Broken Skin (Logan McRae Series #3)

by Stuart MacBride

Overview

The third DS Logan McRae thriller in the No.1 bestselling crime series from Stuart MacBride.

A crime of passion … or cold-hearted murder?

‘MacBride is a damned fine writer’ Peter James

The Granite City’s seedy side is about to be exposed…

A serial rapist is leaving a string of tortured women behind him, but while DS Logan McRae’s girlfriend, PC Jackie ‘Ball Breaker’ Watson, is out acting as bait, he’s trying to identify a blood-drenched body dumped outside Accident and Emergency.

Logan’s investigations suggest someone in the local bondage community has developed a taste for violent death, and he soon finds himself dragged into the twilight world of pornographers, sex-shops and S&M.

Meanwhile, the prime suspect in the rape case turns out to be Aberdeen Football Club’s star striker. Logan thinks they’ve got it horribly wrong, but Jackie is convinced the footballer’s guilty and she’s hell-bent on a conviction at any cost…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780007279418
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	09/04/2008
Series:	Logan McRae Series , #3
Sold by:	HarperCollins Publishers
Format:	eBook
Pages:	480
Sales rank:	760,606
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Stuart MacBride is the No.1 bestselling author of the DS Logan McRae series. His novels have won him the CWA Dagger in the Library, the Barry Award for Best Debut Novel, and Best Breakthrough Author at the ITV3 crime thriller awards. Stuart’s other works include Halfhead, a near-future thriller, Sawbones, a novella aimed at adult emergent readers, and several short stories. He lives in the north-east of Scotland with his wife, Fiona, and cat, Grendel.

Stuart MacBride is the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae and Ash Henderson novels. His work has won several prizes and in 2015 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Dundee University.

Stuart lives in the north-east of Scotland with his wife Fiona, cats Grendel, Onion and Beetroot, and other assorted animals.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Broken Skin:

‘Compelling reading … a tribute to MacBride’s storytelling skill’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Grim, gritty and great fun’ Daily Sport

Praise for Stuart MacBride:

‘Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order’ Mark Billingham

‘Ferocious and funny, this is Tartan Noir at its best’ Val McDermid

‘MacBride is a damned fine writer – no one does dark and gritty like him’ Peter James

From the Publisher

A rapist/torturer is loose in Aberdeen, and DS Logan McRae's tough girlfriend is acting as bait for the perpetrator. At the same time, McRae is dealing with the community of bondage and sadomasochism, as well as an 8-year-old murderer. This gritty police procedural has flashes of humor that break up the grimness, and Jonathan Hackett does an excellent job with both. The strength of the story is the personalities of the characters—some engaging, some frightening. They present no problem for Hackett. Further, he handles the various Scots accents with ease. While listeners will need strong stomachs to get through the graphic scenes, they’ll be well rewarded in the end. S.S.R. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

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