Dead Men's Bones

The body of a prominent Scottish MP is discovered outside his home in North East Fife. Unbelievably, Andrew Weatherly has killed his wife and two daughters before turning the gun on himself. What drives someone to commit such an atrocity? Inspector Tony McLean finds himself leading the Investigation.

James Oswald is the author of the Inspector McLean series of crime novels. The first seven, Natural Causes, The Book of Souls, The Hangman's Song, Dead Men's Bones, Prayer for the Dead, The Damage Done and Written in Bones are available as Penguin paperbacks and ebooks. He has also written an epic fantasy series, The Ballad of Sir Benfro, which is published by Penguin, as well as comic scripts and short stories.
In his spare time he runs a 350-acre livestock farm in north-east Fife, where he raises pedigree Highland Cattle and New Zealand Romney sheep.