James Oswald

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  • Bibliography:
    19 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2014
  • Latest Book:
    July 2026
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Full Series List in Order

Inspector McLean

1 - Natural Causes (Mar-2014)
2 - The Book of Souls (Jul-2014)

Books in Order: 19 titles

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  • The Violent Hour

  • The Rest is Death

    The gripping new thriller in the Sunday Times-bestselling phenomenon that is the Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writersA macabre ancient artefact. An innovative biotech company connected to the highest levels of...

  • For Our Sins

    The wages of sin is death.The partial collapse of a disused Edinburgh church reveals a dead body in the rubble, his head badly smashed by falling masonry. Soon identified as an old ex-con - Kenny Morgan - his death is put down to a heart attack and d...

  • All That Lives

    Two victims. Nothing connects them, except that someone buried them in the exact same way.Seven hundred years apart.An archaeological dig at the old South Leith parish kirkyard has turned up a mysterious body dating from around seven hundred years ag...

  • Nowhere to Run

  • What Will Burn

  • The Obsidian Throne

  • Bury Them Deep

    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... a...

  • Nothing to Hide

    The new book in the brilliant Constance Fairchild series, from one of Scotland's foremost crime writers. 'THE NEW IAN RANKIN' Daily Record'OSWALD'S WRITING IS A CLASS ABOVE' ExpressSuspended from duty after her last case ended in the high-profile arr...



  • Cold as the Grave

    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 lef...

  • No Time to Cry

    From one of the UK's biggest crime writers - the man brought you the bestselling Inspector McLean novels - comes a phenomenal new series guaranteed to have your heart in your mouth. Undercover ops are always dangerous, but DC Constance Fairc...

  • The Gathering Dark

    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...

  • Written in Bones

    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 mur...

  • Prayer for the Dead

    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 be...

  • Dead Men's Bones

    The fourth installment in an internationally bestselling mystery series that takes readers into the dark side of Scotland -- where crime and the supernatural collide The investigation of an on-camera murder places Inspector McLean in the path of an a...

  • The Damage Done

    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 h...

  • The Hangman's Song

    The body of a man is found hanging in an empty house. To the Edinburgh police force, this appears to be a simple suicide case. But something about the scene strikes Detective Inspector Tony McLean as off. Days later another body is found hanging from...

  • The Book of Souls

    Inspector McLean - 2

    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,...

  • Natural Causes

    Inspector McLean - 1

    A young girl's mutilated body is discovered in a room that has lain sealed for the last sixty years. Her remains are carefully arranged in what seems to have been a macabre ritual. For newly appointed Edinburgh Detective Inspector Tony McLean, thi...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

James Oswald has published 19 books.

The next book by James Oswald, The Violent Hour, will be published in July 2026.

The first book by James Oswald, Natural Causes, was published in March 2014.

Yes. James Oswald has 1 series.
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