Return to Evil cover art

Return to Evil

A DCI Harry McNeil Crime Thriller, Book 1

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Return to Evil

By: John Carson
Narrated by: Angus King
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £11.99

Buy Now for £11.99

Only £0.99 a month for the first 3 months. Pay £0.99 for the first 3 months, and £8.99/month thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Start my membership

About this listen

A woman is found in a local cemetery, crushed to death under a gravestone. A production company is there, filming the remake of a classic sci-fi TV show on the grounds, making the investigation more difficult for DCI Harry McNeil.

It's his first day in charge of the cold case unit in Edinburgh. After spending four years in Professional Standards, he has little choice but to take the promotion. The Crown Office decides which cold cases should be reviewed, and this time, they've decided the murder of a teenage girl from 20 years ago should be reopened. A girl who was murdered by somebody pushing a gravestone on top of her....

The case gets more complicated when they find out who the latest victim is. Suddenly there are no shortage of suspects. As the filming continues, so does the killing. And McNeil wonders, has a killer been murdering for 20 years? Or is this case completely unconnected? With Frank Miller's help, he's going to find out...the hard way....

©2019 John Carson (P)2022 John Carson Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Fiction Crime Cold Case

Listeners also enjoyed...

 The Turning of Our Bones cover art
Grimm Up North cover art
A Litter of Bones: A Scottish Crime Thriller cover art
Starvation Lake cover art
The Hope That Kills cover art
Deadly Harm cover art
No Man's Land cover art
The Bonnie Dead cover art
A Long Time Dead cover art
Silent Tide cover art
A Nice Place to Die cover art
Hunter's Chase cover art
The Innocent and the Dead cover art
The Engine House: A Black Beacons Murder Mystery cover art
The One That Got Away cover art
Lost Cause cover art
All stars
Most relevant
Angus King is wonderful as ever.
However, the story is so short and compact, with a wide range of characters, which makes it a little hard to follow at times.

The rest of the titles look this short , so although I enjoyed the book, I'm not sure they are value for money. I wonder what else Angus is reading?

compact!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Loved the characters , the narration etc but just felt the suspense thrill was missing . Didn’t really care about he ending

Could be better

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Found a new author to enjoy also the story was not over long but found the ending rather rushed

Enjoyable

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
liked everything story. narrator and looking forward to next one and many more. Angus King makes it so real

Great story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Loved these books, the storyline, characters and sense of humour. But really wish they were twice as long! Would be 5 stars if they were longer.

Great Characters and Drew me in!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews