# The Hangman's Song

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- Book: [The Hangman's Song](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-oswald/the-hangmans-song) ([The Hangman's Song.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-oswald/the-hangmans-song.md))
- Authors: [James Oswald](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-oswald)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0591-319-5
- Published: 2014-02-27
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The body of a man is found hanging in an empty house. To the Edinburgh police force this appears to be a simple suicide case. Days later another body is found. The body is hanging from an identical rope and the noose has been tied using the same knot. Then a third body is found. As Inspector McLean digs deeper he descends into a world where the lines of reality are blurred and where the most irrational answers become the only explanations.