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Inspector McLean

cover image of Natural Causes by James Oswald

Book One

Natural Causes

Book Two

The Book Of Souls

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Book Three

The Hangman’s Song

Book Four

Dead Men’s Bones

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Book Five

Prayer for the Dead

Book Six

The Damage Done

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Written In Bones by James Oswald

Book Seven

Written in Bones

Book Eight

The Gathering Dark

The Gathering Dark by James Oswald
Cover image for Cold As The Grave, book nine in the Inspector McLean series by James Oswald. Image shows dawn sun through window of ruined stone abbey.

Book Nine

Cold As The Grave

Book Ten

Bury Them Deep

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Book Eleven

What Will Burn

Book Twelve

All That Lives

Cover image for All That Lives, book twelve in the Inspector McLean series by James Oswald. Cover shows an open grave, spade handle poking out of it, orange dawn light filtering in through trees and past headstones in the background
Cover image for novel For Our Sins by James Oswald, book thirteen in the Inspector McLean series.

Book Thirteen

For Our Sins

Book Fourteen

The Rest Is Death

Cover image for The Rest Is Death by James Oswald. A murky forest track leads into mysterious mist.

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