L'inspecteur McLeanSéries
Cette série suit un inspecteur de police dans la ville dynamique d'Édimbourg, explorant ses sombres secrets et ses affaires complexes. Chaque épisode dévoile de nouvelles couches de criminalité et de tension psychologique, tandis que le protagoniste affronte ses propres démons. Les livres offrent des enquêtes captivantes et un aperçu perspicace de la nature humaine. Les lecteurs apprécieront les intrigues prenantes et la riche atmosphère du cadre écossais.
Ordre de lecture recommandé
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Pendant dix ans, à Edimbourg, un tueur a fait couler le sang à Noël, en abandonnant le corps d'une femme nue, la gorge tranchée, au bord de l'eau. Dix ans, dix femmes. La dernière était la fiancée d'Anthony McLean. L'inspecteur se bat toujours avec ses démons quand soudain le tonnerre éclate dans son ciel d'orage : le " Tueur de Noël " vient de mourir en prison, et plusieurs femmes sont retrouvées nues, la gorge tranchée. S'agit-il d'un copycat ? La Criminelle aurait-elle arrêté le mauvais coupable ? Empêtré dans plusieurs enquêtes et désormais en conflit ouvert avec son supérieur, McLean doit rouvrir l'affaire la plus difficile de sa carrière, au risque de devenir la proie du passé... Après De mort naturelle, James Oswald nous entraîne, sur fond d'incendie et de lutte de pouvoir, dans une intrigue sanglante et furieuse, au coeur d'une cité gothique où l'étrange n'est jamais loin.
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The Book of Souls, 2
- 448pages
- 16 heures de lecture
The story revolves around Detective Constable Tony McLean, who faces a chilling resurgence of a murder case linked to the notorious Christmas Killer, responsible for a series of brutal killings. Twelve years after McLean believed he had stopped the killer, a new victim is found, echoing the previous murders. As he investigates, doubts arise about the original perpetrator and the possibility of a copycat. McLean is forced to confront his past and unravel the truth before another life is claimed during the festive season.
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The Hangman's Song
- 486pages
- 18 heures de lecture
From crime fiction's next big thing (The Sunday Telegraph), comes the strange and exciting third entry in the Detective Inspector McLean series.
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Dead Men's Bones
- 418pages
- 15 heures de lecture
A family lies slaughtered in an isolated house in North East Fife... Morag Weatherly and her two young daughters have been shot by husband Andrew, an influential politician, before he turned the gun on himself. But what would cause a rich, successful man to snap so suddenly?
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Prayer for the Dead
- 480pages
- 17 heures de lecture
The search for a missing journalist is called off as a body is found at the scene of a carefully staged murder. In a sealed chamber, deep in the heart of Gilmerton Cove, a mysterious network of caves and passages sprawling beneath Edinburgh, the victim has undergone a macabre ritual of purification. Inspector Tony McLean knew the dead man, and can't shake off the suspicion that there is far more to this case than meets the eye. The baffling lack of forensics at the crime scene seems impossible. But it is not the only thing about this case that McLean will find beyond belief. Teamed with the most unlikely and unwelcome of allies, he must track down a killer driven by the darkest compulsions, who will answer only to a higher power.
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The Damage Done
- 454pages
- 16 heures de lecture
When an Edinburgh Police Vice Squad raid goes embarrassingly awry, Inspector Tony McLean is confronted by something he had thought long buried. Haunted by the echoes of an old case, the memories won't fade as McLean struggles to piece together the elusive connections between a series of strange and gruesome deaths shocking the city. The investigation draws him ever deeper into the upper echelons of Edinburgh society. Powerful people who do not take kindly to being asked the wrong questions. McLean never was one to toe the line, and his stubborn refusal to do so brings into play shadowy forces that put not only his career but his life in grave danger. In chasing the monsters of the present, McLean must also confront shadows of the past - but at what cost? Is it too late to undo the damage that has been done?
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When a body is found in a tree in the Meadows, Edinburgh's scenic parkland, the forensics suggest the corpse has fallen from a great height. Detective Inspector Tony McLean wonders whether it was an accident, or a murder designed to send a chilling message?
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The Gathering Dark
- 464pages
- 17 heures de lecture
Krimi. A truck driver loses control in central Edinburgh, ploughing into a crowded bus stop and spilling his vehicle's toxic load. The consequences are devastating. DI Tony McLean witnesses the carnage. Taking control of the investigation, he soon realises there is much that is deeply amiss - and everyone involved seems to have something to hide. But as McLean struggles to uncover who caused the tragedy, a greater crisis develops: the new Chief Superintendent's son is missing, last seen in the area of the crash
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The ninth book in the bestselling phenomenon that is the Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers.Her mummified body is hidden in the dark corner of a basement room, a room which seems to have been left untouched for decades. A room which feels as cold as the grave. As a rowdy demonstration makes its slow and vocal way along Edinburgh's Royal Mile, Detective Chief Inspector Tony McLean's team are on stand-by for any trouble. The newly promoted McLean is distracted, inexplicably drawn to a dead-end mews street... and a door, slightly ajar, which leads to this poor girl's final resting place. But how long has she been there, in her sleep of death? The answers are far from what McLean or anyone else could expect. The truth far more chilling than a simple cold case... The unmissable new thriller in James Oswald's best-selling Inspector McLean series. Praise for James Oswald:'The new Ian Rankin' Daily Record'Creepy, gritty and gruesome' Sunday Mirror'Crime fiction's next big thing' Sunday Telegraph
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Bury Them Deep
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
The tenth book in the Sunday Times-bestselling Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers When a member of the Police Scotland team fails to clock-in for work, concern for her whereabouts is immediate... and the discovery of her burnt-out car in remote woodland to the south of Edinburgh sets off a desperate search for the missing woman. Meanwhile, DCI Tony McLean and the team are preparing for a major anti-corruption operation - one which may raise the ire of more than a few powerful people in the city. Is Anya Renfrew's disappearance a co-incidence or related to the case? McLean's investigations suggest that perhaps that Anya isn't the first woman to have mysteriously vanished in these ancient hills. Once again, McLean can't shake the feeling that there is a far greater evil at work here... Praise for James Oswald: 'The new Ian Rankin' Daily Record 'Creepy, gritty and gruesome' Sunday Mirror 'Crime fiction's next big thing' Sunday Telegraph
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The latest book in the Sunday Times bestselling phenomenon that is the Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers. The charred remains of an elderly woman are discovered in a burned out gamekeepers cottage, hidden away in woodland to the west of Edinburgh. What is at first assumed to be a tragic accident begins to take on a more sinister aspect as Detective Inspector Tony McLean digs deeper. There is far more to the victim than her humble surroundings suggest . . . Praise for James Oswald: 'The new Ian Rankin' Daily Record 'Creepy, gritty and gruesome' Sunday Mirror 'Crime fiction's next big thing' Sunday Telegraph
