Dead Men's Bones: Inspector McLean 4

James Oswald

Jul 2014 · Inspector McLean Book 4 · Penguin UK

About this ebook

THE TWISTY FOURTH NOVEL AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, FROM THE GRIPPING INSPECTOR MCLEAN SERIES SET IN EDINBURGH

A family lies slaughtered in an isolated house in North East Fife . . .
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Morag Weatherly and her two young daughters have been shot by husband Andrew, an influential politician, before he turned the gun on himself.

But what would cause a rich, successful man to snap so suddenly?

For Inspector Tony McLean, this apparently simple but high-profile case leads him into a world of power and privilege. And the deeper he digs, the more he realizes he's being manipulated by shadowy factions.

Under pressure to wrap up the case, McLean instead seeks to uncover layers of truth - putting the lives of everyone he cares about at risk . . .
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PRAISE FOR JAMES OSWALD:

'A star of Scotland's burgeoning crime fiction scene' DAILY RECORD

'Crime fiction's next big thing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

'Literary sensation' DAILY MAIL

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

'The new Ian Rankin' DAILY RECORD

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

'Oswald's writing is in a class above most in this genre' DAILY EXPRESS

Ratings and reviews

I can only give this book 3 stars as this didn't have me gripped like the others! I felt that the book wasn't really going anywhere for a very long time and never struggled to put it down like the others. Really hoping his newest book bring back the love inspector McLean !

Not quite as good as the previous books from the series...

Enjoyably odd but bit of a flat ending.

About the author

James Oswald is the author of the Inspector McLean series of crime novels. The first seven, Natural Causes, The Book of Souls, The Hangman's Song, Dead Men's Bones, Prayer for the Dead, The Damage Done and Written in Bones are available as Penguin paperbacks and ebooks. He has also written an epic fantasy series, The Ballad of Sir Benfro, which is published by Penguin, 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.