No Less The Devil

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THE CHILLING AND COMPULSIVE NEW NOVEL FROM THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR.

'We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.'


It's been seventeen months since the Bloodsmith butchered his first victim and Operation Maypole is still no nearer catching him. The media is whipping up a storm, the top brass are demanding results, but the investigation is sinking fast.

Now isn't the time to get distracted with other cases, but Detective Sergeant Lucy McVeigh doesn't have much choice. When Benedict Strachan was just eleven, he hunted down and killed a homeless man. No one's ever figured out why Benedict did it, but now, after sixteen years, he's back on the streets again - battered, frightened, convinced a shadowy 'They' are out to get him, and begging Lucy for help.

It sounds like paranoia, but what if he's right? What if he really is caught up in something bigger and darker than Lucy's ever dealt with before? What if the Bloodsmith isn't the only monster out there? And what's going to happen when Lucy goes after them?

Praise for Stuart MacBride:

'A brutal, visceral read, laced with the blackest of humour and travelling to some very dark places' Guardian

'A magnetic mix of creepy places, dark humour, horror and violence'
Sun

© Stuart MacBride 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Critics Review

  • Wow. What a ride! MacBride has always possessed the ability to pull you into dark, gritty tales – served up with a large dollop of great characterisation and a side of dry humour. NO LESS THE DEVIL is no exception to that but, take my word for it, it is EXCEPTIONAL in one other major way. Hold on to your pants because you will NOT see it coming. A must read. Crime fiction that slaps you around the chops and demands that you sit up and take notice.

    Deborah Masson
  • Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me… always fast, hard, authentic – and different.

    Lee Child
  • ‘A clever, disturbing story about a police officer with a terrible past and a hunt for a serial killer. As always, he writes with energy and colour’

    Literary Review

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