Natural Causes

Inspector Mclean #1

James Oswald

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English

MICHAEL JOSEPH
28 July 2016

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Inspector McLean

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...

By: James Oswald
Imprint: MICHAEL JOSEPH
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 317g
ISBN: 9781405913140
ISBN 10: 1405913142
Series: Inspector McLean
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 28 July 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

James Oswald is the author of the Detective Inspector McLean series of crime novels. Currently there are two available, Natural Causes and The Book of Souls. He has also written an epic fantasy series, The Ballad of Sir BenfroIn 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. http://jamesoswald.co.uk/

Reviews for Natural Causes: Inspector Mclean #1

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 *