A new Logan McRae thriller from the bestselling author of 'Cold Granite', 'Dying Light' and 'Broken Skin', set in gritty Aberdeen. Aberdeen is panicking. It's been eighteen years since Grampian Police caught the Flesher -- the notorious serial killer who butchered people all over the UK -- and seven years since he was released from Peterhead prison, his conviction overturned on appeal. But when a container full of joints of human meat turns up at Aberdeen Harbour, it kicks off the largest man hunt in Aberdeen's history. Ken Wiseman is on the run and looking for revenge. Detective Sergeant Logan McRae is lumbered with the unenviable task of babysitting Chief Constable Mark Faulds from Birmingham -- one of the original investigation team -- and trying to keep DI Insch from throwing his career away in his obsessive quest to see Wiseman behind bars before he kills again. When members of the team that put Wiseman away in 1990 start going missing, Logan knows that things aren't as straightforward as everyone thinks. More and more human meat is turning up in the food chain. Twenty years of secrets and lies are being dragged into the light.And the only thing that's certain is Aberdeen will never be the same again.
Flesh House (Logan McRae, Book 4)
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Starred Review. Not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach, MacBride's superbly unsettling fourth novel (after Bloodshot) sets Det. Sgt. Logan McRae on the trail of a serial killer in Aberdeen, Scotland. When human remains are discovered first in a shipping container and later in a local butcher shop, McRae's superiors send him to round up Kenneth Wiseman (aka the Flesher), who terrorized the city 20 years earlier but was released on a technicality. Det. Insp. David Insch, who was part of the original Wiseman investigation, is determined to see the man behind bars. But when tragedy strikes, leaving Insch teetering on the edge of throwing away his entire career, McRae realizes that the police have been looking in the wrong direction. As more body parts turn up, McRae must fit the grisly pieces together before time runs out. MacBride's dry wit turns what could have been a gratuitously gory slasher story into a crackling thriller. (Oct.)
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Praise for Stuart MacBride: 'Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order by a writer whose dark star is most definitely on the rise.' Mark Billingham 'If you're looking for taut narrative, gut-churning incident, strong characterisation, all shot through with savagely dark humour, then look no further' Reginald Hill 'Ferocious and funny, this is Tartan Noir at its best.' Val McDermid 'The novel rattles along like a bolting horse and the dialogue crackles like a firework display ! DI Steel should be declared a national treasure' Andrew Taylor, Spectator 'Grim, gritty and great fun' Daily Sport 'This is Ian Rankin on Speed ! the humour is black, the violence is apalling, the language is, well, realistic, the entertainment is unflagging. I hunger for the earlier novels ' Adelaide Review 'Riveting and gruesome' Telegraph 'Stuart MacBride goes straight for the jugular with a tight, thrilling novel' Glasgow Herald 'Gripping' Daily Mirror 'Another brilliant, riveting police procedural from the new kid on the block. I'm green with envy!' R D Wingfield 'An impressive debut ! an edge-of-your-seat page-turner' Publishers Weekly 'This intelligent, exciting police procedural should make the leading writers of the genre start looking over their shoulders.' Sunday Telegraph 'A cracking new writer on the crime scene who hooks you from the first page and never lets you go. The action is ferocious and the pace unrelenting' Northern Echo 'Compelling reading' Telegraph 'A gritty, roller-coaster, in-your-face thriller' Aberdeen Press and Journal
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By Denise
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One more in the series that is a 'can't put down' read. Stuart does it again, suggest you start at cold granite and work your way through the series though
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By Dave and Joe
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Format:Hardcover
Stuart MacBride is a favourite author in that he has amazing pacing and incredible humour. This guy is funny. The plot, as always, is gripping and gruesome. These are amazing mysteries that leave schlock slick shows like CSI in the dust. My only concern with the book was with the author's treatment of one of the characters Insch. In every book his weight has been subject for humour, it always worked. In this book the humour became mean - in places, cruel. It affected how I think about the book and how I think of the author. He always walked a fine line in his other books and this would be, in my opinion, his first misstep. Even so, prepared for that, give this book a go. Not for the faint-hearted.
By Eddie
Format:Paperback
the end of this book was somewhat deceiving, but unexpected nonetheless. It shamefully lacks character development, specifically for the character of DI Steel which gets very annoying by the end of this book.
On another note, don't read it if you're too squeamish, the killings are very graphic and every chapter has its fair share of extreme gore.
I might read other books of McBride, but Flesh house remains a lackluster in my opinion
On another note, don't read it if you're too squeamish, the killings are very graphic and every chapter has its fair share of extreme gore.
I might read other books of McBride, but Flesh house remains a lackluster in my opinion
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