<p><b>THE TWISTY FOURTH NOVEL AND <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>BESTSELLER, FROM THE GRIPPING INSPECTOR MCLEAN SERIES SET IN EDINBURGH</b><br><br> <i><b>A family lies slaughtered in an isolated house in North East Fife . . .</b><br></i>____________<br><br> Morag Weatherly and her two young daughters have been shot by husband Andrew, an influential politician, before he turned the gun on himself.<br><br> But what would cause a rich, successful man to snap so suddenly?<br><br> For Inspector Tony McLean, this apparently simple but high-profile case leads him into a world of power and privilege. And the deeper he digs, the more he realizes he's being manipulated by shadowy factions.<br><br> 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 . . .<br>____________<br><b><br><u>PRAISE FOR JAMES OSWALD:</u></b><br> <b><br> 'A star of Scotland's burgeoning crime fiction scene' </b><i>DAILY RECORD<br> </i><b><br> 'Crime fiction's next big thing' </b><i>SUNDAY TELEGRAPH<br><br> </i><b>'Literary sensation' </b><i>DAILY MAIL</i><br><br> <b>'Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers' </b><i>DAILY MAIL<br> </i><b><br> 'The new Ian Rankin' </b><i>DAILY RECORD<br> </i><b><br> 'The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish' </b><i>THE HERALD</i><br> <b><br> 'Oswald's writing is in a class above most in this genre</b>' <i>DAILY EXPRESS</i></p>\n\n<p><b>THE TWISTY FOURTH NOVEL AND <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>BESTSELLER, FROM THE GRIPPING INSPECTOR MCLEAN SERIES SET IN EDINBURGH</b><br><br> <i><b>A family lies slaughtered in an isolated house in North East Fife . . .</b><br></i>____________<br><br> Morag Weatherly and her two young daughters have been shot by husband Andrew, an influential politician, before he turned the gun on himself.<br><br> But what would cause a rich, successful man to snap so suddenly?<br><br> For Inspector Tony McLean, this apparently simple but high-profile case leads him into a world of power and privilege. And the deeper he digs, the more he realizes he's being manipulated by shadowy factions.<br><br> 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 . . .<br>____________<br><b><br><u>PRAISE FOR JAMES OSWALD:</u></b><br> <b><br> 'A star of Scotland's burgeoning crime fiction scene' </b><i>DAILY RECORD<br> </i><b><br> 'Crime fiction's next big thing' </b><i>SUNDAY TELEGRAPH<br><br> </i><b>'Literary sensation' </b><i>DAILY MAIL</i><br><br> <b>'Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers' </b><i>DAILY MAIL<br> </i><b><br> 'The new Ian Rankin' </b><i>DAILY RECORD<br> </i><b><br> 'The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish' </b><i>THE HERALD</i><br> <b><br> 'Oswald's writing is in a class above most in this genre</b>' <i>DAILY EXPRESS</i></p>