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The Rest Is Death (Inspector McLean, #14) was the most recently released book by James Oswald, on March 27th, 2025.
James Oswald Stats: The highest rated book by James Oswald on Book Notification is The Hangman's Song, the 3rd novel in the Inspector McLean series. The second-highest rated book is Dead Men's Bones (Inspector McLean #4).
The most read book by James Oswald on Book Notification is Natural Causes, the first novel in the Inspector McLean series. The second most read book is The Hangman's Song (Inspector McLean #3).
Below is a complete list of James Oswald books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by James Oswald is the Inspector McLean Series.
James Oswald is the author of the Inspector McLean series which currently consists of 14 novels. The Inspector McLean series started in 2012 with the novel Natural Causes. The most recently released novel in the Inspector McLean series was The Rest Is Death which was released in 2025. There are no upcoming novels for the Inspector McLean series.
James Oswald has also written the Ballad of Sir Benfro series which has 5 books including Dreamwalker and The Rose Cord.
James Oswald was nominated for multiple awards including: The Crime Writer's Association Award, Dagger in the Library Award, in 2017, and the Crime Writer's Association Award, Dagger in the Library Award, in 2021.
James Oswald books have been nominated for multiple awards, Natural Causes was nominated for the British Book Awards, Debut Book of the Year, in 2013 as well as the CrimeFest - Sounds of Crime Award in 2014. The Hangman's Song was nominated for the CrimeFest, Sounds of Crime Award, in 2015. Written in Bones was nominated for The Dead Good Reader Award, The Case Closed Award for Best Police Procedural, in 2017.
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