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Cold Granite (Hardcover)

by Stuart MacBride (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (90 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 464 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (3 May 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007193130
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007193134
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.8 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (90 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 244,153 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'COLD GRANITE is a powerful reminder that the best contemporary crime fiction is coming out of Scotland. Ferocious and funny, this is Tartan Noir at its best.' Val McDermid


The Scotsman

"[Cold Granite] is a good read... a promising debut for MacBride and Aberdeen."
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37 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Cold Granite - fast, great debut, 6 Feb 2006
By Nigel MacDonald (Cardiff, Wales) - See all my reviews
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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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A cracking debut, 24 Oct 2006
By Sandra Gordon (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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As an Aberdonian born and bred, it is great to finally be able to read a crime novel that is set in the Granite City. The descriptions of Aberdeen and Aberdonians are accurate and well-observed and will particularly be enjoyed by those who know the city.

It is full of gritty characters and with a gripping plot it is a cracking good read - with a good helping of typical Aberdonian droll humour thrown in for good measure. This has definitely made me want to read "Dying Light" and any others that follow.
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34 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The New Kid On the Block, 19 Aug 2006
By Ian Paterson "exiledscotsman" (Newcastle Uk) - See all my reviews
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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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4.0 out of 5 stars Hard Aberdonian crime novel
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