COLD GRANITE

By Stuart MacBride

Synopsis

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.

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Narrator	Steve Worsley
Length	13hrs 30mins
Catalogue No.	14856
Publisher	Harper Collins; 2017

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BLIND EYE

Aberdeen's Polish community is under attack from a serial offender who leaves mutilated victims to be discovered on building sites. Detective Logan McRae is assigned to the investigation, but with the victims too scared to talk, it's going nowhere fast. When the next victim turns out to be Simon McLeod, owner of the Turf n' Track bookies, Logan suddenly finds himself caught up in a world of drug wars, prostitution and gun-running courtesy of Aberdeen's oldest and most vicious crime lord.

BROKEN SKIN

A serial rapist is leaving a string of tortured women behind him on the streets of Aberdeen, and DS Logan McRae’s girlfriend, PC Jackie Watson, is out acting as bait. The prime suspect turns out to be Aberdeen Football Club’s star striker. Logan thinks they’ve got it horribly wrong, but Jackie is convinced the footballer’s guilty and she’s hell-bent on a conviction at any cost…Contains some offensive language

THE COFFINMAKER'S GARDEN

As a massive storm batters the Scottish coast, Gordon Smith’s home is falling into the sea. The trouble is: that’s where he’s been hiding the bodies. It’s too dangerous to go near the place, so there’s no way of knowing how many people he’s murdered. Or how many more he’ll kill before he’s caught. As more horrors are discovered, ex-detective Ash Henderson is done playing nice. He’s got a killer to catch, and God help anyone who gets in his way.

DARK BLOOD

Richard Knox has served his time, so why can't he live wherever he wants? Yes, he was a violent rapist, but he's seen the error of his ways. Found God. Wants to make a new start. Or so he says. DS Logan McRae isn't thrilled to be helping Knox settle into his new Aberdeen home. He's even less thrilled to be stuck with DSI Danby from Northumbria Police - the man who put Knox behind bars - supposedly here to 'keep an eye on things'. And things are about to go very, very wrong.

A DARK SO DEADLY

Welcome to the Misfit Mob – where Police Scotland dumps the officers it can’t get rid of, but wants to. Officers like DC Callum MacGregor, lumbered with all the boring go-nowhere cases. So when an ancient mummy is found at the Oldcastle tip, it’s his job to track down its owner. But then Callum uncovers links with three missing men, and life starts to get a lot more interesting. Can the Misfit Mob prove everyone wrong before someone else dies?

THE DEAD OF WINTER

Who do you trust when everyone's guilty? Marky Bishop is dying. That's why they've given him a compassionate early release, only where can a career criminal like him go to spend his final months? From the outside, Glenfarach looks like a quaint, sleepy, snow-dusted village, nestled deep in the heart of Cairngorms National Park, but things aren't what they seem. The place is thick with security cameras, and there's a strict nine o'clock curfew, because Glenfarach is the last safe haven for people who've served their sentences but can't be safely released into the general population. For Detective Constable Edward Reekie, this was supposed to be a simple delivery job - drive his new boss up to HMP Grampian and collect Marky Bishop, take him to Glenfarach, then head back home again. Nothing dangerous or complicated. So how could it all go so horribly wrong? The weather's closing in, tensions are mounting, and time's running out - something nasty has come to Glenfarach, and Edward is standing right in its way...

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