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The Hangman's Song by James Oswald

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Also by James Oswald:

Prayer for the Dead, February 2017
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The Hangman's Song, January 2015
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THE HANGMAN'S SONG
By: James Oswald

Mariner
January 2015
On Sale: January 6, 2015
Featuring: Tony McLean
ISBN: 0544319508
EAN: 9780544319509
Kindle: B00HK3F3OS
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Mystery

The body of a man is found hanging in an empty house. To the Edinburgh police force, this appears to be a simple suicide case. But something about the scene strikes Detective Inspector Tony McLean as off. Days later another body is found hanging from an identical rope, with a noose tied in the identical way. McLean is convinced that these people are either being murdered or somehow coerced into suicide. Then a third body is found.

Under pressure from his superiors to wrap the case up quickly and neatly, McLean must also deal with the fallout of his last big investigation and complications in his personal life. But the deeper he digs, the more he comes to believe that something dark and sinister is stalking Edinburgh's streets. Will he be able to stop it before someone else succumbs to the hangman's song?