Inspector McLean Series by James Oswald

4.18 · 158 ratings
  • Natural Causes (Inspector McLean #1)
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    Natural Causes (Inspector McLean #1)

    James Oswald

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2012

    Natural Causes is the first novel from James Oswald in the Detective Inspector McLean series.A young girl's mutilated body is discovered in a sealed room. Her remains are carefully arranged, in what seems to have been a cruel and macabre ritual, which appears to have taken place over 60 years ago.For newly appointed Edinburgh Detective Inspector Tony McLean this baffling cold case ought to be a low priority - but he is haunted by the young victim and her grisly death... more

  • The Book of Souls (Inspector McLean #2)
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    The Book of Souls (Inspector McLean #2)

    James Oswald

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2012

    Each year for ten years, a young woman’s body was found in Edinburgh at Christmastime: naked, throat slit, body washed clean. The final victim, Kirsty Summers, was Detective Constable Tony McLean's fiancée. But the Christmas Killer made a mistake, and McLean put an end to the brutal killing spree.It’s now twelve years later. A fellow prisoner has just murdered the incarcerated Christmas Killer. But with the arrival of the festive season comes a body. A young woman: naked, washed, her throat cut... more

  • The Hangman's Song (Inspector McLean #3)
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    The Hangman's Song (Inspector McLean #3)

    James Oswald

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2014

    Book three in the Detective Inspector McLean seriesA young man is found hanging by a rope in his Edinburgh home. A simple, sad suicide, yet Detective Inspector Tony McLean is puzzled by the curious suicide note. A second hanged man and another strange note hint at a sinister pattern.Investigating a brutal prostitution and human trafficking ring, McLean struggles to find time to link the two suicides. But the discovery of a third convinces him of malicious intent... more

  • Dead Men's Bones (Inspector McLean #4)
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    Dead Men's Bones (Inspector McLean #4)

    James Oswald

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2014

    The murder/suicide of a prominent Scottish politician and his family brings Edinburgh-based Detective Inspector Tony McLean out to the countryside to investigate. The powers that be want a quick report and then to have the whole thing buried, but McLean believes there's more to the case than meets the eye... more

  • Prayer for the Dead (Inspector McLean #5)
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    Prayer for the Dead (Inspector McLean #5)

    James Oswald

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2015

    Detective Inspector Tony McLean is on the case when the search for a missing journalist uncovers the scene of a carefully staged murder. In a sealed chamber, deep in the heart of Gilmerton Cove, a mysterious network of caves and passages sprawling beneath Edinburgh, the body is discovered in a seemingly macabre ritual of purification. But McLean knew the dead man and can't shake off the suspicion that there is far more to this case than meets the eye... more

  • The Damage Done: Inspector McLean 6 (Inspector McLean #6)
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    The Damage Done: Inspector McLean 6 (Inspector McLean #6)

    James Oswald

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2016

    No good deed goes unpunished... 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... more

  • Written In Bones (Inspector McLean #7)
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    Written In Bones (Inspector McLean #7)

    James Oswald

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2017

    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? The dead man had led quite a life: a disgraced ex-cop turned criminal kingpin who reinvented himself as a celebrated philanthropist... more

  • The Gathering Dark: Inspector McLean Book 8 (Inspector McLean #8)
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    The Gathering Dark: Inspector McLean Book 8 (Inspector McLean #8)

    James Oswald

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2018

    The gripping new crime thriller in the highly acclaimed Inspector McLean series A truck driver loses control in central Edinburgh, ploughing into a crowded bus stop and spilling his vehicle's toxic load. The consequences are devastating. DI Tony McLean witnesses the carnage. Taking control of the investigation, he soon realises there is much that is deeply amiss - and everyone involved seems to have something to hide... more

  • Cold As The Grave: Inspector McLean Book 9 (Inspector McLean #9)
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    Cold As The Grave: Inspector McLean Book 9 (Inspector McLean #9)

    James Oswald

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2019

    The ninth book in the Sunday Times-bestselling phenomenon that is the Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers . Her lifeless body is hidden in the dark corner of a basement room, a room which seems to have been left untouched for decades. A room which feels as cold as the grave. As a rowdy demonstration makes its slow and vocal way along Edinburgh's Royal Mile, Detective Chief Inspector Tony McLean's team are on stand-by for any trouble... more

  • Bury Them Deep: Inspector McLean Book 10 (Inspector McLean #10)
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    Bury Them Deep: Inspector McLean Book 10 (Inspector McLean #10)

    James Oswald

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2020

    The tenth book in the Sunday Times-bestselling Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers When a member of the Police Scotland team fails to clock-in for work, concern for her whereabouts is immediate... and the discovery of her burnt-out car in remote woodland to the south of Edinburgh sets off a desperate search for the missing woman... more

  • What Will Burn (Inspector McLean #11)
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    What Will Burn (Inspector McLean #11)

    James Oswald

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2021

    The eleventh book in the Sunday Times-bestselling Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers.The charred remains of an elderly woman are discovered in a burned-out game-keepers cottage, hidden away in woodland to the west of Edinburgh. Clearly no accidental fire, Detective Inspector Tony McLean suspects that neither is this simply a grim arson attack... more

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