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In Edinburgh, several gruesome murders, a spate of public suicides, a possible demon, a couple interesting women, a string of robberies, an obstructionist superior, and a missing girl are keeping DI McLean awake nights. Or maybe it's that the grandmother who raised him has just died. All in all he has his hands full and I was quite interested to watch this come together.

Market prep and sneaking in pages ... you know, when meaningless annoying things like laundry and meal prep and whatnot can no longer be ignored lol

My #WeekendReading is Natural Causes (tagged); very dark and gruesome, but I‘m enjoying it so far. It‘s hard for me to inhale a book this dark, but I should finish it this weekend. #TartanNoir

Sunset last night! This past week we had a 50F degree day, followed by a night of rain, then sleet, and finally heavy snow for the afternoon/evening, totaling 7 inches. It‘s currently 9F and blowing up a stink out there—coming from the north no less.

@Crazeedi This is another great series that we have read on LibraryThing as a group. I found book 2 and 4 for sale at my library and my paperbackswap has book 3. Maybe your library has Book 1. Let me know if you are interested to read this series.

I picked this book up on a whim and I have found a new author. The story is unlike anything I have read and I will be going back for more

Finally finished! So this #tartannoir is a lot like Nordic Noir minus all the unnecessary sex. Lol! Lots of story and a little long but enjoyable!!! First book finished of #easterectravaganza My goals are to finished 1-3 books this week and get some quality reading time in. 🤗 Thank you again to @robinb for sending this book to me!! 💕💕💕

Lazy Saturday for us and I really want to get this book finished. 🤗

Matty fell asleep in his swing and I‘m taking advantage of his nap to catch up with DI McLean. 😀

Gloomy day. Decided it‘s time to jump into this book from @robinb 😋 Good way to start the weekend!

I received a wonderful surprise in the mail yesterday from sweet @robinb 💕 I decided to tear into it like an chimpanzee 🐵 and squealed with delight when I saw this book and card! I‘ve had this book on my wishlist for a while and I‘m thankful that Robin surprised me with it. Thank you so much, Robin!!! You are so thoughtful! Merry Christmas and hugs from Matty and I to you!

I really enjoyed this story.The 1st book in a series, it‘s like Stuart McBrides Logan McCrae series but with a touch of the supernatural. DI Tony McLean is newly promoted & swimming in open cases when he‘s ordered to a body found in a house that‘s being renovated. The body of a young girl ritually murdered 60yrs ago is found & the murder is proving to have much more recent connections to the deaths of some powerful men. Can‘t wait to get Bk2!

Up next is the 1st book in a series set in Edinburgh. DI McClean is called to his first body after making Inspector. A young girl has been nailed to the floor & all her internal organs removed & put in jars. But it seems it was done at least 60yrs ago, in a ritual supposed to confer immortality on the men involved. When murders start to happen now, McClean is convinced there‘s a connection. Sounds interesting, plus it‘s Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Bk11 in my #LibraryHaul is the first book in a new to me series. Set in Edinburgh, it starts with the discovery of a girls body, walled up in the basement of an old mansion. She had been brutally murdered, her organs removed & placed in jars sixty years ago in an attempted recreation of a ceremony to confer immortality on the men who killed her. DI McLean thinks it connects to a series of suicides & the recent murder of a businessman.

Another book from one of my favourite series is available for 99p today on Amazon. This is the first book in the Inspector McLean Series set in Edinburgh. These have a little bit of a supernatural element in them. Well worth checking out.
Another for our short series list @Cinfhen 😂 You can never have too many series on the go. 😳

Sounds interesting. I am a bit overwhelmed by how many authors there are out there in this genre, and I‘ve not read most of them.

Thoroughly recommend this book, which is book 1 in the excellent DI Tony McLean Series set in Edinburgh. Currently available for 99p in the UK which is a bargain.

Another favorite Scottish mystery writer with a bit of humor and supernatural in his novels. I have read these 4 and he just finished his 8th one. They are Inspector Tony McLean police procedurals. Tony has adopted Mrs. McCutheon‘s cat who personally communicates with Tony at times. Books do have a dark undertone and a touch of evil but are very enjoyable reads that should not be missed.

#jamesoswald #inspectortonymclean #mystery

I read this as a Group Read and as an author new to me, based around a newly promoted detective in Edinburgh. I have to say I think I have found a new and good author who put together an excellent story, with bodies dropping all over the place based on events in the past. It had all the markings of a 4.5 star rating. However the ending with it's supernatural element just let it down a touch for me. I will continue with the series however.

Just started the crime book Natural Causes by James Oswald, set in Edinburgh, for a Group Read. This is an unknown author to me.

I've been in a bit of a reading slump the last couple months. I only read 3 books in November, so I'm trying to be realistic with my goals for December. Hopefully, I can read more than just these, but I'll start here.
#seasonsreadings2016 #wanttoreadindec

Excellent mystery full of twists and turns. Love the juxtaposition of cold case with current murders. Will definitely be reading the rest of the series!