Prayer for the Dead: Inspector McLean 5 - Hardcover

Oswald, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718180194 ISBN 13: 9780718180195

Publisher: Penguin

Synopsis

The search for a missing journalist is called off as a body is found at 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 victim has undergone a macabre ritual of purification. Inspector Tony McLean knew the dead man, and can't shake off the suspicion that there is far more to this case than meets the eye. The baffling lack of forensics at the crime scene seems impossible. But it is not the only thing about this case that McLean will find beyond belief. Teamed with the most unlikely and unwelcome of allies, he must track down a killer driven by the darkest compulsions, who will answer only to a higher power...'Are you ready for the mysteries to be revealed?

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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.

Review

The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish * The Herald * Crime fiction's next big thing * The Sunday Telegraph * Literary sensation . . . James' overnight success has drawn comparisons with the meteoric rise of E L James and her Fifty Shades of Grey series * Daily Mail * Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers * Daily Mail * Fifty Shades of Hay * The Times *

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718180194
• ISBN 13: 9780718180195
• Binding: Hardcover