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This House of Burning Bones
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The Granite City is ready to burn, and all it takes is a single spark . . . In the heat of a blistering summer, Aberdeen’s police are struggling: half the force is off sick, leave has been cancelled, someone’s firebombed a hotel full of migrants,...
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Description
The Granite City is ready to burn, and all it takes is a single spark . . .
In the heat of a blistering summer, Aberdeen’s police are struggling: half the force is off sick, leave has been cancelled, someone’s 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 is forced to juggle cases and run a major murder investigation with a skeleton staff of misfits, idiots and malingerers until the top brass can arrange back-up from other divisions.
It doesn’t help that the Aberdeen Examiner has just been bought by Natasha Agapova, a tabloid media tycoon hell-bent on blaming local police for everything. And she’s more than happy to fan the flames.
But, as bad as everything seems, it’s all about to get much, much worse . . .
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
This House of Burning Bones was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 19/05/25
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035064878
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 November 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pan Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 40.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 426g
Pages: 640
About the Author
Stuart MacBride is the Sunday Times number one bestselling author of the Logan McRae and Ash Henderson novels. He has also published standalones, novellas, short stories,and a slightly twisted children's picture book for slightly twisted children.
Stuart lives in the north-east of Scotland with his wife Fiona, their cats Gherkin, Onion and Beetroot, some hens, some horses, and an impressive collection of assorted weeds.
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