James Oswald

37 books • 7 series

James Oswald is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Inspector McLean series of detective mysteries, as well as the new DC Constance Fairchild series. James's first two books, NATURAL CAUSES and THE BOOK OF SOULS, were both short-listed for the prestigious CWA Debut Dagger Award. ALL THAT LIVES is the twelfth book in the Inspector Mclean Series.

James farms Highland cows and Romney sheep by day, writes disturbing fiction by night.
Mar 27, 2025
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The Rest is Death (Inspector McLean)

Feb 15, 2024
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For Our Sins (Inspector McLean)

Feb 17, 2022
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All That Lives (Inspector McLean)

Feb 18, 2021
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What Will Burn (Inspector McLean)

Feb 20, 2020
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Bury Them Deep (Inspector McLean)

Jul 25, 2019
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Nothing to Hide (The Constance Fairchild)

Feb 7, 2019
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Cold as the Grave (Inspector McLean)

Jul 26, 2018
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No Time To Cry (The Constance Fairchild)

Apr 24, 2018
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An Appeal to Common Sense in Behalf of Religion. Volume Second. of 2; Volume 2

Apr 17, 2018
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An Appeal to Common Sense in Behalf of Religion. of 2; Volume 2

Apr 17, 2018
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An Appeal to Common Sense in Behalf of Religion. of 2; Volume 1

Jan 25, 2018
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The Gathering Dark (Inspector McLean)

Jun 1, 2017
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Inspector McLean Ebook Bundle: Books 1-6

Feb 23, 2017
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Written in Bones (Inspector McLean)

Feb 2, 2017
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Dead Simple

Feb 25, 2016
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The Damage Done (Inspector McLean)

Feb 12, 2015
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Prayer for the Dead (Inspector McLean) (An Inspector McLean Mystery, #5)

Oct 24, 2014
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#ChooseThePlot

Jul 3, 2014
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Dead Men's Bones (An Inspector McLean Mystery, #4) (Inspector McLean)

Feb 27, 2014
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The Hangman's Song (Detective Inspector MacLean, #3) (Detective Inspector McLean Novels, #3) (Inspector McLean)

Oct 8, 2013
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Natural Causes (Detective Inspector MacLean, #1)

Aug 14, 2012
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The Golden Cage (The Ballad of Sir Benfro, #3)

Jun 21, 2012
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Book of Souls (Detective Inspector MacLean, #2) (Inspector McLean) (Detective Inspector McLean Novels, #2) (An Inspector McLean Mystery, #2)

Apr 9, 2012
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The Rose Cord (The Ballad of Sir Benfro, #2)