This series was recommended to me when I was discussing books with someone and said I enjoyed crime fiction (e.g. Mark Billingham & Robert Galbraith) and urban fantasy (e.g. Jim Butcher & Ben Aaronovitch). Boy, were they right!

This is essentially a high quality Scot-cop detective series set in Edinburgh (which a I know fairly well) with a sympathetic central character and great storylines. The cherry on top is the very subtle undercurrent of supernatural shenanigans going on in the background that isn’t acknowledged by the majority of the characters.

I have dabbled with Rebus but wasn’t enamoured but McLean is more interesting and compelling to me. So much so that I have devoured the first three books and don’t see my enthusiasm waning anytime soon. I have recommended it widely and will continue to do so.