Natural Causes: Inspector McLean 1

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The first title in the exciting new Detective Inspector McLean series. A gripping crime thriller set in Edinburgh A young girl's mutilated body is discovered in a sealed room. Her remains are carefully arranged, in what seems to have been a cruel and macabre ritual, which appears to have taken place over 60 years ago. For newly appointed Edinburgh Detective Inspector Tony McLean this baffling cold case ought to be a low priority - but he is haunted by the young victim and her grisly death. Meanwhile, the city is horrified by a series of bloody killings. Deaths for which there appears to be neither rhyme nor reason, and which leave Edinburgh's police at a loss. McLean is convinced that these deaths are somehow connected to the terrible ceremonial killing of the girl, all those years ago. It is an irrational, almost supernatural theory. And one which will lead McLean closer to the heart of a terrifying and ancient evil . . .

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Crime fiction's next big thing * The Sunday Telegraph *
Literary sensation...James' overnight success has drawn comparisons with the meteoric rise of EL James and her Fifty Shades of Grey series * Daily Mail *
Fifty Shades of Hay * The Times *
Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers * Daily Mail *
The new Ian Rankin * Daily Record *
The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish * The Herald *
A star of Scotland's burgeoning crime fiction scene * Daily Record *

Author Bio

James Oswald is the author of the Inspector McLean series of crime novels. The first five, Natural Causes, The Book of Souls, The Hangman's Song, Dead Men's Bones and Prayer for the Dead are available as Penguin paperbacks and ebooks. He has also written an epic fantasy series, The Ballad of Sir Benfro, which is published by Penguin, as well as comic scripts and short stories. In his spare time he runs a 350-acre livestock farm in North East Fife, where he raises pedigree Highland Cattle and New Zealand Romney Sheep.