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Russel D. McLean

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in The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.russeldmcleanbooks.com

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Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Lawrence Block, Ross McDonald, Geo ...more

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August 2008

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Russel McLean has written for Crime Spree Magazine, The Big Thrill (the newsletter of the International Thriller Writers Association), At Central Booking and Crime Scene Scotland. His short fiction has been published in crime fiction magazines worldwide.

The first three novels featuring Dundonian PI J McNee are, THE GOOD SON, THE LOST SISTER and FATHER CONFESSOR.

His early short stories have been collected digitally in the collection, THE DEATH OF RONNIE SWEETS (and other stories).

Russel twitters constantly on @russeldmclean and if you want to go "like" him, his official facebook fanpage can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Russel... ...more

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	The Good Son (J. McNee, #1) 3.22 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ed's Dead 3.70 avg rating — 127 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Sister (J. McNee, #2) 3.47 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mothers of the Disappeared (J. McNee, #4) 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Father Confessor (J. McNee, #3) 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And When I Die 3.64 avg rating — 25 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of Ronnie Sweets by Russel D. McLean (Goodreads Author), Sean Chercover 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cry Uncle (J. McNee, #5) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cry Uncle (J McNee Book 5) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Son and The Lost Sister Omnibus liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 2: by Zoë

May 11, 2013 02:29AM

Hi Russel. Thanks for Friending me here! Saw you lurking in the pix of James Oswald's book launch. Love the new profile pic, btw. Very moody!

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message 1: by Ed

Sep 21, 2008 04:03PM

Hey, Russel, thanks for the invite. Good to see you here. I added THE GOOD SON to my TBR. That noose is deadly. You've got some good titles here like the David Simon book. I guess we better use up our Borders gift card before they go bust, or get bought out.

Best,

Ed