Inspector McLean

Natural Causes is the first novel in the Detective Inspector McLean series, from Sunday Times best-selling author James Oswald. 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...

The Book of Souls is James Oswald's second electrifying thriller in the Detective Inspector McLean series. Every year for ten years, a young woman's body was found in Edinburgh at Christmas time: naked, throat slit, body washed clean. Ten years, ten women. The final victim, Kirsty Summers, was...

The Hangman's Song is the thrilling third novel in James Oswald's Inspector McLean series set in Edinburgh. Look out for the fourth instalment in the bestselling Inspector McLean series, Dead Men's Bones, available for pre-order from Penguin. A young man is found hanging by a rope in his...

Penguin presents the new unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Dead Men's Bones, the new gripping thriller from James Oswald. 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...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Sunday Times bestseller Prayer for the Dead, from the bestselling Inspector McLean series by Sunday Times bestselling author James Oswald, read by Ian Hanmore. 'Are you ready to be reborn?' The search for a missing journalist is...

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...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Written in Bones by James Oswald, read by Ian Hanmore. The roots of murder run deep... 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...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Gathering Dark by James Oswald, read by Ian Hanmore. A truck driver loses control in central Edinburgh, ploughing into a crowded bus stop and spilling his vehicle's toxic load. The consequences are devastating. DI Tony McLean witnesses the carnage...

Her lifeless body is hidden in the dark corner of a basement room, a room which seems to have been left untouched for decades. A room which feels as cold as the grave. 'Thrilling right to the end' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW 'Hats off to James Oswald' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW 'One...

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'...

The eleventh book in the Sunday Times-bestselling Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers. The charred remains of an elderly woman are discovered in a burned-out game-keepers cottage, hidden away in woodland to the west of Edinburgh. Clearly no accidental...

Two victims. Nothing connects them, except that someone buried them in the exact same way. Seven hundred years apart. 'Oh my goodness, what a rollercoaster of a ride.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW 'Every page draws you in.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW 'Do yourself a favour and read...

The wages of sin is death. The partial collapse of a disused Edinburgh church reveals a dead body in the rubble, his head badly smashed by falling masonry. Soon identified as an old ex-con - Kenny Morgan - his death is put down to a heart attack and deemed non-suspicious. Tony McLean is...

A macabre ancient secret. An innovative biotech company connected to the highest levels of government. And the trail of bloodshed in its wake. 'Finally got my Tony McLean fix' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW 'Darkly gripping' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW 'Do yourself a favour and read...

Festival season. The streets are filled to bursting with tourists, and Edinburgh is gripped by a stifling heatwave. Not the best time for one of the most violent murders the city has witnessed in years. 'Do yourself a favour and read James Oswald's series. I can almost guarantee you won't stop...