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Those who like their crime thrillers diamond hard (but shot through with macabre humour) need look no further than Stuart MacBride. As Flesh House, his latest, once again proves, he has few equals in this area, and is more than worthy of the ever-growing legion of admirers he is gleaning. His tough protagonist, Logan McRae, is once again negotiating the mean streets of Aberdeen, with violence and threat forever at his elbow. Those who have read Cold Granite, Dying Light and Broken Skin will know what to expect here -- and they’ll be aware that they're not in for a comfortable ride.
The city is in a state of fear. Some 20 years ago, the Grampian police nailed a particularly vicious serial killer known as The Flesher, a monster who had claimed victims throughout the country. But one of those frequent legal appeals which so often release dangerous criminals into the community has freed him, and when a container with human body parts appears at Aberdeen harbour, it looks like the stage is once again set for carnage on a massive scale. DS Logan McRae (along with his less experienced colleague, Chief Constable Mark Faulds from Birmingham -- who was on the original team tracking down The Flesher), finds himself in charge of one of the most ambitious manhunts city has ever seen. And then members of the original team tracking down their serial killer prey (whose real name is Ken Wiseman) begin to disappear -- and more human meat is making grisly appearances. All of this is delivered with the requisite grasp of tension and characterisation that we have come to expect from Stuart MacBride. There are those who will feel he has gone too far in Flesh House in confronting the less savoury aspects of human behaviour, but fans of uncompromising crime writing will be in their element. --Barry Forshaw
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Praise for Flesh House:
'Stuart MacBride is the most exciting thing to happen to British crime fiction in the last ten years. Flesh House is his fourth book and the best yet … New readers should start here' Northern Echo
Praise for Stuart MacBride:
‘Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order’ Mark Billingham
‘Ferocious and funny, this is Tartan Noir at its best’ Val McDermid
‘MacBride is a damned fine writer – no one does dark and gritty like him’ Peter James
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I said it in my earlier reviews of Stuart MacBride's stories that I didn't fancy living in Aberdeen. If there were any remaining doubts in my mind about such a view, this book dispels them all.
The body count is huge, the pychos on the loose seem to gravitate to Aberdeen and Logan McRae, as ever, brings some relative calm to the investigation - in his own way, of course! DI Steele seems to be assuming more of a role in MacBride's books, probably because DI Insch was always going to burst - one way or another.
As an aside, I thought the inclusion of the pseudo reprints of the local paper were an interesting addition, though I'm a little worried that I thought I'd recognized one of the murderers depicted!!
As before, this is a gripping read; a book which is more convoluted than the earlier ones (and longer, I think). I really enjoyed the development of the characters and, certainly, the author is more confident compared to the first story. Aberdeen in the summer for his next novel? Will we notice? Probably not! But I can hardly wait.
The body count is huge, the pychos on the loose seem to gravitate to Aberdeen and Logan McRae, as ever, brings some relative calm to the investigation - in his own way, of course! DI Steele seems to be assuming more of a role in MacBride's books, probably because DI Insch was always going to burst - one way or another.
As an aside, I thought the inclusion of the pseudo reprints of the local paper were an interesting addition, though I'm a little worried that I thought I'd recognized one of the murderers depicted!!
As before, this is a gripping read; a book which is more convoluted than the earlier ones (and longer, I think). I really enjoyed the development of the characters and, certainly, the author is more confident compared to the first story. Aberdeen in the summer for his next novel? Will we notice? Probably not! But I can hardly wait.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a crime thriller which follows the investigation of a serial killer who butchers his victims and is very bloody in it's descriptions.
There are a lot of detective/killer novels around, it takes something a bit different to stand out from the crowd and this book seems to.
Every few chapters there is a double page of newspaper cuttings which are interesting to read as background and an igenious way to get information to the reader.
The police characters are, as usual, all flawed but are developed in a very real way which created a great deal of empathy in the reader. Horrible things happen to the police detectives which are in context with the rest of the story and add to the story, making the investigation more personal.
During the middle of the book the story does slow down (the book could do with being shorter) but picks up again as it heads towards the ending. There are a few too many coincidences and I wasn't completely happy with the identity of the killer but it works reasonably well as a novel and it is fiction!!
Overall, this author portrays that the police are real people working in a real world where nothing is obvious and mistakes happen.
There are a lot of detective/killer novels around, it takes something a bit different to stand out from the crowd and this book seems to.
Every few chapters there is a double page of newspaper cuttings which are interesting to read as background and an igenious way to get information to the reader.
The police characters are, as usual, all flawed but are developed in a very real way which created a great deal of empathy in the reader. Horrible things happen to the police detectives which are in context with the rest of the story and add to the story, making the investigation more personal.
During the middle of the book the story does slow down (the book could do with being shorter) but picks up again as it heads towards the ending. There are a few too many coincidences and I wasn't completely happy with the identity of the killer but it works reasonably well as a novel and it is fiction!!
Overall, this author portrays that the police are real people working in a real world where nothing is obvious and mistakes happen.
21 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
He did it again!.... An excellent book, and MacBride is certainly becoming one of my favourite authors.
The book makes your stomache churn on one page, and you find yourself in fits of laughter on the next. How does he do it?
If you haven't already read 'Cold Granite' 'A Dying Light' 'Broken Skin' DO SO, they are just pure genious in book form. You love the characters from the very first book, and each book seems to top the next.
I cannot wait for more from MacBride, and I know now that the next book will be set in the Summer..... less rain... yay!
As the previous reviewer stated, not a book to be read at any dinner table :)
The book makes your stomache churn on one page, and you find yourself in fits of laughter on the next. How does he do it?
If you haven't already read 'Cold Granite' 'A Dying Light' 'Broken Skin' DO SO, they are just pure genious in book form. You love the characters from the very first book, and each book seems to top the next.
I cannot wait for more from MacBride, and I know now that the next book will be set in the Summer..... less rain... yay!
As the previous reviewer stated, not a book to be read at any dinner table :)
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Excellent
Not a book for squeamish readers. Contains a lot of violence and cannabalism, however i wouldnt let that put you off. Read more
Published 11 days ago by Miranda
Good........but!
I've read all the previous books and thoroughly enjoyed them
- this is brilliant as are the others, but where they were gritty this is downright gruesome! Read more
- this is brilliant as are the others, but where they were gritty this is downright gruesome! Read more
Published 14 days ago by Ros H
Beyond Credible
Having thoroughly enjoyed the previous books in the series I had high hopes for this one. Unfortunately the storyline became progressively more far fetched and key characters... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Pellows
unputdownable!
My first experience of this author. Might have been more gruesome than I'm used to but I raced through it as I had to find out who the murderer was. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Alison
Pure genius
I have recently "found" Stuart Macbride and as an avid horror / thriller reader his books are a must ! His characters are life-like and amusing ( I just love Inspector Insch !! Read more
Published 10 months ago by Tanzanite
Gripping fun!
You must not take this series of books too soberly. McBride's novels are great entertainment. Besides being well-written, gripping thrillers, his works are light-hearted and fun to... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. D. A. Chettleburgh
Keeps Getting Better
If you have never read a Stuart McBride book, especially the Logan McRae ones, get Cold Granite and start from there. Read more
Published 13 months ago by G. Nolan
would you like chianti with your liver?
First of all these books are gory, gruesome, and graphically descriptive. They contain a lot of swearing and they are incredibly funny - yes funny. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Green Book Addict Librarian
My First
As well as being my first encounter with Stuart MacBride's work this also happened to be the first crime-thriller novel I got my paws on, at the age of 19 (I know, shocking isn't... Read more
Published 14 months ago by J. Robertson
Fast, violent and funny
The first part of the book is truly unputdownable. Then, after Inspector Insh's family is dragged into a spiral of violence and Wiseman, the man suspected to have been butchering... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Max
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