James Oswald

Author

James Oswald is a Scottish crime fiction author and farmer whose atmospheric Inspector McLean series has made him one of Scotland's most popular thriller writers. He farms in the Scottish Borders and fits his writing around the demands of livestock and the land — a background that gives his fiction a strong sense of place and a deep... understanding of rural life. Oswald's Inspector McLean series follows Detective Inspector Tony McLean through dark cases in Edinburgh that often blur the line between crime fiction and the supernatural. The series began with Natural Causes, which he self-published before being picked up by Penguin. All That Lives continues the series, delivering the atmospheric Edinburgh settings, complex plotting, and hint of the uncanny that characterise his work. He has also written the Constance Fairchild series under the name J. D. Oswald. His writing combines traditional police procedural plotting with an undertone of Gothic unease. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers gripping Scottish crime fiction that captures Edinburgh's dark beauty and its even darker secrets. Read more Show less