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Informationen zum Autor James Oswald is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Inspector McLean series of detective mysteries, the DC Constance Fairchild series and, as J D OSWALD, the standalone novel BROKEN GHOSTS. James's first book, NATURAL CAUSES, was shortlisted for the British Book Awards Debut Author Award. His latest book, THE REST IS DEATH, is the fourteenth in the Inspector Mclean series. James farms pedigree Highland cows by day, writes disturbing fiction by night. Klappentext The return of Inspector McLean and the Sunday Times bestselling series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers. PRAISE FOR JAMES OSWALD: 'THE NEW IAN RANKIN' DAILY RECORD 'OSWALD'S WRITING IS A CLASS ABOVE' EXPRESS 'CRIME FICTION'S NEXT BIG THING' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'A MASTER OF THE MACABRE' VASEEM KHAN 'A WONDERFUL, FAST-PACED THRILLER' MICHAEL WOOD Vorwort The gripping new thriller in the Sunday Times -bestselling phenomenon that is the Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers Zusammenfassung The wages of sin is death. The partial collapse of a disused Edinburgh church reveals a dead body in the rubble, his head badly smashed by falling masonry. Soon identified as an old ex-con - Kenny Morgan - his death is put down to a heart attack and deemed non-suspicious. Tony McLean is approached by a notorious crime lord who suggests the police should be looking into Morgan's death more closely. Despite struggling with his recent retirement, he is reluctant to involve himself. But when a second man is found dead in another disused church, his forehead branded with a cross, this time it is clearly murder. There's a killer stalking the streets of Edinburgh. Is it time for McLean to get back to doing what he does best? Praise for James Oswald: 'The new Ian Rankin ' Daily Record ' Creepy , gritty and gruesome ' Sunday Mirror 'Crime fiction's next big thing ' Sunday Telegraph ...
