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<p><b>The dead don't always rest in peace . . . Discover the gripping Richard and Judy pick, and first thriller in the bestselling Inspector McLean series<br><br>From the<i> Sunday Times</i> bestseller comes an electrifying crime thriller for fans of Ian Rankin, Peter James and Stuart MacBride</b><br><br>Edinburgh is horrified by a series of bloody killings.<br><br>Deaths for which there appears to be neither rhyme nor reason, and which leave the city's police stumped.<br><br>DI Tony McLean is focused on the investigation, but his attention is drawn by a chilling cold case:<br><i><br>A young girl, ritualistically murdered.<br><br>Her remains hidden for sixty years.</i><br><br>It seems impossible that there could be any connection between the cases, but McLean starts to wonder . . .<br><b><br>Because if it's true, they might be facing an evil beyond anything they ever imagined.</b><br><b><u><br>Praise for James Oswald:<br></u><br>'Crime fiction's next big thing' </b><i>Sunday Telegraph<br></i><b><br>'Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers' </b><i>Daily Mail<br></i><b><br>'The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish'</b><i> Herald<br></i><b><br>'An excellent start to what promises to be a fine series'</b> <i>Guardian<br></i><br><b>'The new Ian Rankin'</b> <i>Daily Record</i></p> <p><b>The dead don't always rest in peace . . . Discover the gripping Richard and Judy pick, and first thriller in the bestselling Inspector McLean series<br><br>From the<i> Sunday Times</i> bestseller comes an electrifying crime thriller for fans of Ian Rankin, Peter James and Stuart MacBride</b><br><br>Edinburgh is horrified by a series of bloody killings.<br><br>Deaths for which there appears to be neither rhyme nor reason, and which leave the city's police stumped.<br><br>DI Tony McLean is focused on the investigation, but his attention is drawn by a chilling cold case:<br><i><br>A young girl, ritualistically murdered.<br><br>Her remains hidden for sixty years.</i><br><br>It seems impossible that there could be any connection between the cases, but McLean starts to wonder . . .<br><b><br>Because if it's true, they might be facing an evil beyond anything they ever imagined.</b><br><b><u><br>Praise for James Oswald:<br></u><br>'Crime fiction's next big thing' </b><i>Sunday Telegraph<br></i><b><br>'Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers' </b><i>Daily Mail<br></i><b><br>'The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish'</b><i> Herald<br></i><b><br>'An excellent start to what promises to be a fine series'</b> <i>Guardian<br></i><br><b>'The new Ian Rankin'</b> <i>Daily Record</i></p>