Author:Stuart MacBride
Four short stories in one handy sized paperback, chronicling the escapades of DS Logan McRae and DI Steel as they continue to fight the good fight north of the border.
This collection contains one lengthy story, a mini-novel in its own right really, based on a sub plot that was excised from MacBride’s last full-length novel ‘The Missing and The Dead’, two fairly throwaway short stories and finally a longish tale based around the Scottish devolution vote.
This is a handy way to get hold of these four stories in one collection. The book is worth buying for the first one alone, which could almost have been published in its own right (as the hardback edition was). The second and third stories, although not as captivating, are still well worth a read and the final one, The 45% Hangover, will produce a smile.
Length of Read:Short
Might appeal to people who enjoyed…
Fans of the McRae/Steel novels will enjoy these little outings and diversions, and readers of police/ detective novels along the general lines of Rebus should also dip their toe into the water of MacBride’s work, and may well then find that they want to investigate further.
One thing you’ve learned
These stories certainly whet the appetite for the publication in January of the next full length novel in the series, ‘In The Cold Dark Ground’.
Sounds like just my cup of tea. A new name for me. Thanks.
I recently read this and thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m a fan of the McRae books and have no time wahtsoever for the Rebus novels.
The new full length McRae In The Cold Dark Ground is out on 14th January
Review coming next weekend……