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James Oswald is the author of the Inspector McLean series of crime novels. The first seven, Natural Causes, The Book of Souls, The Hangman's Song, Dead Men's Bones, Prayer for the Dead, The Damage Done and Written in Bones 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.
<p><b>Inspector McLean returns in the seventh instalment of James Oswald's gritty, compelling crime series, for his most mysterious murder investigation yet . . . </b><br /><br /><b>The roots of murder run deep . . . </b><br /><br />When a body is found in a tree in The Meadows, Edinburgh's scenic parkland, the forensics suggest the corpse has fallen from a great height. <br /><br />Detective Inspector Tony McLean wonders whether it was an accident, or a murder designed to send a chilling message?</p>
from publisher's description
Unsettling atmosphere, strong sense of place and a canny twist: Oswald easily outstrips the formulaic work of bigger names
The Guardian
This is the seventh gripping instalment in a series that just keeps getting better
Sunday Mirror
The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish
The Herald
Crime fiction's next big thing
The Sunday Telegraph
Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers
Daily Mail
Fifty Shades of Hay
The Times
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
James Oswald is the author of the Inspector McLean series of crime novels. The first seven, Natural Causes, The Book of Souls, The Hangman's Song, Dead Men's Bones, Prayer for the Dead, The Damage Done and Written in Bones 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.