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Dead Men's Bones

Inspector McLean, Book 4

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Dead Men's Bones

By: James Oswald
Narrated by: Ian Hanmore
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Penguin presents the new unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Dead Men's Bones, the new gripping thriller from James Oswald.

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?

For Inspector Tony McLean, this apparently simple but high-profile case leads him into a world of power and privilege. And the deeper he digs, the more he realises he's being manipulated by shadowy factions.

Under pressure to wrap up the case, McLean instead seeks to uncover layers of truth - putting the lives of everyone he cares about at risk . . .

©2014 James Oswald (P)2014 Penguin Audio Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime
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Such a brilliant exciting edge of seat, can't stop listening book. Well written with interesting and very likeable and a few not so likeable. Super

My fave author

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I have listened to the first four books in succession. Truely excellent. Good detective work plus a little weird stuff makes easy listening. The reader is the best I have ever heard in ten years of Audible. Well worth while listening!

Excellent series.

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The events in the story could be explained by natural phenomena but are just strange enough to keep you guessing to the end. it's hard to stop listening.

An intriguing mix of come and the supernatural

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I love these books but the author has an annoying habit of leaving plot hangers.
The previous book has an enormous plot hole of many parts, not the least was my burning question: But what about the cat?
If Mr Oswald needs a proof reader with a good eye for continuity errors, I'm available.

Thank goodness the cat is okay!

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I do love this show and the characters grumpy bob and crew. Think I will read more

Never ending excitement

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The ultimate evil manifests itself in the form of the character Mrs Saifre in this novel. In the real world much evil is perpetrated under the guise of ritual and ceremony but is really just sick fantasies being satisfied, nearly always by rich and powerful people, with much effort being made to cover it up. This is essentially the basis for this story which is very good but could have wrapped up a bit better in the end. Perhaps the door has been left open deliberately for the return of Evil. As always Ian Hanmore makes the characters. I just love the work of this hard to beat duo. Hats off to James Oswald and team for staying with this excellent narrator. Very disappointing when listening to a series and the narrator is changed. Ruins it completely!

Evil to the Max !

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