Dying Light

A new Logan McRae thriller from the bestselling author of ‘Cold Granite’, set to rival Ian Rankin. It’s summertime in the Granite city: the sun is shining, the sky is blue, and people are dying! It starts with Rosie Williams, a prostitute, stripped naked and beaten to death down by the docks — the heart of Aberdeen’s red light district. For DS Logan McRae it’s a bad start to another bad day. Only a few short months ago he was the golden boy of Grampian police. But one botched raid later he’s palmed off on a DI everyone knows is a jinx, waiting for the axe to fall with all the other rejects in the ‘Screw-up Squad’. Logan’s not going to take it lying down. He’s determined to escape DI Steel and her unconventional methods, and the best way to do that is to crack the case in double-quick time. But Rosie Williams won’t be the only one making an unscheduled trip to the morgue. Across the city six people are burning to death in a petrol-soaked squat, the doors and windows screwed shut from the outside. And despite Logan’s best efforts, it’s not long before another prostitute turns up on the slab!Stuart MacBride’s characteristic grittiness, gallows humour and lively characterization make this his second unputdownable novel, confirming his status as the rising star of crime fiction.

Reviews of Dying Light

Praise for 'Dying Light': 'COLD GRANITE was a superb debut and DYING LIGHT is a wonderfully gripping and grim second outing for Logan McRae. Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order by a writer whose dark star is most definitely on the rise.' Mark Billingham 'Another brilliant, riveting police procedural. I'm green with envy!' R D Wingfield 'The story is violent and bloody; some of the crimes are vicious and MacBride doesn't hold back on the details. But there is plenty of dark humour, and a warmth to the portrayal of the police officers which lightens an otherwise grim tale by this very talented writer.' Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph Praise for 'Cold Granite': "Cold Granite" is a powerful reminder that the best contemporary crime fiction is coming out of Scotland. Ferocious and funny, this is Tartan Noir at its best.' Val McDermid 'A riveting and gruesome debut.' Telegraph 'The latest recruit to the splendid tartan army of crime writers is Stuart MacBride, and he appears with all guns blazing ! this intelligent, exciting police procedural should make the leading writers of the genre start looking over their shoulders.' Sunday Telegraph 'Stuart MacBride goes straight for the jugular with a tight, thrilling novel.' Glasgow Herald Praise for 'Cold Granite': 'MacBride is a confident writer ! does a good line in black humour and has a nose for the macabre. A promising debut.' Scotsman 'An impressive debut ! an edge-of-your-seat page-turner.' Publishers Weekly 'A cracking new writer on the crime scene who hooks you from the first page and never lets you go. The action is ferocious and the pace unrelenting, and yet MacBride manages injections of black humour.' Northern Echo