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The Damage Done

Inspector McLean 6

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The Damage Done

By: James Oswald
Narrated by: Ian Hanmore
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About this listen

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Damage Done by James Oswald, read by Ian Hanmore.

The sixth book in James Oswald's phenomenal Inspector McLean series set in Edinburgh.

No good deed goes unpunished...

When a police raid in Edinburgh goes horribly wrong, the only silver lining for Inspector Tony McLean is a discovery that could lead to a long-lost girl from his early days on the beat.

Haunted by the mystery of what happened to her, McLean begins to dig into a case he thought long buried.

But the shadows of the past are soon eclipsed by crimes in the present as a series of strange and gruesome deaths shock the city.

As McLean's investigation draws him ever deeper into the upper echelons of Edinburgh society, it will not only be his career on the line - but his life as well...


Praise for James Oswald

'The new Ian Rankin'
Daily Record

'Oswald's writing is in a class above'
Express

'Creepy gritty and gruesome'
Sunday Mirror

 Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense

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Critic reviews

Creepy, gritty and gruesome
Crime fiction's next big thing
The new Ian Rankin
Oswald's writing is in a class above most in this genre
The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish
Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers
Fifty Shades of Hay
Hugely enjoyable
Literary sensation . . . James' overnight success has drawn comparisons with the meteoric rise of E L James and her Fifty Shades of Grey series
All stars
Most relevant
Just love these books, they get better and better and the narrator is superb, a voice I can listen to with ease

Brilliant as usual

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the narrator is brilliant could sit and listen to him all day enjoy these books

loved the latest book in the series

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Listened to this book in four days and thoroughly enjoyed yet another episode of these James Oswald dark classics. All the characters are like old friends well met, Grumpy Bob, even Tony waiting for the postcard from Emma. A new character "call me Stevie". All of them finely drawn and adding to the enjoyment of the novel. Bit of a surprise ending with this one though. Keep them coming Mr Oswald, I love them and Ian Hanmore's performance is second to none.

Another brilliant story

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Really Looking forward to the next in the series. The characters improve with every book.

Best in the series so far.

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What made the experience of listening to The Damage Done the most enjoyable?

So different from other stories by this author

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Damage Done?

Being interviewed by call me ?????

What does Ian Hanmore bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Did narrate the book well. I can listen to this in one hit if I want. Could not do this by reading.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Twins unexpected

Ghoulish stuff

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