The Rest Is Death (Inspector McLean #14) - James Oswald

Category: Crime, Detective
Language: English
Keywords: Inspector Mclean Police Procedurals Scotland UK

Written by James Oswald
Read by Ian Hanmore
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps

A macabre ancient secret. An innovative biotech company connected to the highest levels of government. And the trail of bloodshed in its wake.

Detective Chief Inspector Tony McLean is called to investigate a break-in at Drake BioTech, a trendsetting Edinburgh start-up. It’s well below McLean’s pay grade, but given the extensive political connections of its eccentric owner Nathaniel Drake, he doesn’t have a choice. Even if nothing appears to have been stolen.

A missing person case turns complicated for DI Janie Harrison when a body is found half-buried in woods outside the city. The missing man shows no signs of trauma, the cause of his death a mystery. But when another man - linked to the break-in - is discovered dead in similarly mysterious circumstances, the police suspect there may be some connection between the two.

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