The mcrae novels have won him the cwas dagger in the library, the barry award for best debut novel, and best breakthrough author at the itv3 crime thriller awards. Listen to all thats dead audiobook by stuart macbride, narrated by steve worsley. Read a song for the dying by stuart macbride available from rakuten kobo. Stuart macbride is a scottish writer, most famous for his crime thrillers set in the granite city of. Ds logan mcrae and the police in aberdeen hunt a shelve cold granite. Theres a always a dreicht period when you finish your new logan knowing itll be another 2 years before the new one. The logan mcrae series is set in aberdeen, the granite city, oil capital of europe, perched on the east coast of scotland. The logan mcrae series began in 2005 with cold granite. Logan mcraes personal history is hardly squeaky clean, but now that he works for professional standards hes policing his fellow officers. Close to the bone logan mcrae, book 8 by stuart macbride. Logan mcrae, a detective sergeant in aberdeen, scotland. And in the very first pages, the reader is presented with a gruesome murderbyfire and some misleading updates regarding some originally uplifting news. Stuart macbride is the author of several bestselling novels featuring ds logan mcrae, including shatter the bones, which reached no.
Now inspector logan mcrae has to work out where di bells been all this time and what was so important that he felt the need to come back from the dead. She thinks he is a traitorous bastard and ignores him almost all the way through the book. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. What acting detective inspector logan mcrae gets instead is a development opportunity out in the depths of rural aberdeenshire. Buy a discounted paperback of shatter the bones online from australias leading online bookstore. The first three crime novels in the number one bestselling series b. Cold granite logan mcrae, book 1 stuart macbride paperback. When detective inspector bell turns up dead in the drivers seat of a crashed car its a shock to everyone. Nominated, theakstons old peculier crime novel of the year award, 2006 for cold granite.
Here logan mcrae, probably suffering ptsd after the events of the last book and to be fair his whole career so far, is involved with the relocation from. Buy a cheap copy of cold granite book by stuart macbride. A heartstopping crime thriller and the fourth consecutive no. Mcrae treads the streets of aberdeen, but here we have a fictional setting called oldcastle. All thats dead stuart macbride 9780008208288 netgalley. The awardwinning writer, whose last six novels have gone straight to number one in the book charts and is best known for his series featuring laconic detective logan mcrae, has other claims to fame. A song for the dying ebook by stuart macbride rakuten kobo. Great book great characters this book is not for the faint hearted but it adds to the tense feeling throughout.
Eight years ago, the inside man murdered four women and left three more in critical condition all of them with their stomachs slit open and a plastic doll stitched inside. Stuart macbride is a scottish novelist of crime thriller novels largely set in aberdeen. The series features, as you would have guessed from the name, the character of logan mcrae, a detective sergeant in the grampian police force. Ds logan mcrae and the police in aberdeen hunt a child killer who stalks the frozen streets. So i had to spend a good chunk of time going back over what id just written and taking out the giggly bits. Logan now a di does eventually appear, but its after the terrific climax. Although he has written some standalone novels, his main character is logan mcrae. Booktopia has in the cold dark ground, logan mcrae by stuart macbride. Twenty years ago the flesher was butchering people all over the uk turning his victims into ovenready joints until grampians finest put him away. Stuart macbride on his acclaimed logan macrae series of crimefiction novels. All of our paper waste is recycled and turned into corrugated cardboard. But the deeper logan digs, the more bones he uncovers.
A heartstopping crime thriller from the author of three consecutive no. The logan books are full of humorous descriptions, because thats the way logan sees things. Below is a list of stuart macbrides logan mcrae books in order of when they were originally published which is also their chronological order. Stuart macbride is a scottish author best known for his logan mcrae series set in aberdeen, and his shorter ash henderson series featuring a detective constable whose family and career are destroyed by a ruthless serial killer who disappeared. Flesh house logan mcrae, book 4 by macbride, stuart.
One mistake can cost you everything when you catch a twisted killer there should be a reward, right. Close to the bone special edition logan mcrae, book 8. Nothing much happened for years and years and years. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. Booktopia in the cold dark ground, logan mcrae by stuart. In this story their relationship is really put to the test and we will have to see how it copes in the next novel no doubt.
Buy a discounted paperback of in the cold dark ground online from australias leading online bookstore. Picking up a few years after the seventh book logan is again in a state of crisis. Stuart macbride thats me was born in dumbarton which is glasgow as far as im. Its hard not to compare these books too rebus but logan mcrae is a great character in the making. The logan mcrae series of books is a series of crime fiction novels written by the scottish author stuart macbride. From the bestselling author of dying light logan mcrae, book 3. This eighth and most recent addition to the logan mcrae series opens up two years after the events of shatter the bones logan mcrae, book 7.
Killers have terrorized aberdeen in the pastdetective sergeant logan mcrae has the scars to prove itbut when body parts show up in a cargo container at the harbor. Its a shame i have to wait at least another year great work stuart. After being out for almost a year, logan mcrae finally makes his long awaited comeback in the force but on his first day he is thrown the worst case ever. In this book, we are introduced to one logan mcrae who happens to be a detective in aberdeen scotland. I wont say how the book ends, but it will interesting to see where the pair go, if anywhere together, in the next logan macrae book. My favourite book of stuart macbrides and the series yet. Its ds logan mcraes first day back on the job after a year off on the sick, and it.
He was signed on a threebook logan deal, which was further extended to six books. Stuart macbride books in order mystery series, book. In the cold dark ground logan mcrae, book 10 paperback aug. In 2009 he signed another deal, allowing him to write two more logan books, and two standalone novels, the first of which is due after the sixth instalment of the logan mcrae series. Since then, about one new book in the series has come out per year. Buy a cheap copy of flesh house book by stuart macbride. I dont know how stuart mc bride does it but the blood road just ad exciting and enjoyable than rhe other logan novels. I think this has been the best so far in this series which i have read in order over a few years now. Of these, the only ones i have any direct experience of are beer and chips, but. Get ebooks dark blood on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. This entry was posted in new book releases and tagged ann cleeves, behind closed doors, david dickinson, death of an elgin marble, goodnight sweet prince, harbour street, kerry wilkinson, locked in, logan mcrae, lord francis powerscourt, stuart macbride, vera. Booktopia has shatter the bones, logan mcrae series. Scottish crime fiction at its very best logan mcrae, book 11. Cold granite logan mcrae, book 1 by stuart macbride book.
The blood road logan mcrae, book 11 by stuart macbride. The missing and the dead logan mcrae, book 9 stuart. Mcraes sidekickunderling partner rennie is a bigger presence and is in fine form too. The dark sardonic humour is as great as ever and helps break up the brutal crimes and investigation into the two killers by giving the reader some light relief. Stuart macbride on his acclaimed logan macrae series of. Matt logan the royalty accelerator ebook kitap tnctr. Its a grim aberdeen with a grim story but i loved it.
All thats dead is the twelfth book in the di logan mcrae series and although most series would be running out of steam at this point, this is as fresh and captivating as the first ones. Immediately after finding the body of a highly mutilated child, another child goes missing. His novels have won him the cwa dagger in the library, the barry award for best debut novel, and best breakthrough author at the itv3 crime thriller awards. The blood road logan mcrae, book 11 paperback june. Logan mcrae is as thorough, sarcastic and sardonic as ever. After a long recuperation from a stab wound, detective sergeant logan mcraes first night back on duty in aberdeen, scotland, takes him to a crime scene where the. They always say, write what you know so i did using aberdeen as the backdrop for a series of horrific crimes, murders, serial killers, and much eating of chips and drinking of beer. Here are all the stuart macbride books in publication order, with the reading order listed in brackets. Its a couple of years since i read book 5 in the police procedural series set in aberdeen so id forgotten how good the books were and how much humour was part of the well plotted thrillers. I always sigh when i finish, as i have tow ait another year for the next book, but i. He has set one of his novels halfhead in the future, leading some to consider him delving into the science fiction genre, to which he says, crime fiction set in victorian times is historic crime fiction, crime fiction. Those who like their crime thrillers diamond hard but shot through with macabre humour nee. Eight years ago, the inside man murdered four women and left three more in critical co.