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Cold Granite
- Author
- Stuart MacBride
- Narrator
- Steve Worsley
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 8 June 2017
- Run Time
- 13 hours 21 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Rating
- 5.0 (5 reviews)
What to expect
DS Logan McRae and the police in Aberdeen hunt a child killer who stalks the frozen streets.
Winter in Aberdeen: murder, mayhem and terrible weather…
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. More children are going missing. More are going to die. And if Logan isn’t careful, he could end up joining them.
Critics Review
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Praise for Cold Granite:
‘Ferocious and funny, this is Tartan Noir at its best’ Val McDermid
‘A riveting and gruesome debut’ Telegraph
‘A gripping debut’ Mirror
Praise for Stuart MacBride:
‘Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order’ Mark Billingham
‘MacBride is a damned fine writer – no one does dark and gritty like him’ Peter James
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
The narrator is excellent, the voices and accents are top class.
The story was also very good, plenty of descriptive narrative with good and believable characters.
Unfortunately for me a bit too descriptive in some parts. I know that some readers like that but having a description of injuries and autopsies in great detail on murdered children is not for me.Rocketman 2026-02-04 -
5.0 5.0
Outstanding
stevew 2025-06-02 -
5.0 5.0
Another well-crafted novel by Stuart McBride. Gripping to the end and full of atmosphere.
Geoff Miles 2023-08-07
Details
- Author
- Stuart MacBride
- Narrator
- Steve Worsley
- Duration
- 13 hours 21 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 June 2017
- ISBN
- 9780008260323
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(5 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(5 reviews)
Synopsis
The very first Logan McRae novel in the No.1 bestselling crime series from Stuart MacBride. DS Logan McRae and the police in Aberdeen hunt a child killer who stalks the frozen streets. Winter in Aberdeen: murder, mayhem and terrible weather… 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. More children are going missing. More are going to die. And if Logan isn’t careful, he could end up joining them.
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