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Stuart MacBride (Author), John Nicholl (Editor), John Sessions (Reader)
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Release Date: 1 Jan 2007 | Series: Logan McRae (Book 1)

Stuart MacBride’s Number One bestselling crime series opens with this award-winning debut. 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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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: HarperCollins; Abridged edition edition (1 Jan 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007206712
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007206711
  • Product Dimensions: 14.8 x 2.4 x 12.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (202 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 269,570 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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

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It can be grim in Aberdeen. But now it’s sheer, bloody murder.

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, and looking forward to further stories in the series 20 Jun 2008
By Al
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
One of Stuart McBride's more recent books caught my eye in a bookshop, but I decided to start at the beginning so I bought this, his first book.

It is an excellent book. Good storyline; complex enough (various children going missing, unidentified bodies being found), but there are enough subtle reminders to help you keep up. There are a few twists & turns as different strong suspects prove to be innocent; quite a good "whodunnit" element. I quite enjoyed the occasional humour.

Excellent characterisation. The main two characters in particular are very interesting, and I look forward to seeing them develop further in forthcoming books. There are plenty of supporting characters, making a very interesting cast, and plenty of scope to bring different people to the fore in future stories.

The characterisation is not at the expense of the plot though; the story moves at a decent pace (I have read some books recently that spend so much time describing characters & places that the story hardly progresses - this is not one of them).

This book is excellent when considered as a stand alone story, but it is also a superb starting point for (hopefully) a long series of stories. I can't wait to read the next one...
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64 of 71 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The New Kid On the Block 19 Aug 2006
By Ian Paterson
Format:Paperback
Having read all the Rebus and half way through the Skinners series this was a welcome alternative.

Great debut you instantly warmed to the central character particularly liked the fact that he isn't the all confident all knowing Skinner, Logan is a complex figure full of doubts in both his job ability and his personal life.

There's good element of him solving the cases without the sudden leap of inspiration he resolves things with diligent policework and trusting his damaged gut.

It is a fairly gruesome book but maybe fairly accurate of the times where only sensational murders do grab the headlines.

Certainly going to read his future novels and feel that for a debut novel this ticks a lot of boxes, particularly liked that in a similar vein to Red dragon this alouds to a previous case that has left the central character both physically and mentally scarred but without just spelling it out in one flashback.

The setting of Aberdeen I guess is as much a character as any in the book and with Taggart having sewn up Glasgow and Rebus and Skinner dominating Edinburgh, Logan could easily put Aberdeen on the Murder Map.
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53 of 59 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Cold Granite - fast, great debut 6 Feb 2006
By Nigel MacDonald
Format:Hardcover
I got it home and couldn't put it down. It is a great read, dark, grisly but with some great humour. Regardless of what some people on here have said, I found it believable, the characters were all realistic and I thought that 'lazarus' was particularly good, as were both the DI's and good old 'ball-breaker'. I am half way through, and can't wait to get home and read a bit more...

A note to the people that are critical on here, have you any books in print? IF I had written this book, I would be so proud of it.

A fantastic (if somewhat gruesome) story, told well and really does grip me to the point where I have no option to read on and on, sleep, work or eating being the only thing interfering so far !

Good work to the author, and look forward to the next in the line (I really do hope that Logan becomes a long term character)

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars couldnt put it down
Very good read. Love stuart macbride books after reading this. Had to buy the others in the series. 5 stars
Published 1 day ago by oliver britton
3.0 out of 5 stars A good story
It was a great story and I love the writing style however I prefer a bit more blood and guts.
Published 2 days ago by Mrs J V Lawford
4.0 out of 5 stars Detective with a sense of humour
First novel I've read by this author, who was recommended to me. The lead character, Logan McRae, is believable as a an accidental hero. Read more
Published 3 days ago by willow1459
4.0 out of 5 stars Logan Mcrae
Very much to my taste, good cop thriller, well written. Will be reading sequels. as and when I can afford them. Not that they are particularly expensive, just limited budget
Published 5 days ago by Mr. Graham J. Calcott
5.0 out of 5 stars Hooked!
What a story! It started out really grim (I nearly put it down, in fact) but after only 20 pages I was absolutely hooked. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Helen Althorpe
5.0 out of 5 stars A gripping read
This was an utterly gripping read. I started it at breakfast time. I've just finished it. A thoroughly worthwhile way to spend my bank holiday it was too. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
5.0 out of 5 stars amazing read
the first book of logan mcrae,, once you start reading them you cant stop,, thrilling right to the end of each book.
Published 20 days ago by simone robertson
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read
This is the first Stuart Macbride I have read and I really enjoyed it. You will be gripped from the first page. A good buy. Going to get the rest now.
Published 1 month ago by Julie Knapp
5.0 out of 5 stars Stuart Macbride Logan Mcrae series
This is not the first Stuart Macbride book thatI have read. I like his tongue in cheek approach
and his a bit black humour to a sometimes gory subject. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Charles I Brown
4.0 out of 5 stars the Scottish dynamite!
Just gotta love MacBride's grim, dark humor, which this Novel is fully loaded with. Pure entertainment are the characters. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Luke Hartley
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