This House of Burning Bones
By Stuart MacBride

MacBride is a masterful storyteller with a terrific eye for detail and razor-sharp wit.and This House of Burning Bonesand is an absolute must-read.' -and Karin Slaughter, author ofand This Is Why We LiedThe 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 theand Aberdeen Examinerand has just been bought by Natasha Agapova, a tabloid media tycoon hell-bent on blaming local police for everything. And she'sand moreand than happy to fan the flames.But, as bad as everything seems, it's all about to get much,and muchand worse . . .* * *Praise for Stuart MacBride:'Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me . . . always fast, hard, authentic - and different' -and Lee Child,and author of the Jack Reacher series'Dark and brilliantly written' -and Linwood Barclay,and author ofand I Will Ruin You'MacBride is a damned fine writer' -and Peter James,and author ofand Picture You Dead'Crime fiction of the highest order' -and Mark Billingham,and author ofand The Last Dance