The New Logan McRae Thriller

<p><b>'MacBride is a damned fine writer' – Peter James, UK Number One Bestselling Author </b><br><br><b>Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Val McDermid, <i>This House of Burning Bones </i>is unforgettably gripping Scottish crime at its very best.</b><br><br><b><i>The Granite City is ready to burn, and all it takes is a single spark . . .</i></b><br><br>In the heat of a blistering summer, Aberdeen’s police are strugglin half the force is off sick, leave has been cancelled, someone’s firebombed a hotel full of migrants, and there’s a massive protest march happening this Saturday.<br><br>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.<br><br>It doesn’t help that the <i>Aberdeen Examiner</i> has just been bought by Natasha Agapova, a tabloid media tycoon hell-bent on blaming local police for everything. And she’s <i>more</i> than happy to fan the flames.<br><br>But, as bad as everything seems, it’s all about to get much, <i>much</i> worse . . .<br><br><b>* * *</b><br><br><b>Praise for Stuart MacBride:</b><br><br>'Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me . . . always fast, hard, authentic – and different' – <b>Lee Child, </b>author of the Jack Reacher series<br><br>'Dark and brilliantly written' – <b>Linwood Barclay, </b>author of <i>I Will Ruin You</i><br><br>'MacBride is a masterful storyteller with a terrific eye for detail and razor-sharp wit. <i>This House of Burning Bones</i> is an absolute must-read.' – <b>Karin Slaughter</b>, author of <i>This Is Why We Lied</i><br><br>'Crime fiction of the highest order' –<b> Mark Billingham, </b>author of <i>The Last Dance<br><br>_{This House of Burning Bones}</i>_{was a<i> Sunday Times</i> bestseller w/c 19/05/25}</p>