Cold Granite

Logan McRae, Book 1

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Steve Worsley

The very first Logan McRae novel in the No.1 bestselling crime series from Stuart MacBride.

DS Logan McRae and the police in Aberdeen hunt a child killer who stalks the frozen streets.

Winter in Aberdeen: murder, mayhem and terrible weather…

It’s DS Logan McRae’s first day back on the job after a year off on the sick, and it couldn’t get much worse. Three-year-old David Reid’s body is discovered in a ditch: strangled, mutilated and a long time dead. And he’s only the first. There’s a serial killer stalking the Granite City and the local media are baying for blood.

Soon the dead are piling up in the morgue almost as fast as the snow on the streets, and Logan knows time is running out. More children are going missing. More are going to die. And if Logan isn’t careful, he could end up joining them.

©2005 Stuart MacBride (P)2005 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

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

‘A riveting and gruesome debut’ Telegraph

‘A gripping debut’ Mirror

Just when I think I have things figured out

the story takes a left turn, and I’m left trying to see where it has gone now. Excellent writing, kept me guessing up to just about the end.

Gripping stuff

Narrator brings great life to the characters & McBride does it best! Logan.. You cant help but fall in love with him!

Great Scottish Mystery

This was the first Stuart MacBride I’d read or listened to. What a great surprise! “Cold Granite” is the first of the Logan McCrae series; it’s dark, with considerable violence, but also sometimes very funny. The narrator is spot-on, capturing both the characters & the mood of the story. I’m looking forward to hearing the rest of this series.

Really, really, really good

Having finished the series, I'm going back to the 1st book to say how much I've enjoyed the journey. Also, Steve Worsley is the perfect performer -- he makes it come alive.

Good

I love crime dramas and this was very good. I felt nauseous throughout most of the book due to the gruesome details of them digging through the roadkill sheds…. I wish I loved Logan a bit more but he’s hard to connect to.