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The ninth Logan McRae thriller from the No. 1 bestseller Stuart MacBride.Dark and griping. A riveting page-turner' Independent on SundayOne mistake can cost you everythingA little girl's body washes up just outside the sleepy coastal town of Macduff, kicking off a major manhunt. Officially, the investigation is out of Sergeant Logan McRae's hands, but DCI Steel's Major Investigation Team, drafted in from Aberdeen, is getting nowhere fast.Steel is running out of ideas and time. She wants Logan back on her team, and doesn't care how she gets him there.One thing is clear: there are dangerous predators lurking in the wilds of Aberdeenshire, and not everyone's getting out of this alive

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Exciting … 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

‘Another riveting page-turner … emotional and affecting.’ Independent on Sunday

‘Skilful storytelling … strong characterisation … both intriguing and engrossing’ Laura Wilson, Guardian

‘The multiple plots move fast’ Independent

Praise for Stuart MacBride:

‘MacBride is the natural heir to the late and much lamented Reginald Hill’ Andrew Taylor, Spectator

‘MacBride is a damned fine writer – no one does dark and gritty like him’ Peter James

‘Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order’ Mark Billingham

‘Some of the grittiest crime-writing in the field’ Independent

‘Admirers of tough, modern crime novels will be in seventh heaven – or should that be hell?’ Express

‘Ferocious and funny’ Val McDermid

‘Hard-hitting prose with a bone-dry humour and characters you can genuinely believe in, Stuart MacBride’s novels are a real treat’ Simon Kernick

The Missing and the Dead

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
      Publication Date: 13/08/2015
      ISBN13: 9780007494637, 978-0007494637
      ISBN10: 0007494637

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The ninth Logan McRae thriller from the No. 1 bestseller Stuart MacBride.Dark and griping. A riveting page-turner' Independent on SundayOne mistake can cost you everythingA little girl's body washes up just outside the sleepy coastal town of Macduff, kicking off a major manhunt. Officially, the investigation is out of Sergeant Logan McRae's hands, but DCI Steel's Major Investigation Team, drafted in from Aberdeen, is getting nowhere fast.Steel is running out of ideas and time. She wants Logan back on her team, and doesn't care how she gets him there.One thing is clear: there are dangerous predators lurking in the wilds of Aberdeenshire, and not everyone's getting out of this alive

      Trade Review

      Exciting … 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

      ‘Another riveting page-turner … emotional and affecting.’ Independent on Sunday

      ‘Skilful storytelling … strong characterisation … both intriguing and engrossing’ Laura Wilson, Guardian

      ‘The multiple plots move fast’ Independent

      Praise for Stuart MacBride:

      ‘MacBride is the natural heir to the late and much lamented Reginald Hill’ Andrew Taylor, Spectator

      ‘MacBride is a damned fine writer – no one does dark and gritty like him’ Peter James

      ‘Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order’ Mark Billingham

      ‘Some of the grittiest crime-writing in the field’ Independent

      ‘Admirers of tough, modern crime novels will be in seventh heaven – or should that be hell?’ Express

      ‘Ferocious and funny’ Val McDermid

      ‘Hard-hitting prose with a bone-dry humour and characters you can genuinely believe in, Stuart MacBride’s novels are a real treat’ Simon Kernick

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