This House of Burning Bones

Don’t stoke the flames unless you want to get burned . . .

It’s not going well for Aberdeen''s NE Division: half the force is off sick, all leave has been cancelled, someone has 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 has to kick off a major murder investigation with a skeleton staff of misfits, idiots and malingerers until the top brass can arrange back-up from other divisions.

But, as bad as everything seems, things are about to get much, much worse . . .

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Praise for Stuart MacBride:

''Dark and brilliantly written'' – Linwood Barclay, author of I will Ruin You

''MacBride is a damned fine writer'' – Peter James, author of Picture You Dead

''Crime fiction of the highest order'' – Mark Billingham, author of The Last Dance