman. Coincidence? Mike doesn’t think so. 
 
But as Mike digs deeper, his life comes under threat. Then he and his family are attacked. 
 
Just how far is he prepared to go to uncover the truth?

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