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The Damage Done
The Damage Done
Oct 31, 2024 5:26 AM

Author:James Oswald

The Damage Done

No good deed goes unpunished...

When a police raid in Edinburgh goes horribly wrong, the only silver lining for Inspector Tony McLean is a discovery that could lead to a long-lost girl from his early days on the beat.

Haunted by the mystery of what happened to her, McLean begins to dig into a case he thought long buried.

But the shadows of the past are soon eclipsed by crimes in the present as a series of strange and gruesome deaths shock the city.

As McLean's investigation draws him ever deeper into the upper echelons of Edinburgh society, it will not only be his career on the line - but his life as well...

Praise for James Oswald

'The new Ian Rankin'

Daily Record

'Oswald's writing is in a class above'

Express

'Creepy gritty and gruesome'

Sunday Mirror

Reviews

Creepy, gritty and gruesome

—— Sunday Mirror

Crime fiction's next big thing

—— The Sunday Telegraph

The new Ian Rankin

—— Daily Record

Oswald's writing is in a class above most in this genre

—— Daily Express

The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish

—— The Herald

Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers

—— Daily Mail

Fifty Shades of Hay

—— The Times

Hugely enjoyable

—— The Mirror

Literary sensation . . . James' overnight success has drawn comparisons with the meteoric rise of E L James and her Fifty Shades of Grey series

—— Daily Mail

Tense, riveting, and timely - The Last One is a conceptually brilliant novel, one you'll race to finish

—— Karen Perry, bestselling author of , Girl Unknown

I shot through this in one sitting. Like Gone Girl . . . It's the most gripping thing I've read for ages

—— Evening Standard

Beautifully written, tense and twisty tale

—— Sunday Mirror

Beautifully written, with just the right balance of teasing the reader with clues and hitting them with revelations

—— Best Crime Fiction of 2015 , Telegraph

A twist-filled page-turner

—— Closer

This is an intense and subtle story with some wonderfully poetic passages and a character driven plot which becomes more compelling as the sense of momentum gathers and the true version of events is slowly revealed. Gripping stuff

—— Sunday Mirror

Gripping, pacy, with characters that keep you guessing and second guessing. Loved it

—— Tammy Cohen

A riveting thriller.

—— woman&home

[A] suspenseful, heart-wrenching debut

—— Publishers Weekly

The new The GIRL ON THE TRAIN.

—— I MAGAZINE

Every chapter poses another question in this gripping thriller documenting every parent’s worst fear

—— Essentials

Twisty, frenetic...tight, effective storytelling

—— Guardian

Compulsive and the denouement comes as a satisfying surprise.

—— The i

a gripping, twisting story in which you're never quite sure of anyone's motives until they're shockingly exposed.

—— Crime Scene

Told in a realistic and un-hysterical way, the twists and turns are all the more shocking - the best white-knuckle ride of the year.

—— Daily Mail
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