James Oswald

Author of crime fiction and fantasy
Crime writer, Novelist, Science fiction / fantasy writer
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James is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Edinburgh-based Inspector McLean series of crime novels. He has also written three novels in the Constance Fairchild series. As J D Oswald, he is the author of the five book epic fantasy series, The Ballad of Sir Benfro and the standalone gothic coming of age tale, Broken Ghosts.

His most recent novel, The Rest Is Death, came out in 2025. The fifteenth instalment in the Inspector McLean series, as yet untitled, will be published in 2026