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DS Logan McRae back at work after spending a year recovering from a nearfatal stabbing, he had been directed to ease into the job.
But when the call came in that a body had been found, and that body was of a child, he found himself lead investigator in a case that would consume him and the local police for the next few weeks.
The weather in Aberdeen was cruel an icy cold winter had attacked the residents with the bitter wind relentless in its fury.
The snow removed any chance of finding evidence, the constant rain made everyones lives miserable, He could see this would be one that noone would want to volunteer for

Within days there were more children missing more bodies being found.
A sadistic serial killer was on the loose and the full resources of the law were needed to stop the horror, But it seemed the media knew more than the police did, Did the department have a leak How could the reporter know immediately they did even sometimes before the detectives knew

As the dangers intensified and the suspects multiplied, Logan felt the intense pressure of looming failure would they find the vicious killer before more died

I thoroughly enjoyed this brilliant crime novel by Scottish author Stuart McBride Cold Granite is gripping and intense with a rollicking pace that kept the pages turning until the end.
I hated having to put the book down, wanting to get back to the thrill of the chase the chills of discovering the answers.
I have absolutely no hesitation in highly recommending Cold Granite, and will be getting my hands onin the series very soon.

Stone Granite was a first class read, Moreover, it was a great first book and has caused me to put many of MacBride's later books on my "to read" list.
It features a young detective named Logan MacRae and is set in Aberdeen, Scotland,

The book is pretty gritty in that it contains pretty gruesome details about the murders of children, As such, it is clearly not for the squeamish and I would warn you off if graphic detail bothers you, For those morbid souls, like me, who believe that such detail enhances a story, if done well, you are more likely to enjoy the book.


In addition to containing a damn good mystery story, Stone Granite is enfused isn't that a great word! with quite clever humor as well as a good deal about the town of Aberdeen and the differences between several of Scotland's larger cities.
Being pretty ignorant about such things, I very much enjoyed their inclusion,

McRae was badly wounded on his last case and has just returned to active duty after a year of recuperation.
The complex child serial killer case falls in his lap and provides a substantial challenge, He, and others working on the case, go down several blind alleys as the murderer eludes them for quite some time, Just as the police from a larger and presumably more sophisticated force are brought in, our boy cracks the case,

On mytopure enjoyment scale, I give this book an eight because I very much looked forward to returning to it each evening.
Withe the proviso described above, I strongly recommend Stone Granite to those who love a gritty mystery story, DS Logan Rae

This is first book in the DS Logan Rae series, He has his hands full trying to find a missing toddler, Set in Aberdeen where the scenery is beautiful but the subject matter is not, A serial killer needs to be caught and quickly before another child is taken, The press are also causing problems, they are getting information leaked to them and getting to the crime scenes at the same time as the police.


This is the second time that I have read this book, It's a hard book to read about because of the subject matter, but they are not too graphic, The characters are strong and believable, Logan is just back at work after being viciously attacked a year ago, he's also struggling with his self confidence, This is a well written book with lots of twists, It will have you on the edge of your seat, Great start to this series,

I would like to thank MetGalley, HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction and the author Stuart MacBride for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.
It's been long enough since I last read this series that I now have to start over to catch up good thing they're good books!

There's a few British procedurals out there, so it takes a bit to stand out from the pack.
Stuart MacBride has managed to do it, though set in Aberdeen, Scotland, Cold Granite comes roaring out of the gate, It's a fullthrottle start to the series, with missing and murdered children, a protagonist who's just come back to work following a rooftop showdown with a psychopath, and a weather system that's authentic in it's neverending rain.
With multiple strands of storyline to follow, this would have been a mess in anyone else's hands, But despite this being a debut from what I could find, and it certainly appears to be the first full length novel from this author, storylines are juggled masterfully.


This is a really good book in a genre where "good enough" makes it big all too often, And it's certainly aged much better than many other novels fromdefinitely one I'm happy to be returning to, My first book by this author and definitely not my last, I became quite attached to D, I. Logan McCrae and enjoyed many of the other characters too, The story was excellent if a little too graphic at times, I am quite accomplished at skimming the really upsetting bits so the nasty details did not bother me too much, I found it to be quite neatly put together and rather realistic in terms of police procedure etc, Another new author. Hooray,
, This is the first novel featuring Detective Sergeant Logan McRae, who is a very human and flawed character, When we meet him he has been off work for a year, after being seriously knifed in the stomach, We also learn that whatever happened on the day he was injured, resulted in his losing his relationship with pathologist Dr Isobel MacAlister.
This is unfortunate, as their paths will cross many times in this book, In fact, almost as soon as McRae returns to work, the crime rate is about to soar,

This is a gritty and hard hitting novel, involving two different investigations, which somehow merge along the way, The first involves the fact that little boys are being abducted and killed, The second concerns the murder of a gangster, who has ended up in the river minus his kneecaps, Thrown into the deep end, McRae finds himself trying to solve the crimes, stay warm which doesn't sound easy in the portrait the author paints of a freezing Aberdeen! and try to discover who is leaking information to the press.


There are some fantastic characters DI Insch, with his constant munching of sweets, slimy journalist Colin Miller, possible future love interest WPC Watson and that isn't even mentioning the criminals encountered.
Stuart MacBride manages to tie in several storylines in

a believable way, has great dialogue and a fast moving plot, I look forward to following this series,
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