ajbuxton65's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
4.25
andrew61's review
4.0
Book 8 in the series find Inspector McLean witnessing and then investigating a lorry full of industrial waste losing control and crashing into Edinburgh pedestrians. As ever with domestic drama, trouble with his bosses, and crimes that seem to multiply whenever he gets involved the story rattles along and whilst I am always sceptical about supernatural elements in crime stories the author deftly combines the genres with skill leading to an ending I really enjoyed. a really good page turner.
wendoxford's review
3.0
James Oswald writes well and plots well, the combination makes for great page turners. I was about 1/3 through this book and kept thinking I had read it before as so many elements were familiar. I wasted too much reading time, googling the skeleton plot to see what I had read that was similar...
By the end I had decided that it was echoes of plot earlier in the Inspector Maclean series that were ringing bells for me...but not entirely sure...
I really love the characters that have developed so well as series progresses and the constant juggling of time, resources & personnel which is often absent so books can focus on strands of one "murder"
Thorn in my side was the supernatural. For me, unnecessary and silly but I just parked my reservations and enjoyed the read.
By the end I had decided that it was echoes of plot earlier in the Inspector Maclean series that were ringing bells for me...but not entirely sure...
I really love the characters that have developed so well as series progresses and the constant juggling of time, resources & personnel which is often absent so books can focus on strands of one "murder"
Thorn in my side was the supernatural. For me, unnecessary and silly but I just parked my reservations and enjoyed the read.
syren1532's review
5.0
Fantastic
This series just gets better and better. Plenty of police procedural but with a touch of supernatural. A great read.
This series just gets better and better. Plenty of police procedural but with a touch of supernatural. A great read.
trekkifulshay's review
2.0
I was into this book until the magic elements entered the mix. I guess that's my own fault for grabbing a book several books into a series but yeah wasn't expecting it and felt it was like this weird subplot that never quite worked. It is well written and the police parts with all the red tape and conflicting workplace personalities were believable.
sparklebox1's review
5.0
Once again absolutely kept me up till late to finish it. Loved every bit, especially Madam Rose!
pollyno9's review
3.0
Bit more corporate crime than I like in my crime fiction, but still a good installment.
fiona_with_the_cats's review
4.0
Another cracker from Oswald. So many unanswered questions at the end. Going to dive straight in to the next one!