The dead don't always rest in peace . . . Discover the gripping first thriller in the Inspector McLean seriesF****or fans of Ian Rankin, Peter James and Stuart MacBride'A gripping, captivating page-turner' 5***** READER REVIEW'Murder, malevolence and great detection' 5***** READER REVIEW'Grips you from the very beginning' 5***** READER REVIEW_______Edinburgh is ...

Edinburgh Detective Inspector Tony McLean is drawn into a set of cases separated by six decades, but connected by a macabre and brutal ritual killing in the first entry of the Detective Inspector MacLean mystery series.A young girl's mutilated body is discovered in a room that has lain sealed for the last sixty years. Her remains are carefully arranged in what seems to have been a macabre ritual. For newly appointed Edinburgh Detective Inspector Tony McLean, this ba...

'James just gets better and better . . . One of very few crime novelists who really understands the genre'IMRAN MAHMOOD, author of YOU DON'T KNOW ME'James Oswald has carved out his own unique space in the crime fiction landscape'ROBBIE MORRISON, author of EDGE OF THE GRAVE'He approaches crime like no one else in the genre, and has gone from a promising and unusual voice to a must-read veteran whose books I will recomme...

DISCOVER THE GRIPPING AND ELECTRIFYING THRILLER IN THE DETECTIVE INSPECTOR MCLEAN SERIES'A gripping tale of mystery and intrigue' 5***** Reader Review'Holds your attention and builds towards an excellent climax' 5***** Reader Review'Enthralling . . . you won't be disappointed' 5***** Reader Review________Every year for ten years, a young woman's body was found in Edinburgh at Christmas ...

THE TWISTY FOURTH NOVEL AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, FROM THE GRIPPING INSPECTOR MCLEAN SERIES SET IN EDINBURGHA family lies slaughtered in an isolated house in North East Fife . . .____________Morag Weatherly and her two young daughters have been shot by husband Andrew, an influential politician, before he turned the gun on himself.But what would cause a rich, successful man to snap so suddenly?For ...

Discover the gripping thriller from the author of Richard & Judy pick Natural CausesFrom the Sunday Times bestseller comes an electrifying crime thriller for fans of Ian Rankin, Peter James and Stuart MacBride'Compulsive. So many twists and turns. Chilling' 5***** READER REVIEW'Well written and expertly plotted. The tension came alive'

'I am left with only one regret. That I may have finished it too quickly' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW'As for Tony, well he's his usual maverick self . . . and he has a new cat' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW'Revisiting Tony McLean is always a good read, but this is absolutely the top of the pile' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEWThe charred remains of an elderly woman are discovered in a burned out gamekeepers cottage, hidden away in wo...

A BURNT-OUT CAR | A VANISHED BODY | CORRUPTION IN THE RANKS'Best Scottish crime writer' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW'The further into this series I delve, the more I love it' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW'I've enjoyed all of Oswald's books and this is up there with the best of them' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEWWhen a member of the Police Scotland team fails to clock-in for work, concern for her whereabouts ...

Sunday Times bestseller Prayer for the Dead is the fifth novel in the bestselling Inspector McLean series by author James Oswald.'The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish' The Herald***'Are you ready to be reborn?'The search for a missing journalist is called off as a body is found at the scene of a carefully staged murder.In a sealed chamber, deep in the heart o...

From one of the UK's biggest crime writers - the man brought you the bestselling Inspector McLean novels - comes a phenomenal new series guaranteed to have your heart in your mouth.Undercover ops are always dangerous, but DC Constance Fairchild never expected things to go this wrong.Returning to their base of operations, an anonymous office in a shabby neighbourhood, she finds the bloodied body of her boss, and friend, DI Pete Copperthwaite...

When an Edinburgh serial killer is murdered in prison, his deadly legacy lives on to claim more victims in this "engrossing" Scottish detective mystery ( Publishers Weekly).For ten years, a gruesome Christmastime tradition terrorized Edinburgh. Each year as the holiday approached, a young woman's body was found—naked, throat slit, body washed clean. The final victim, Kirsty Summers, was Detective Constable Tony McLean's fiancée. But the Christmas Killer ma...

An Edinburgh detective suspects a rash of apparent suicides is something more sinister in this Scottish mystery thriller by the author of Book of Souls.The body of a man is found hanging in an empty house. To the Edinburgh police force, this is a simple suicide case. But something about the scene strikes Detective Inspector Tony McLean as being off. Days later another body is found hanging from an identical rope, with a noose tied in the identical way. McL...