The Rest is Death
- Author James Oswald
- Narrator Ian Hanmore
- Publisher Headline
- Publish Date 27 March 2025
- Run Time 13 hours and 21 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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'Finally got my Tony McLean fix' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW
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Detective Chief Inspector Tony McLean is called to investigate a break-in at Drake BioTech, a trendsetting Edinburgh start-up. It's well below McLean's pay grade, but given the extensive political connections of its eccentric owner Nathaniel Drake, he doesn't have a choice. Even if nothing appears to have been stolen.
A missing person case turns complicated for DI Janie Harrison when a body is found half-buried in woods outside the city. The missing man shows no signs of trauma, the cause of his death a mystery. But when another man - linked to the break-in - is discovered dead in similarly mysterious circumstances, the police suspect there may be some connection between the two.
McLean is convinced the answer lies with the strange ancient artefact clutched in the second dead man's hands. But when the two bodies are stolen from the mortuary, and the artefact goes missing from evidence, the race is on to prevent yet more death.
Praise for James Oswald:
'The new Ian Rankin' Daily Record
'Creepy, gritty and gruesome' Sunday Mirror
'Oswald's writing is in a class above most' Daily Express
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| Author | James Oswald |
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| Narrator | Ian Hanmore |
| Series | The Inspector McLean Series |
| Duration | 13 hours and 21 minutes |
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| ISBN | 9781472298928 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Headline |
| Genre | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Thriller / suspense fiction |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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