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Frey & McGray Book 3

A Mask of Shadows

A Victorian Mystery Book 2

A Fever of the Blood

The Hunt

Frey & McGray Book 1

The Strings of Murder

Loch of the Dead

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Oscar de Muriel gets better and better

Christopher Fowler, author of the Bryant and May series

I enjoyed this - properly creepy and Gothic

A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery

Fun to read and a fast page-turner . . . love and murder - they go together like strawberries and cream

This entertaining novel combines melodrama with the unhappiness of life backstage

This is wonderful. A brilliant, moving, clever, lyrical book - I loved it. Oscar de Muriel is going to be a name to watch.

The Strings of Murder is one of the best debuts so far this year - a brilliant mix of horror, history, and humour. Genuinely riveting with plenty of twists, this will keep you turning the pages. It's clever, occasionally frightening and superbly written - The Strings Of Murder is everything you need in a mystery thriller.

Frey & McGray Book 4

A woman pleads for the help of Inspectors Frey and 'Nine-Nails' McGray. Her son, illegitimate scion of the Koloman family, has received an anonymous death threat - right after learning he is to inherit the best part of a vast wine-producing estate. 
 
In exchange for their protection, she offers McGray a cure for his sister who has been locked in an insane asylum after brutally murdering their parents: the miraculous waters that spring in a small island in the remote Loch Maree. 
 
The island has long been a sacred burial ground, but the legends around it will turn out to be much darker than McGray could have ever expected.

'A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery' New York Times 
 
 'I enjoyed this - properly creepy and Gothic' Ian Rankin 
 
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A CASE FOR FREY &amp; McGRAY 
 
 The Scottish Highlands, 1889. 
 
 When a young heir receives a sinister death threat, Inspectors Frey and 'Nine-Nails' McGray answer a desperate plea to offer him protection. 
 
 The detectives travel north to the remote and misty Loch Maree, site of an ancient burial ground. They must stay with the mysterious Koloman family - any one of whom might be a suspect. 
 
 But Frey and McGray have little time to get their bearings. Even before they arrive the boy's guardian is brutally murdered, and one thing becomes clear to the two detectives: 
 
 Someone is willing to kill to protect the secrets of Loch Maree. 
 
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Praise for the Frey &amp; McGray series: 
 
 'This is wonderful. A brilliant, moving, clever, lyrical book - I loved it. Oscar de Muriel is going to be a name to watch' Manda Scott 
 
 'Fun to read and a fast page-turner. Love and murder - they go together like strawberries and cream' Independent 
 
 'A brilliant mix of horror, history, and humour. Genuinely riveting with plenty of twists, this will keep you turning the pages. It's clever, occasionally frightening and superbly written ... Everything you need in a mystery thriller' Crime Review 
 
 'Fast-paced, well-researched and thoroughly spellbinding. The mismatched pair is as entertaining as Holmes and Watson at their best' Historical Novel Society

Oscar de Muriel was born in Mexico City and moved to the UK to complete his PhD. He is a chemist, translator and violinist who now lives and works in Manchester. The Loch of the Dead is his fourth novel, following A Mask of Shadows, A Fever of the Blood and The Strings of Murder.

Loch of the Dead

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Oscar de Muriel gets better and better

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I enjoyed this - properly creepy and Gothic

A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery

Fun to read and a fast page-turner . . . love and murder - they go together like strawberries and cream

This entertaining novel combines melodrama with the unhappiness of life backstage

This is wonderful. A brilliant, moving, clever, lyrical book - I loved it. Oscar de Muriel is going to be a name to watch.

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