A Litter of Bones: A Scottish Crime Thriller

DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, Book 1

By: JD Kirk

Narrated by: Angus King

Was the biggest case of his career the worst mistake he ever made?

Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan stopped the serial child-killer dubbed "Mister Whisper", earning himself a commendation, a drinking problem, and a broken marriage in the process.

Now, he spends his days working in Glasgow's Major Investigations Team, and his nights reliving the horrors of what he saw.

And what he did.

When another child disappears a hundred miles north in the Highlands, Jack is sent to lead the investigation and bring the boy home.

But as similarities between the two cases grow, could it be that Jack caught the wrong man all those years ago?

And, if so, is the real Mister Whisper about to claim his fourth victim?

A Litter of Bones is the explosive debut crime thriller novel from JD Kirk, an exciting new voice in Scottish crime fiction.

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5 star - great story with a few unexpected laughs

Haven’t written a review in a while and this is my only 5atar rating for this year,2021. Great narration - voice, tone, different character voices and the occasion funny interaction between characters which only makes the characters more real. Great story with twist too. Just what I had been looking for all year.

Meh

I mean it’s sort of okay. The narration is a bit heavy handed and pushes so hard sometimes it’s hard to simply hear the story. The story itself is fine. The writing is fine. The reviews that it is excessively violent are inaccurate. It’s not. It never gets particularly explicit in being gruesome and I appreciate that. But I found the hero unlikeable. Not in the drinks hard dark tempered acerbic personality typical way. In the “makes horrendous decisions and never seems to really get called on it way.” The idea of a mediocre detective who makes appalling decisions could be rich of course but that’s bit what this is. It’s not an exploration of the limitations of your average human and the fact that people make mistakes. The hero’s crummy work is used simply a device to allow a story to continue. So I don’t really recommend this book. It’s not bad. It’s just crummy compared to Cleeves or French or many well crafted policiers.

Love the narrator.

Interesting story set in the Scottish Highlands. The narrator helps to make the story since he’s a Scotsman through and through. Good suspense with twists and red herrings. Great character development.

Excellent book

Good story, extra ordinary narration. Having said that, the Irish/Scottish accent may make it hard for some listeners to understand the narrative. I had to slow it down to .9 to catch everything.
But- - the narrator is so damn good at the accents and different voices for different characters, it made it a pleasure to listen to, even if I sometimes had to concentrate on the dialogue.
The story/plot was exceptional - I didn’t figure out the bad guy till the very end.
I have never read a JD Kirk before, but I will going forward.

Exciting Story

This is a wonderful read and well well performed. It is quite gripping and you do not want the book to and.