The Book of Souls, 2 Paperback - 2014
by James Oswald
The second electrifying mystery in the Detective Inspector McLean series, from "a star of Scotland's burgeoning crime fiction scene" (Daily Record).
Summary
It’s now twelve years later. A fellow prisoner has just murdered the incarcerated Christmas Killer. But with the arrival of the festive season comes a body. A young woman: naked, washed, her throat cut.
Is this a copycat killer? Was the wrong man behind bars all this time? Or is there a more frightening explanation?
McLean must revisit the most disturbing case of his life and discover what he missed before the killer strikes again . . .
From the rear cover
A Detective Inspector McLean Novel'The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish." The Herald
Each year for ten years, a young woman s body was found in Edinburgh at Christmastime: naked, throat slit, body washed clean. The final victim, Kirsty Summers, was Detective Constable Tony McLean's fiancee. But the Christmas Killer made a mistake, and McLean put an end to the brutal killing spree.
It s now twelve years later. A fellow prisoner has just murdered the incarcerated Christmas Killer. But with the arrival of the festive season comes a body. A young woman: naked, washed, her throat cut.
Is this a copycat killer? Was the wrong man behind bars all this time? Or is there a more frightening explanation?
McLean must revisit the most disturbing case of his life and discover what he missed before the killer strikes again . . .
[AUPHOTO] JAMES OSWALD is the author of the Detective Inspector McLean series of crime novels. A crime writer by night, during the day he runs a 350-acre livestock farm in North East Fife, Scotland, where he raises Highland cattle and sheep."
Details
- Title The Book of Souls, 2
- Author James Oswald
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Paperbacks
- Date 2014-07-01
- ISBN 9780544319493 / 0544319494
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.3 x 1.2 in (19.81 x 13.46 x 3.05 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Police
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014006730
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 06/01/2014, Page 45
- Kirkus Reviews, 06/01/2014, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 05/12/2014, Page 0
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