'MacBride is a masterful storyteller with a terrific eye for detail and razor-sharp wit. This House of Burning Bones is an absolute must-read.' Karin Slaughter, author of This Is Why We Lied
The Granite City is ready to burn, and all it takes is a single spark . . .
In the heat of a blistering summer, Aberdeens police are struggling: half the force is off sick, leave has been cancelled, someones firebombed a hotel full of migrants, and theres a massive protest march happening this Saturday.
With officers dropping like flies, Detective Inspector Logan McRae is forced to juggle cases and run a major murder investigation with a skeleton staff of misfits, idiots and malingerers until the top brass can arrange back-up from other divisions.
It doesnt help that the Aberdeen Examiner has just been bought by Natasha Agapova, a tabloid media tycoon hell-bent on blaming local police for everything. And shes more than happy to fan the flames.
But, as bad as everything seems, its all about to get much, much worse . . .
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Praise for Stuart MacBride:
'Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me . . . always fast, hard, authentic and different' Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series
'Dark and brilliantly written' Linwood Barclay, author of I Will Ruin You
'MacBride is a damned fine writer' Peter James, author of Picture You Dead
'Crime fiction of the highest order' Mark Billingham, author of The Last Dance