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  • Published: 6 December 2013
  • ISBN: 9781405913157
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 464

Natural Causes

Inspector McLean 1





The first title in the exciting new Detective Inspector McLean crime series, set in Edinburgh

Sixty years ago a young girl was brutally murdered - her internal organs removed and her body mutilated. Until now she lay undiscovered, sealed in an underground chamber.

For the Edinburgh police force the six-decade-old case is not a priority, but Detective Inspector McLean is haunted by the dead girl's ritualistic murder and the six trinkets placed carefully around the body.

As a wave of high-profile and bloody murders hits the city of Edinburgh - each one bearing any uncanny resemblance to the last - the same name begins to reoccur. As McLean digs deeper he must question just how many coincidences there can be, realising that the most irrational answer might be the only one possible...

  • Published: 6 December 2013
  • ISBN: 9781405913157
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 464

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.

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