Prayer for the Dead
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  • Published: 28 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9781405917117
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $24.99

Prayer for the Dead

Inspector McLean 5

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EBook
12 Feb 2015
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12 Feb 2015
Paperback
28 Jul 2016
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The fifth title in the bestselling Inspector McLean series from James Oswald, for the first time in hardback

A body is found at the scene of a carefully staged murder. In a sealed chamber deep in the heart of Gilmerton Cove the victim has undergone a macabre ritual of purification.

Inspector Tony McLean knew the dead man, and can't shake the suspicion that there is more to this case thanmeets the eye. The lack of forensics at the crime scene is not the only thing that McLean will find beyond belief.

Teamed with the most unlikely and unwelcome of allies, McLean must track down a killer with the darkest compulsions, who answers only to a higher power.
  • Published: 28 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9781405917117
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the author

James Oswald

James Oswald is the author of the Detective Inspector McLean series of crime novels. Currently there are two available, Natural Causes and The Book of Souls. He has also written an epic fantasy series, The Ballad of Sir Benfroin (under the name J D Oswald) 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.

Also by James Oswald

The Gathering Dark
Inspector McLean Ebook Bundle: Books 1-6
Written in Bones
The Obsidian Throne
The Damage Done
The Broken World
Dead Men's Bones
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Praise for Prayer for the Dead

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

The Herald

Crime fiction's next big thing

The Sunday Telegraph

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

Daily Mail

Fifty Shades of Hay

The Times
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