Cold as the Grave: Inspector McLean 9

James Oswald

Feb 2019 · Hachette UK

About this eBook

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. The newly promoted McLean is distracted, inexplicably drawn to a dead-end mews street... and a door, slightly ajar, which leads to this poor girl's final resting place.

But how long has she been there, in her sleep of death? The answers are far from what McLean or anyone else could expect. The truth far more chilling than a simple cold case...


Praise for James Oswald:

'The new Ian Rankin' Daily Record

'Creepy, gritty and gruesome' Sunday Mirror

'Crime fiction's next big thing' Sunday Telegraph

Ratings and reviews

Her mummified 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. The newly promoted McLean is distracted, inexplicably drawn to a dead-end mews street... and a door, slightly ajar, which leads to this poor girl's final resting place. Each time I read one of the author’s Mclean books I think it can't be as good as the previous ones & each time it’s as good if not better & this series is now one of my must read series. I love Tony who is now chaffing at the bit to do real police work rather than being kept in the office but Tony being Tony he investigates anyway. The mix of run of the mill police investigation with the hint of the supernatural makes for a different read. I could give lots of superlatives & give hints to the story but all I'll say is this is a first class brilliant read which I highly recommend. My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read

Another amazing book from this brilliant author I hope that there are more book's to look forward to can't wait to read the next installment of Inspector McLean !!!! Thank you.

Another great read

About the author

James Oswald is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Inspector McLean series of detective mysteries, as well as the new DC Constance Fairchild series. James's first two books, NATURAL CAUSES and THE BOOK OF SOULS, were both short-listed for the prestigious CWA Debut Dagger Award. AS COLD AS THE GRAVE is the ninth book in the Inspector Mclean Series.

James farms Highland cows and Romney sheep by day, writes disturbing fiction by night.