Written in Bones
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  • Published: 23 February 2017
  • ISBN: 9781405925303
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 464

Written in Bones

Inspector McLean 7

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23 Feb 2017
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23 Feb 2017
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15 Jul 2017
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The most mysterious murder investigation of DI Tony McLean's career

A body is found in a tree in the Meadows, Edinburgh's beautiful public park. The forensics suggest that the corpse has fallen from a height - but was it an accident or a shocking message?

The dead man had led quite a life - a disgraced ex-cop turned criminal kingpin and, most recently, the head of a celebrated charity.

As McLean investigates, his search takes him from the city's underworld - crossing paths with some of the most dangerous and the most vulnerable people in society - before taking him to the heart of a shadowy conspiracy stretching back years . . .
  • Published: 23 February 2017
  • ISBN: 9781405925303
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 464
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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

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

Inspector McLean returns in the seventh instalment of James Oswald's gritty, compelling crime series, for his most mysterious murder investigation yet . . . 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. Detective Inspector Tony McLean wonders whether it was an accident, or a murder designed to send a chilling message?

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Crime fiction's next big thing

The Sunday Telegraph

Fifty Shades of Hay

The Times

Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers

Daily Mail

The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish

The Herald

This is the seventh gripping instalment in a series that just keeps getting better

Sunday Mirror

Unsettling atmosphere, strong sense of place and a canny twist: Oswald easily outstrips the formulaic work of bigger names

The Guardian