Natural Causes
  • Published: 28 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9781405913140
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 464
  • RRP: $26.00

Natural Causes

Inspector McLean 1

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6 Dec 2013
Audiobook
9 May 2013
Paperback
28 Jul 2016
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The first title in the exciting new Detective Inspector McLean series. A gripping crime thriller set in Edinburgh

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 . . .
  • Published: 28 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9781405913140
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 464
  • RRP: $26.00
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About the author

James Oswald

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 (under the name J D Oswald) 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.

Also by James Oswald

Dead Men's Bones
The Gathering Dark
Inspector McLean Ebook Bundle: Books 1-6
Written in Bones
The Obsidian Throne
The Damage Done
The Broken World
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Praise for Natural Causes

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