{"product_id":"prayer-for-the-dead","title":"Prayer For The Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003ePrayer for the Dead \u003c\/i\u003eis the fifth novel in the bestselling Inspector McLean series by author James Oswald.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it''s dark, violent, noirish'' \u003ci\u003eThe Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e***\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Are you ready to be reborn?''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The search for a missing journalist is called off as a body is found at the scene of a carefully staged murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In a sealed chamber, deep in the heart of Gilmerton Cove, a mysterious network of caves and passages sprawling beneath Edinburgh, the victim has undergone a macabre ritual of purification.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Inspector Tony McLean knew the dead man, and can''t shake off the suspicion that there is far more to this case than meets the eye. The baffling lack of forensics at the crime scene seems impossible. But it is not the only thing about this case that McLean will find beyond belief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Teamed with the most unlikely and unwelcome of allies, he must track down a killer driven by the darkest compulsions, who will answer only to a higher power...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003e''Are you ready for the mysteries to be revealed?''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for James Oswald:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''A star of Scotland''s burgeoning crime fiction scene'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Record\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Crime fiction''s next big thing'' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Literary sensation . . .James'' overnight success has drawn comparisons with the meteoric rise of E L James and her Fifty Shades of Grey series'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Fifty Shades of Hay'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''The new Ian Rankin'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Record\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''An excellent start to what promises to be a fine series'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Classy, occasionally brutal, and with the odd suggestion of the supernatural, this will doubtless be another deserved hit. Oswald''s writing is in a class above most in this genre'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315226157438,"sku":"NW9781405917117","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781405917117.jpg?v=1778656101","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/prayer-for-the-dead","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}