Michael Koryta / Scott Carson

The second book in the Lincoln Perry Series was released in 2006. It introduces Ed Gadduck who narrates a story to Lincoln Perry, private investigator and his best friend. Ed finds himself on the run from the police for murder and arson; he perishes in a final violent confrontation with the law.

The best place to start is the Lincoln Perry series, the earliest of Michael Koryta / Scott Carson's multi-book series: it opens with Tonight I Said Goodbye (2004) and runs to 4 books across 2004–2009, ending with The Silent Hour (2009). Michael Koryta / Scott Carson's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Michael Koryta / Scott Carson has 80 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2004 and 2026. 58 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being the Lincoln Perry series with 4 books — and 22 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Michael Koryta / Scott Carson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Lincoln Perry (2004–2009, 4 books) and Markus Novak (2015–2018, 3 books).

This guide splits Michael Koryta / Scott Carson's 80 books into 4 named series and 22 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Lincoln Perry (4 books, 2004–2009); Markus Novak (3 books, 2015–2018); Bibliomysteries (40 books, 2012–2022); The MatchUp Collection (11 books, 2017–2019).