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  • Published: 25 February 2016
  • ISBN: 9781405917148
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 484

The Damage Done

Inspector McLean 6




A present-day intrigue reawakens disturbing shadows from the past in this latest Inspector McLean thriller from best-selling author James Oswald

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...

  • Published: 25 February 2016
  • ISBN: 9781405917148
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 484

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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