James Oswald is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Inspector McLean series of detective mysteries, the DC Constance Fairchild series and, as J D OSWALD, the standalone novel BROKEN GHOSTS. James's first book, NATURAL CAUSES, was shortlisted for the British Book Awards Debut Author Award. THE REST IS DEATH is the fourteenth book in the Inspector Mclean series.

James farms pedigree Highland cows by day, writes disturbing fiction by night.