Prayer for the Dead (Inspector McLean #5)
by James Oswald (Goodreads Author)
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The search for a missing journalist is called off as a body is found at 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 beneath Edinburgh, the victim has undergone a macabre ritual of purification.

Inspector Tony McLean knew the dead man, and can't shake off the suspicion that there is far more to this case than meets the eye. The baffling lack of forensics at the crime scene seems impossible. But it is not the only thing about this case that McLean will find beyond belief.

Teamed with the most unlikely and unwelcome of allies, he must track down a killer driven by the darkest compulsions, who will answer only to a higher power.





OK, so I need to put a little something in here for you curious folk out there. Not curious as in odd, of course. Curious as in the dead cat. Mind you, you may be odd. Probably not dead though.

Who am I? What am I? Do you really care? You do? OK then…

I’m the author of the Detective Inspector McLean series of crime novels. Currently there are four available, Natural Causes, The Book of Souls, The Hangman’s Song and the latest Dead Men’s Bones

I’ve also written an epic fantasy series, The Ballad of Sir Benfro. The first three of these are available as ebooks, Dreamwalker, The Rose Cord and The Golden Cage.

In addition to these I’ve written comic scripts, short stories and endless waffling blog posts. You can find most of my musings over at sirbenfro.blogspot.com, whilst my unpublished stories are all to be found at devildog.co.uk.

In my spare time I run a 350 acre livestock farm in North East Fife, where I raise pedigree Highland Cattle and New Zealand Romney Sheep. You can find out more at fliskmillan.com (although at the moment it’s all just pictures.)

And finally, if you were wondering what I look like, why?