Shatter the Bones

A bestseller from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. The seventh DS Logan McRae thriller is a gripping page-turner in which fame and fortune crash head-on with crime and punishment.

No suspects. No clues. No rest for the wicked.

'You will raise money for the safe return of Alison and Jenny McGregor. If you raise enough money within fourteen days they will be released. If not, Jenny will be killed.'

Aberdeen's own mother-daughter singing sensation are through to the semi-finals of TV smash-hit Britain's Next Big Star. But their reality-TV dream has turned into a real-life nightmare.

The ransom demand appears in all the papers, on the TV, and the internet, telling the nation to dig deep if they want to keep Alison and Jenny alive.

Time is running out, but DS Logan McRae and his colleagues have nothing to go on: the kidnappers haven't left a single piece of forensic evidence and there are no witnesses.

It looks as if the price of fame just got a lot higher…

“Praise for Stuart MacBride: Hurray for a new McRae " Sun A terrific writer bodies abound, blood flows freely and McRae is a delight " The Times Some of the grittiest crime-writing in the field etched in the darkest of hues and with dialogue so sharp you might cut yourself " Independent 'Hard-hitting prose with a bone-dry humour and characters you can genuinely believe in, Stuart MacBride's Logan McRae series of novels are a real treat' Simon Kernick Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order by a writer whose dark star is most definitely on the rise' Mark Billingham If you "re looking for taut narrative, gut-churning incident, strong characterisation then look no further " Reginald Hill Ferocious and funny' Val McDermid Riveting and gruesome " Daily Telegraph Tartan noir "s greatest exponent " Daily Mirror Hurray for a new McRae " Sun A terrific writer McRae makes John Rebus seem like a compliant wimp bodies abound, blood flows freely and McRae is a delight " The Times One of the most disturbing and uncompromising novels in the highly successful Logan McRae series admirers of tough, modern crime novels will be in seventh heaven “ or should that be hell? " Express Some of the grittiest crime-writing in the field The McRae books sport some of the pithiest snapshots of urban life this side of Irvine Welsh etched in the darkest of hues and with dialogue so sharp you might cut yourself " Independent Another brilliant, riveting police procedural. I'm green with envy! " R D Wingfield Stuart MacBride goes straight for the jugular with a tight, thrilling novel " Glasgow Herald This intelligent, exciting police procedural should make the leading writers of the genre start looking over their shoulders " Sunday Telegraph An impressive debut an edge-of-your-seat page-turner " Publishers Weekly A gritty, roller-coaster, in-your-face thriller " Aberdeen Press and Journal A cracking new writer on the crime scene who hooks you from the first page and never lets you go. The action is ferocious and the pace unrelenting " Northern Echo Compelling reading " Telegraph Gripping " Daily Mirror”

Praise for Shatter the Bones:

‘It’s gripping and gritty … the tension builds layer on layer’ Express

‘MacBride at his best’ Northern Echo

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

‘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

Stuart MacBride is the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Logan McRae and Ash Henderson novels. He's also published standalones, novellas and short stories as well as a children's picture book.Stuart lives in the northeast of Scotland with his wife Fiona, cats Grendel, Gherkin, Onion and Beetroot, some hens, horses and a vast collection of assorted weeds.

A bestseller from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. The seventh DS Logan McRae thriller is a gripping page-turner in which fame and fortune crash head-on with crime and punishment. No suspects. No clues. No rest for the wicked. 'You will raise money for the safe return of Alison and Jenny McGregor. If you raise enough money within fourteen days they will be released. If not, Jenny will be killed.' Aberdeen's own mother-daughter singing sensation are through to the semi-finals of TV smash-hit Britain's Next Big Star. But their reality-TV dream has turned into a real-life nightmare. The ransom demand appears in all the papers, on the TV, and the internet, telling the nation to dig deep if they want to keep Alison and Jenny alive. Time is running out, but DS Logan McRae and his colleagues have nothing to go on: the kidnappers haven't left a single piece of forensic evidence and there are no witnesses. It looks as if the price of fame just got a lot higher...

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