For Our Sins (The Inspector McLean Series)

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Inspector McLean himself is an Edinburgh based detective who’s run-ins with evil are far too many, as he immerses himself within the shadowy underworld of the city. With grisly murders and bloodthirsty killers, he’s seen his fair share of monsters in his time. As the series continues, it charts his time analyzing these gruesome cases and is a franchise with plenty of room to carry on expanding into the future. Natural Causes The final victim, Kirsty Summers, was Detective Constable Tony McLean's fiancée. But the Christmas Killer made a mistake. In a cellar under a shop, McLean found a torture chamber and put an end to the brutal killing spree. Twelve years later, and a fellow prisoner has just murdered the incarcerated Christmas Killer. But with the arrival of the festive season comes a body. A young woman: naked, washed, her throat cut.

The search for a missing journalist is called off as a body is found at the scene of a carefully staged murder. Every year for ten years, a young woman's body was found in Edinburgh at Christmas time: naked, throat slit, body washed clean.

Natural Causes

Taking control of the investigation, he soon realises there is much that is deeply amiss - and everyone involved seems to have something to hide. Will the killer reveal themselves this time allowing justice to finally be done, or will they evade capture? Can McLean overcome the terrible trauma after what happened before and cope with the case set out before him? What will become of them all as they learn the truth behind the Book of Souls? The Inspector McLean Series ENTER THE DARKEST CORNERS OF EDINBURGH IN THIS GRITTY, MYSTERIOUS AND SPINE-TINGLING MURDER INVESTIGATION . . . McLean must revisit the most disturbing case of his life and discover what he missed before the killer strikes again . . . 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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James Oswald’s Inspector McLean books in order:

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. A young man is found hanging by a rope in his Edinburgh home. A simple, sad suicide, yet Detective Inspector Tony McLean is puzzled by the curious suicide note.