- Hardcover: 439 pages
- Publisher: Minotaur Books (August 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312339992
- ISBN-13: 978-0312339999
- Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 16.2 x 4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 780 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #723,945 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. at the start of McBride's vivid third Det. Sgt. Logan MacRae police procedural (after 2006's Dying Light), the Aberdeen police, on the trail of a serial rapist, catch Scottish sports hero Rob Macintyre stalking tarted-up Woman Police Constable Jackie Watson, MacRae's live-in lover. Macintyre's arrest ignites public sentiment against the police, stifling the investigation. Meanwhile, a second case drags MacRae into the local s&m scene, where he gets an unexpected education in the sordid details from his red-faced assistant constable, and then he has to track down an eight-year-old killer. The one thing the three cases have in common is that nothing is what it seems. MacRae bounces back and forth among them, yanked between two cranky, childlike detective inspectors demanding overtime and loyalty. When Jackie starts behaving suspiciously, Logan fears the truth may be worse than unfaithfulness. With a dose of sharp wit, MacBride effortlessly interweaves the plot strands while conjuring up three-dimensional characters who slog through the relentless sleet of Aberdeen. (Aug.)
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From AudioFile
A rapist/torturer is loose in Aberdeen, and DS Logan McRaeÕs tough girlfriend is acting as bait for the perpetrator. At the same time, McRae is dealing with the community of bondage and sadomasochism, as well as an 8-year-old murderer. This gritty police procedural has flashes of humor that break up the grimness, and Jonathan Hackett does an excellent job with both. The strength of the story is the personalities of the characters--some engaging, some frightening. They present no problem for Hackett. Further, he handles the various Scots accents with ease. While listeners will need strong stomachs to get through the graphic scenes, theyÕll be well rewarded in the end. S.S.R. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Another Winner, Aug 31 2007
By JAMES AGNEW "UBU ROI" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bloodshot (Hardcover)
MacBride doesn't miss a beat in Bloodshot, the latest entry in his excellent Aberdeen, Scotland based series featuring Detective Sergeant Logan McRae. In the beginning of the book Logan's girlfriend Constable Jackie "Ball Breaker" Watson lives up to her nickname while busting a suspected serial rapist. When that suspect turns out to be a popular football star with a seemingly unshakable alibi who calls upon the services of a despicable solicitor and the sympathies of a gullible public, things, as usual, get complicated. McRae's personal life gets complicated too, as a misunderstanding with Jackie causes him to finally act on his long suppressed attraction for Rachael Tulloch, the deputy Procurator Fiscal. MacBride combines the mundane, the horrific and the ridiculous skillfully to produce another enormously satisfying read.Along with Ian Rankin and Denise Mina, MacBride is a leading figure in a Scottish crime wave that's producing some of the best mysteries in the world. The writing in this series is always great and the weather in Aberdeen is always awful.
4.0 out of 5 stars
While you can read the books randomly I recommend you start at the beginning to get the overall character development., Mar 24 2012
By Book Him Danno "Book Him Danno" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bloodshot (Hardcover)
Why I read ItI have been reading Stuart MacBride's blog since before he published his first book thanks to the link on the great Sarah Weinman's site. Speaking of which, I really need to list the book websites I frequent in the sidebar. If you are interested in mysteries at all, Sarah's site, Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind, is the greatest blog ever. I can trace about 50% of all I read back to reviews I have seen on her blog.
Anyways I read Stuart's first book, Cold Granite, when it came out and then over the years I forgot about him - Sorry Stuart if you are prone to googling yourself and read this. Anyways I was looking over my log of books read (a good practice to get into for just this reason) when I remembered him. A short search and I learned he had gone on to publish a book every year and my library system stocked them. So I am just now catching up.
Plus it is good solid Scottish Crime fiction, sad and violent on the one hand and blackly funny on the other. Plus the books are set in Aberdeen letting you know that Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Lock Dubh are not the only place to die a nasty death while on vacation.
What I Thought About It
Good story that just makes you fear Scotland as the crime capitol of the world :-) I like the implied social commentary about fame and its usefulness in getting away with crime. Plus what role do we as family have in helping versus enabling each other in nefarious behaviours? While you can read the books randomly I recommend you start at the beginning to get the overall character development.
4.0 out of 5 stars
This Guy Can Write, Aug 29 2011
By Christine Trensen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bloodshot (Paperback)
I'm not usually one for hard-boiled police procedurals, but I love Stuart MacBride's books, and I really enjoyed this one. I'm reading them out of order, as I discovered him just a year or two ago. In a way it is sort of fun, because I get to see Logan McRae's life before I first met him - kind of like digging into someone's past.The trademark MacBride touches are here: lots of foul language, politicking and infighting police officers, gritty Aberdeen. To be honest, the plots themselves aren't unique - there's one involving a dead porn star whose into the bondage/domination scene, one murderer who is only 8 years old, and a series of breakins. But MacBride is such a great writer! None of it ever feels forced, and the people feel real, from foul-mouthed chainsmoking DI Steel to fat angry Inspector Insch, who surely must grab his heart and fall down dead in one of these books, given the rage the fills his life.
Holding it all together is Logan McRae, one of my favorite cops. I love that MacBride doesn't make him infallible. McRae makes A LOT of mistakes while also doing lots of things right, so that he's perpetually walking the line between receiving department commendations and being fired. Sometimes he's a bumbler, which leads to some comic moments (a nice change of pace from the grittiness), but he always has a good heart. He feels like an island of sanity among the Grampien Police Department, who are always trying to shove their work off onto someone else, less senior. Guess Scotland's not that different from the United States!
MacBride's books tend to be long and this one is definitely longer than your average mystery. I would say I noticed that occasionally, but the pacing is good and MacBride's writing just carries you along. I would not say they are for the faint of heart, but they are darn good. If I was single and fictional, Logan would own my heart.
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