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The Book of Souls

An Inspector McLean Novel, Book 2

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The Book of Souls

By: James Oswald
Narrated by: Ian Hanmore
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Book of Souls by James Oswald, read by the actor Ian Hanmore.

Every year for 10 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 fiancée. But the Christmas Killer made a mistake and McLean put an end to the brutal killing spree.

Twelve years later, and a fellow prisoner has murdered the Christmas Killer. But with the festive season comes a body; naked, washed, her throat cut. Is this a copycat killer? Was the wrong man behind bars all this time? Or is there a more sinister explanation? McLean must revisit his most disturbing case and discover what he missed before the killer strikes again....

©2013 James Oswald (P)2013 Penguin Audio Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Thriller Scary Christmas Winter
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great follow on from the last and great narration. good characters and plot with enough twists and turns.

grippingly good

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Ian Hanmore has the skill to bring you into the story. I found I was making time to listen to the series Snd eagerly waiting for the next book. James Oswald has great writing talent and combines the odd with the true very well

Love these books

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may have been me but found this book a bit slower to get into... had to keep replaying first few chapters to get clarity... once warmed up really enjoyed. worth persevering ... interested to start on book 3.

enjoyed after muddy start

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It's quite refreshing to come across something slightly different to the numerous other Scottish detective series. Really starting to get into this series.

Really getting into this series

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I just love James Oswald's writing style and the rich and realistic characters he's created. Ian Hanmore's narration is simply superb. His ability to change his voice to suit each character is amazing which makes the enjoyment of the story so much greater. What a great writer / narration team. Thank you both for hours of enjoyment.

Fabulous Second Book with a Supernatural Element !

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Thoroughly enjoyable but perhaps the ending is a little too contrived and trite.

The narrator is a marvel and overalll the narrative is engrossing but too many loose ends and unlikely outcomes at the end. I realise characters are to remain to continue the dramatic interplay but a GOT ending with main protagonists snuffing it would be better, Dagwood for starters.

Very good.

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Thoroughly enjoyed the story. Good plot with
a hint of supernatural mystery. Believable characters. Very impressed with the narrator. What a pleasure to listen to a book read SO well! Will definitely look out for books read by this narrator again. I fully intend to listen to all of the series now.

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