'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 Aberdeen's police are struggling: 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. 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 . . . * * * 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 This House of Burning Bones
was a Sunday Times bestseller w c 19 05 25
