Cold Granite
Ratings11
Average rating3.6
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Ratings11
Average rating3.6
The debut thriller from a bright new Scottish talent set to rival Ian Rankin.It's DS Logan McRae's first day back on the job after a year off on the sick, and it couldn't get much worse. Four-year-old David Reid's body is discovered in a ditch, strangled, mutilated and a long time dead. There's a killer stalking the Granite City and the local media are baying for blood.If that wasn't enough, Logan also has to contend with a new boss, DI Insch, who doesn't suffer fools gladly and thinks everyone's a fool, and his own ex-girlfriend, the beautiful but chilly Isobel MacAlister, who also happens to be the chief pathologist. The only good news is WPC 'Ball Breaker' Watson, Logan's new guardian angel.The dead are piling up in the morgue almost as fast as the snow on the streets, and Logan knows time is running out. More children are going missing. More are going to die. If Logan isn't careful, he's going to end up joining them.Set in Aberdeen, where the rainy season lasts all year, criminal gangs vie for supremacy on the streets and the oil industry brings an influx of wealth and vice, this is a gritty, powerful and page-turning debut thriller by a writer with a wonderfully observant eye and a characteristically Scottish sense of gallows humour.
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9 primary books14 released booksLogan McRae is a 14-book series with 9 primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Stuart MacBride.
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This is only the second Logan McRae book by Stuart MacBride that I've read. The first one was the 12th book of the series. I know it's probably better to read the books in order, but All That's Dead is the first Logan McRae book I came across, so yeah I read that first.
Anyway, getting back to this one, despite the fact that it's taken me so long to finish it (I started it in August!) I really enjoyed it. I love a good thriller and especially when the book has one lead detective.
It was a bit grim reading with the storyline involving children going missing/turning up dead, but it was really well written.
I will definitely be reading the rest of the Logan McRae series and also the other books written by Stuart MacBride.
Thank you to Stuart MacBride and NetGalley for the chance to read this book.
Great book. I grabbed this when it was offered as a Free Fridays selection for my nook at barnes and noble. Partway through reading it, I picked up the next two books in the series for 99c each. I like the author and the main character. I also like how the story played out. It kept me guessing up until the end.
It took a little while to get into this book, but it picked up towards the end. Logan is a likeable character and carries the story so overall it's worth a read.
