Frey & McGray Series by Oscar de Muriel

4.03 · 86 ratings
  • The Strings of Murder (Frey & McGray #1)
    #1

    The Strings of Murder (Frey & McGray #1)

    Oscar de Muriel

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings · published 2015

    The brutal slaying of a violinist in his home in 1888 sparks a locked room murder mystery investigated by two diametrically opposed Edinburgh detectives.1888: a violinist is brutally murdered in his Edinburgh home. Fearing a national panic over a copycat Jack the Ripper, Scotland Yard send Inspector Ian Frey. Frey reports to Detective "Nine-Nails" McGray, local legend and exact opposite of the foppish English Inspector... more

  • A Fever of the Blood (Frey & McGray #2)
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    A Fever of the Blood (Frey & McGray #2)

    Oscar de Muriel

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2016

    New Year's Day, 1889.In Edinburgh's lunatic asylum, a patient escapes as a nurse lays dying. Leading the manhunt are legendary local Detective 'Nine-Nails' McGray and Londoner-in-exile Inspector Ian Frey.Before the murder, the suspect was heard in whispered conversation with a fellow patient—a girl who had been mute for years... more

  • A Mask of Shadows (Frey & McGray #3)
    #3

    A Mask of Shadows (Frey & McGray #3)

    Oscar de Muriel

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2017

    Idols of the theatre Henry Irving and Ellen Terry are preparing to stage Macbeth in Edinburgh. But long before the actors hit the boards the play-house is hit with horror; the piercing, desolate wail of a banshee and a bloody message smeared on the street.Legendary Detective 'Nine-Nails' McGray and disgraced London sceptic Inspector Ian Frey are to investigate. While McGray flicks through tattered tomes on the supernatural, Frey is convinced the whole thing is just a publicity stunt... more

  • The Loch of the Dead (Frey & McGray #4)
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    The Loch of the Dead (Frey & McGray #4)

    Oscar de Muriel

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2018

    A CASE FOR FREY & McGRAY The Scottish Highlands, 1889. When a young heir receives a sinister death threat, Inspectors Frey and 'Nine-Nails' McGray answer a desperate plea to offer him protection.The detectives travel north to the remote and misty Loch Maree, site of an ancient burial ground. They must stay with the mysterious Koloman family - any one of whom might be a suspect.But Frey and McGray have little time to get their bearings... more

  • The Darker Arts (Frey & McGray #5)
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    The Darker Arts (Frey & McGray #5)

    Oscar de Muriel

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2019

    Madame Katerina, Detective 'Nine Nails' McGray's most trusted clairvoyant, hosts a séance for three of Edinburgh's wealthiest families.The following morning everyone is found dead, with Madame Katerina being the only survivor. When questioned she alleges a tormented spirit killed the families for revenge.McGray, even though he believes her, must find a rational explanation that holds up in court, else Katerina will be sentenced to death... more

  • The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray #6)
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    The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray #6)

    Oscar de Muriel

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2020

    'Properly creepy and Gothic' IAN RANKIN on the Frey & McGray mysteries... December, 1889. There have been many bad days in Edinburgh police's secret subdivision 'The Commission for the Elucidation of Unsolved Cases Presumably Related to the Odd and Ghostly'. But today is surely the worst.Because the exiled English Inspector Ian Frey, and his Scottish boss 'Nine-Nails' McGray are summoned to a meeting in the middle of the night with the Prime Minister himself... more

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