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TalkBook Discussion : Natural Causes by James Oswald

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1Andrew-theQM
Feb 21, 2017, 5:19 pm

What was your first impression of McLean?

2Sergeirocks
Feb 21, 2017, 5:37 pm

I think he's going to be a straight-up kind of guy. I already like him as a person and respect him as a cop.

3EadieB
Edited: Feb 21, 2017, 5:59 pm


I like the fact that he visits his grandmother all the time. Shows that he has a lot of respect for her.

4Olivermagnus
Feb 21, 2017, 6:20 pm

Initially favorable. He seems to have an interesting personal history that we're going to find out about.

5Carol420
Feb 21, 2017, 8:06 pm

I liked him. I don't think he's appreciated by all the people he works with but he seems to take it in stride. He appears to be very level headed.

6Andrew-theQM
Feb 21, 2017, 8:35 pm

He is definitely a person we can feel we want to root for. Very positive first impression, let's hope he is treated better by the author than Logan MacRae was.

7bhabeck
Feb 22, 2017, 11:02 am

I really like him. He seems to be a good guy -- visiting his grandmother, working on the investigations as needed, doesn't let the fact that he grew up with money (apparently) affect his work

8bluebird_
Feb 22, 2017, 8:28 pm

He seems like an all around good guy. I love that he continued to visit his grandmother regularly. He shows a lot of respect for people and seems to want to "do the right thing". The one thing I don't get is: why is he living in such a dump? He seems a glutton for punishment. I imagine he could do better on his salary.

9Jen_Bartels
Feb 22, 2017, 9:07 pm

He seems very go with the flow which is helpful in his station since it seems he sort of gets pushed around there. I love how he visits his grandmother each week, a lot of other people don't do that, which we heard from that nurse. I hope we get to know him better as a person, not just as the inspector.

10sushicat
Feb 23, 2017, 10:34 am

I really like him. There's obviously some history to discover on both the personal and professional front.