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James has pursued a varied career - from Wine Merchant to International Carriage Driving Course Builder via Call Centre Operative and professional Sheep Shit Sampler (true). He currently lives in a large caravan inside a Dutch Barn in Fife, with three dogs and two cats. He farms Highland cows and Romney sheep by day, writes disturbing fiction by night.
Genres: Mystery
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Series
Inspector McLean Mysteries
1. Natural Causes (2012)
2. The Book of Souls (2012)
3. The Hangman's Song (2014)
4. Dead Men's Bones (2014)
5. Prayer for the Dead (2015)
6. The Damage Done (2016)
7. Written in Bones (2017)
8. The Gathering Dark (2018)
9. Cold as the Grave (2019)
10. Bury Them Deep (2020)
11. What Will Burn (2021)
12. All That Lives (2022)
13. For Our Sins (2024)
14. The Rest is Death (2025)
15. The Violent Hour (2026)
1. Natural Causes (2012)
2. The Book of Souls (2012)
3. The Hangman's Song (2014)
4. Dead Men's Bones (2014)
5. Prayer for the Dead (2015)
6. The Damage Done (2016)
7. Written in Bones (2017)
8. The Gathering Dark (2018)
9. Cold as the Grave (2019)
10. Bury Them Deep (2020)
11. What Will Burn (2021)
12. All That Lives (2022)
13. For Our Sins (2024)
14. The Rest is Death (2025)
15. The Violent Hour (2026)
Books containing stories by James Oswald
Exit Wounds (2019)
Nineteen Tales of Mystery from the Modern Masters of Crime
edited by
Paul Kane and Marie O'Regan
Award nominations
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James Oswald recommends
The Art of a Lie (2025)
Laura Shepherd-Robinson
"The Art of a Lie is an absolute triumph of a book. It captures the feel of eighteenth-century London perfectly, and the dreadful position that women in that society found themselves in. Hannah is a most admirable heroine."
Bad Blood (2025)
Sarah Hornsley
"I thoroughly enjoyed it, a satisfyingly complex twisty and twisted thriller that takes you in all manner of unexpected directions. Sarah draws her characters with great skill and a knack for pacing that would put many a seasoned writer to shame, let alone a debut . . . A plot that delights in defying expectations at every turn."
The Unrecovered (2025)
Richard Strachan
"What a fascinating, unusual and at times harrowing read it was. I loved it . . . a wonderfully mad evocation of the folly of war and its tragedy, made all the more intriguing by the gothic horror of the howling hound and the dark brooding presence of Gallondean Castle."
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