The Dead of Winter: A chilling Scottish detective crime thriller for 2024 from the instant Sunday Times bestseller
Feb 2023 · Random House
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THE UNPUTDOWNABLE, UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR
'One of this country's finest crime writers' Daily Mail
'Concludes with a glorious twist' The Times
'A high wire balancing act but MacBride never falters' Scotland on Sunday
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 Victoria 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 weather's closing in, tensions are mounting, and time's running out - something nasty has come to Glenfarach, and Edward is standing right in its way...
******
Praise for Stuart MacBride:
'A magnetic mix of creepy places, dark humour, horror and violence' Sun
'Dark and brilliantly written' Linwood Barclay
'MacBride is a damned fine writer' Peter James
'MacBride's thrillers just keep getting better' Express
'Crime fiction of the highest order' Mark Billingham
Dead of Winter, Instant Sunday Times bestseller, February 2023
Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, November 2023
'One of this country's finest crime writers' Daily Mail
'Concludes with a glorious twist' The Times
'A high wire balancing act but MacBride never falters' Scotland on Sunday
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 Victoria 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 weather's closing in, tensions are mounting, and time's running out - something nasty has come to Glenfarach, and Edward is standing right in its way...
******
Praise for Stuart MacBride:
'A magnetic mix of creepy places, dark humour, horror and violence' Sun
'Dark and brilliantly written' Linwood Barclay
'MacBride is a damned fine writer' Peter James
'MacBride's thrillers just keep getting better' Express
'Crime fiction of the highest order' Mark Billingham
Dead of Winter, Instant Sunday Times bestseller, February 2023
Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, November 2023
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3.9
31 reviews
John Flanagan
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September 22, 2023
I read the freebie and nothing in it tempted me to part with almost $40 Canadian. If anyone has done so, can they please let the rest of us know whether it's worth the money? ... OK, I shelled out the money. Bigtoria makes Roberta Steele look woke. She has no redeeming qualities which might make you like her, never mind laugh. Perhaps, Mr. Macbride might consider reviving the Logan/Roberta series, expand the Oldcastle series or, hopefully, create a followup to Halfhead.
Rachel Gray
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December 8, 2023
I love reading his books. He is my favourite author. He certainly does gives the reader on their on their toes. I have all the books, but it is a great way to for the reader. I can't wait for the next book is out .
Satire
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December 16, 2024
The earlier books were good: credible, interesting characters and well paced. Sadly this is tedious, repetitious, lacking pacing or plot.
About the author
Stuart MacBride is the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae and Ash Henderson novels. He's 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 northeast of Scotland with his wife Fiona, cats Gherkin, Onion and Beetroot, some hens, some horses, and an impressive collection of assorted weeds. For more information visit: StuartMacBride.com Facebook.com/stuartmacbridebooks @StuartMacBride
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