The Granite City is ready to burn, and all it takes is a single spark…
In the heat of a blistering summer, Aberdeen’s police are struggling: half the force is off sick, all leave has been cancelled, someone’s firebombed a hotel full of migrants, and there’s 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 doesn’t 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 she’s more than happy to fan the flames.
But, as bad as everything seems, it’s all about to get much, much worse . . .
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Praise for Stuart MacBride:
'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
Stuart MacBride is the Sunday Times number one bestselling author of the Logan McRae and Ash Henderson novels. He has also published standalones, novellas and short stories, as well as a slightly twisted children's picture book for slightly twisted children.
Stuart lives in the north-east of Scotland with his wife, Fiona, their cats, Gherkin, Onion and Beetroot, some hens, some horses and an impressive collection of assorted weeds.
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