A Dark So Deadly

Gripping standalone thriller from the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series.DC Callum MacGregor’s career was going pretty well until he covered up for a cock-up to protect his pregnant crime-scene tech girlfriend.Now Callum’s stuck on a squad with all the other misfits – the officers no one else wants but who can’t be fired, never likely to get within reach of a decent case again. Until they accidentally get handed the biggest murder investigation Oldcastle has ever seen.When a mummified body is found in the local rubbish dump, the top-brass assume pranksters have stolen it from a museum. But as Callum and his colleagues investigate, it starts to look less like student high-jinks and more like the work of a terrifying serial killerâ ¦

Reviews of A Dark So Deadly

Praise for Stuart MacBride:`Skilful storytelling â ¦ a satisfyingly chunky, compelling thriller' Sunday Mirror`The new book will be catnip to MacBride admirers: brutal, unsparing and plotted with the kind of assurance that is a sine qua non for this writer' Barry Forshaw, Independent`Another riveting page-turner â ¦ emotional and affecting.' Independent on Sunday`Exciting â ¦ a guaranteed bestseller' Literary Review`New Logan McRae novels are close to the top of my unmissable list, and yet again MacBride delivers. His chaotic cop hero is at his best. Superb storytelling' Sun`Another from MacBride's fantastic series of Logan McRae novels. A real page-turner' Sunday Mirror`Stuart's meticulous research shows. At times it feels like you are sitting in the back of a police car overhearing conversations between real policemen' Sunday Sport`Skilful storytelling â ¦ strong characterisation â ¦ both intriguing and engrossing' Laura Wilson, Guardian`The multiple plots move fast' Independent