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The stunning new thriller from No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Stuart MacBride.

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER The tenth Logan McRae novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of THE MISSING AND THE DEAD.

Alison and Jenny McGregor, Aberdeen's own mother-daughter singing sensation, are through to the semi-finals of TV smash-hit Britain's Next Big Star. They've got millions of YouTube hits, everyone loves them-- until their reality-TV dream turns into a real-life nightmare. The ransom demand appears in all the papers, on the TV, and the Internet, telling the nation to dig deep if they want to keep Alison and Jenny alive.

The tenth Logan McRae novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author. Scottish crime fiction at its very best.

A body of man who was filmed in several explicit tapes is found and DC Logan McRae thinks someone in the local bondage community has developed a taste for violent death. While being dragged into the world of pornographers, sex-shops and S & M, he's also worried about the release of the Granite City Rapist, who claims to have an alibi, because his girlfriend is posing as bait she's hell-bent on a conviction at any cost.

The 4th thriller in the Number One bestselling crime series from the award- winning Stuart MacBride. Panic grips The Granite City as DS Logan McRae heads up a manhunt for `The Flesher' - one of the UK's most notorious serial killers.

The new Logan McRae thriller set in gritty Aberdeen, from the bestselling author of Cold Granite and Flesh House.

The Number One bestselling detective series from the award-winning Stuart MacBride continues in this second crime thriller. It's summertime in Scotland: the sun is shining, the sky is blue and people are dying... It's summertime in the Granite City: the sun is shining, the sky is blue and people are dying... It starts with Rosie Williams, a prostitute, stripped naked and beaten to death down by the docks - the heart of Aberdeen's red light district. For DS Logan McRae it's a bad start to another bad day. Rosie won't be the only one making an unscheduled trip to the morgue. Across the city six people are burning to death in a petrol-soaked squat, the doors and windows screwed shut from the outside. And despite Logan's best efforts, it's not long before another prostitute turns up on the slab...

From the No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series, comes a standalone spinoff featuring DS Roberta Steel Detective Chief Inspector Roberta Steel got caught fitting up Jack Wallace - that's why they demoted her and quashed his sentence. Now he's back on the streets and women are being attacked again. Wallace has to be responsible, but if Detective Sergeant Steel goes anywhere near him, his lawyers will get her thrown off the force for good. The Powers That Be won't listen to her, not after what happened last time. According to them, she's got more than enough ongoing cases to keep her busy. Perhaps she could try solving a few instead of harassing an innocent man? Steel knows Wallace is guilty. And the longer he gets away with it, the more women will suffer. The question is: how much is she willing to sacrifice to stop him?

A detective no one believes in. A killer with nothing to lose... Gripping standalone thriller from the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series.

A collection of four short stories featuring Logan McRae and Roberta Steel, from the bestselling author Stuart MacBride.

It's DS Logan McRae's first day back on the job after a year off on the sick. 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. Soon the dead are piling up in the morgue almost as fasst 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 could end up joining them.

Discover the gripping new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Logan McRae series THE CLOCK IS TICKING... Detective Constable Angus MacVicar has just landed his dream job - transferred out of uniform and assigned to Oldcastle's biggest ongoing murder investigation: Operation Telegram, hunting the 'Fortnight Killer'. Every two weeks another couple is targeted. One victim is left at the scene, their corpse used as a twisted message board. The second body is never seen again. This should be the perfect chance for Angus to prove himself, but instead of working on the investigation's front line, he's lumbered with the forensic psychologist from hell. A sarcastic know-it-all American, on loan from the FBI, who seems determined to alienate everyone while dragging Angus into a shadowy world of conspiracies, lies, and violence. It's been twelve days since the Fortnight Killer last struck, and the investigation's running out of time. Angus's shiny new job might just be the death of him... Praise For Stuart MacBride: 'Fast, hard, authentic - and different' Lee Child 'A terrific writer' The Times 'MacBride is a damned fine writer - no one does dark and gritty like him' Peter James 'Dark and gripping. A riveting page-turner' Independent on Sunday 'Unmissable ... superb storytelling' Sun Stuart MacBride, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, November 2023

The third consecutive No.1 bestselling crime novel from the author of the DI Logan McRae series and Birthdays for the Dead.

When the serial killer known as "The Inside Man" returns after an eight-year hiatus, Ash Henderson, the Detective Inspector on the case who was framed for the murders, finally gets a shot at freedom—and revenge. 10,000 first printing.

A village on the edge…As a massive storm batters the Scottish coast, Gordon Smith’s home is falling into the North Sea. But the crumbling headland has revealed what he’s got buried in his garden: human remains.A house full of secrets…With the storm still raging, it’s too dangerous to retrieve the bodies and waves are devouring the evidence. Which means no one knows how many people Smith’s already killed and how many more he’ll kill if he can’t be found and stopped.An investigator with nothing to lose…The media are baying for blood, the top brass are after a scapegoat, and ex-Detective Inspector Ash Henderson is done playing nice. He’s got a killer to catch, and God help anyone who gets in his way.

Detective Sergeant Logan McRae isn't exactly thrilled to be part of the team helping settle parolled convict Martin Knox into his new Aberdeen home, or being stuck with DSI Danby from Northumbria Police who put Knox behind bars. And things are about to go very, very wrong. Three heavies from Newcastle want a 'quiet word' with DSI Danby about a missing mob accountant. And Martin Knox's dark past isn't done with him yet!

A brilliantly twisty, 80-page novella from the No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. Including an extract from his new Logan novel, THE MISSING AND THE DEAD. It's the night of the big Referendum, and all Acting Detective Inspector Logan McRae has to do is find a missing 'No' campaigner. Should be easy enough... But, as usual, DCI Steel has plans of her own. As the votes are counted there's trouble brewing in the pubs and on the streets of Aberdeen. Logan's picked up a promising lead, but all is not quite what it seems, and things are about to go very, very wrong...

The new Logan McRae novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of CLOSE TO THE BONE and A SONG FOR THE DYING. One mistake can cost you everything When you catch a twisted killer there should be a reward, right? What Acting Detective Inspector Logan McRae gets instead is a development opportunity out in the depths of rural Aberdeenshire. Welcome to divisional policing catching drug dealers, shop lifters, vandals and the odd escaped farm animal. Then a little girl s body washes up just outside the sleepy town of Banff, kicking off a massive manhunt. The Major Investigation Team is up from Aberdeen, wanting answers, and they don t care who they trample over to get them. Logan s got enough on his plate keeping B Division together, but DCI Steel wants him back on her team. As his old colleagues stomp around the countryside, burning bridges, Logan gets dragged deeper and deeper into the investigation. One thing s clear: there are dangerous predators lurking in the wilds of Aberdeenshire, and not everyone s going to get out of this alive "

A collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season - from the No. 1 bestseller Stuart MacBride Thieves, drug dealers, lap-dancers, gangsters and even the odd good guy populate these twelve tales exploring the seedier side of life in North East Scotland.

A gripping serial killer thriller with a twist - from No. 1 bestseller Stuart MacBride This time the serial killer picked the wrong family... 'MacBride is a damned fine writer' Peter James

Detective Constable Ash Henderson has a dark secret... Five years ago his daughter, Rebecca, went missing on the eve of her thirteenth birthday. A year later the first card arrived: homemade, with a Polaroid picture stuck to the front - Rebecca, strapped to a chair, gagged and terrified. Every year another card: each one worse than the last. The tabloids call him 'The Birthday Boy'. He's been snatching girls for twelve years, always in the run-up to their thirteenth birthday, sending the families his homemade cards showing their daughters being slowly tortured to death. But Ash hasn't told anyone about Rebecca's birthday cards - they all think she's just run away from home - because if anyone finds out, he'll be taken off the investigation. And he's sacrificed too much to give up before his daughter's killer gets what he deserves...

A chilling serial killer thriller set in a gritty near-future Glasgow, by the bestselling author of the Logan McRae series.

It was supposed to be an easy job. All Detective Constable Edward Reekie had to do was pick up a dying prisoner from HMP Grampian and deliver him somewhere to live out his last few months in peace. From the outside, Glenfarach looks like a quaint, sleepy, snow-dusted village, nestled deep in the heart of Cairngorms National Park, but things aren't what they seem. The place is thick with security cameras and there's a strict nine o'clock curfew, because Glenfarach is the final sanctuary for people who've served their sentences but can't be safely released into the general population. Edward's new boss, DI Montgomery-Porter, insists they head back to Aberdeen before the approaching blizzards shut everything down, but when an ex-cop-turned-gangster is discovered tortured to death in his bungalow, someone needs to take charge.

THE CHILLING AND COMPULSIVE NEW NOVEL FROM THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR. 'We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.' It's been seventeen months since the Bloodsmith butchered his first victim and Operation Maypole is still no nearer catching him. The media is whipping up a storm, the top brass are demanding results, but the investigation is sinking fast. Now isn't the time to get distracted with other cases, but Detective Sergeant Lucy McVeigh doesn't have much choice. When Benedict Strachan was just eleven, he hunted down and killed a homeless man. No one's ever figured out why Benedict did it, but now, after sixteen years, he's back on the streets again - battered, frightened, convinced a shadowy 'They' are out to get him, and begging Lucy for help. It sounds like paranoia, but what if he's right? What if he really is caught up in something bigger and darker than Lucy's ever dealt with before? What if the Bloodsmith isn't the only monster out there? And what's going to happen when Lucy goes after them? Praise for Stuart MacBride: 'A brutal, visceral read, laced with the blackest of humour and travelling to some very dark places' Guardian 'A magnetic mix of creepy places, dark humour, horror and violence' Sun AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW.

Sie kann seine Schuld nicht beweisen. Aber sie wird ihn stoppen – selbst wenn es sie umbringt ... Der Job von Detective Chief Inspector Roberta Steel hängt am seidenen Faden. Sie hat Beweise manipuliert, um den mutmaßlichen Vergewaltiger Jack Wallace hinter Gitter zu bringen. Nun ist der Prozess gegen Wallace geplatzt, und Roberta wurde zur Streifenpolizistin degradiert. Obwohl sie rund um die Uhr auf Aberdeens Straßen Ganoven jagt, lässt die Sache mit Wallace Roberta nicht los. Dabei hat sie klare Order, sich von ihm fernzuhalten, wenn sie nicht endgültig entlassen werden will. Doch als in der Stadt erneut Frauen vergewaltigt werden, ist Roberta entschlossen, Wallace zu stoppen. Um jeden Preis. Und sei es das eigene Leben...

Eiskalte Verbrechen, trockener Humor und Schottlands finsterste Gauner: Der Meister mörderischer Spannung beweist in zwölf Geschichten, dass das Verbrechen auch in den Wochen vor dem Fest der Liebe keine Pause macht. Ganz im Gegenteil ... Kleinganoven, eiskalte Killer und ahnungslose Opfer treffen im schottischen Oldcastle aufeinander, und die Polizei hat schon bald alle Hände voll zu tun.

In un futuro prossimo, la società che conosciamo non esiste più. Terrificanti rivolte hanno sconvolto l’aspetto delle nostre città e il bisogno di violenza della popolazione viene soddisfatto dalla realtà virtuale, dai videogiochi. Li chiamano halfhead: criminali efferati mutilati chirurgicamente, lobotomizzati dallo Stato, e usati come schiavi per i lavori umili della nuova società. Non tutti però sono così inoffensivi. Ce n’è uno che è diverso. Il suo cervello non è morto, qualcuno l’ha preservato e ora si è risvegliato. Prova ancora emozioni, desidera: desidera uccidere. E, sopra ogni altra cosa, desidera vendicarsi. William Hunter è un agente pluridecorato, ma depresso. Pochi anni prima ha perso la moglie, uccisa macabramente dalla dottoressa Westfield, uno dei più terribili serial killer della città. Mentre la violenza a Glasgow aumenta pericolosamente e il rischio di nuove rivolte si fa sempre più concreto, qualcuno ai piani alti sembra voler giocare con la vita degli uomini. In una lotta contro il tempo e nemici inso¬spettabili, in cui da cacciatore diventa preda, Hunter dovrà trovare la forza di dimenticare il passato per poterlo redimere. Fino all’ultima stilla di sangue.

DC Edward Reekie und seine Vorgesetzte holen einen todkranken Häftling nach Glenfarach, einem scheinbar ruhigen Dorf, das in Wahrheit eine Hochsicherheitszone ist. Nach einem Mord während eines Schneesturms müssen sie die Ermittlungen übernehmen und entdecken, dass etwas Böses in die Gemeinschaft eingedrungen ist.

Die Zeitungen nennen ihn den „Gratulator“. Er kidnappt Mädchen kurz vor deren dreizehntem Geburtstag und schickt den Eltern jedes Jahr ein Foto seines Opfers. Fotos, auf denen der grausame Mord an den Entführten Bild um Bild festgehalten ist. Bis mit dem letzten Foto auch jede Hoffnung stirbt. Vor fünf Jahren verschwand auch die Tochter von Detective Constable Ash Henderson. Alle glauben, Rebecca sei von zu Hause fortgelaufen, denn Henderson hat niemandem erzählt, dass er ein Jahr nach ihrem Verschwinden die erste Postkarte erhielt. Man hätte ihn sofort von dem Fall abgezogen. Doch Henderson hat zu viel geopfert, um Rebeccas Mörder zu finden. Nun, zwölf Jahre nach der ersten Entführung, scheint er ihm so nahe zu sein wie nie zuvor. Und doch nicht nahe genug ...

De kranten noemen hem 'Birthday Boy'. Al twaalf jaar kidnapt hij meisjes vlak voor hun dertiende verjaardag. Hij eist geen losgeld en laat geen enkel spoor na. Tot de gedupeerde ouders een jaar later een zelfgemaakte verjaardagskaart ontvangen met een foto van hun vermiste dochter ? gekneveld, vastgebonden en gemarteld. Elk jaar stuurt Birthday Boy een nieuwe kaart om de ouders getuige te maken van de lijdensweg van hun kind. Rechercheur Ash Henderson is bepaald niet het prototype keurige agent: hij is gescheiden, onlangs in rang teruggeplaatst, staat onder verdenking van corruptie en heeft enorme schulden. Vijf jaar geleden is zijn dochter Rebecca verdwenen. Ash heeft niemand verteld over de gruwelijke verjaardagspost die hij sindsdien ontvangt, omdat hij onder geen beding van de Birthday Boy-zaak wil worden gehaald. Hij is tot alles bereid om wraak te kunnen nemen op de man die hem zijn dochter heeft afgenomen...

»Stuart MacBride ist ein Lektüre-Muss für mich ... immer schnell, hart, authentisch – und anders.« Lee Child Eine dunkle Nacht in einer abgelegenen Gegend Schottlands. Professor Nicholas Wilson, ein so prominenter wie lautstarker Verfechter streitbarer politischer Thesen, verlässt wie jeden Abend mit seinem Hund das Haus. Doch dieses Mal kommt er nicht zurück. Und die zahlreichen Blutspuren auf seinem Küchentisch lassen das Schlimmste befürchten. Inspector Logan McRae würde diesen brisanten Fall gerne anderen überlassen, doch dann verschwindet ein zweiter Mann unter ähnlichen Umständen. Und als bei der BBC Scotland ein Paket eingeht mit zwei grausam abgetrennten, wie zum Gebet gefalteten Händen, gerät die Situation außer Kontrolle. Irgendjemand da draußen will eine Botschaft loswerden. Eine Botschaft aus Blut ... »Was für ein großartiger Autor. Sein Ermittler Logan McRae ist für jeden Spannungsfan eine wahre Freude.« The Times

»Stuart MacBride ist mit jedem Thriller ein Lektüre-Muss für mich. Immer schnell, hart, authentisch – und anders.« Lee Chid »Helft mir!« Diese Worte hinterlässt ein brutaler Serienkiller an jedem Tatort, geschrieben mit dem Blut der Opfer. Die Medien nennen ihn den Bloodsmith. Vergleiche mit Jack the Ripper machen im schottischen Oldcastle die Runde, und selbst nach Monaten hat die Polizei noch keine Spur. Detective Sergeant Lucy McVeigh sucht verzweifelt nach Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen den Opfern, nach einem Muster oder übersehenen Hinweisen. Da schlägt der Bloodsmith erneut zu. Es scheint aber noch eine zweite Bedrohung in der Stadt zu geben – davon ist ein junger Mann überzeugt, der um sein Leben fürchtet und Lucy um Hilfe bittet. »Kein Zweifel: Stuart MacBride ist einer der besten Thrillerautoren des Landes.« Daily Mail

Na een jaar ziekteverlof keert een politieman uit Aberdeen terug op zijn post en krijgt o.a. te maken met vier kort na elkaar gevonden op gruwelijke wijze gedode peuters.