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Natural Causes: Inspector McLean 1 - Inspector McLean (Paperback)
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Natural Causes: Inspector McLean 1 - Inspector McLean (Paperback)

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Paperback 464 Pages / Published: 09/05/2013
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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 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 . . . Natural Causes is the opening to an electrifying series, for fans of Ian Rankin, Peter James and Stuart McBride. Praise for James Oswald: 'A star of Scotland's burgeoning crime fiction scene' Daily Record '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 good read' The Times 'An excellent start to what promises to be a fine series' Guardian

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781405913140
Number of pages: 464
Weight: 319 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 28 mm

MEDIA REVIEWS
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 *

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“page turner”

I'm always a little put off by media excitement of a new author but James Oswald didn't let me down. Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Altho' a little gruesome in parts for my taste it did not put me off or... More

Paperback edition
31st May 2013
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“Scottish crime solving with a frustrated DI & a hint of the supernatural”

I'd heard good things about this author for both this series and his newer fantasy series, so I'd been keeping an eye out for the books. I knew the author was Scottish and the books were set in and around... More

Paperback edition
16th July 2015
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“An Exciting New Author”

OK- I admit I though "not another gritty Scottish crime novel" and nearly didn't read it, but wow, I'm glad I did.
Featuring DI Anthony McLean and set in Edinburgh ( don't mention Rebus- oh no... More

Paperback edition
7th July 2013
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