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Il collezionista di occhi de Stuart MacBride

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Un autore da oltre 2 milioni di copie Un grande thriller L’estate ad Aberdeen è una stagione crudele. Un sanguinario criminale ha preso di mira la comunità polacca della città, lasciandosi alle spalle una scia di vittime torturate e abbandonate in fin di vita in cantieri edili, con gli occhi strappati e le orbite bruciate. Le lettere rabbiose che arrivano al quartier generale della polizia dimostrano che è solo l’inizio... Con vittime troppo spaventate per parlare e un pedofilo in fuga come unico testimone, le indagini, affidate al sergente Logan McRae, sono a un punto morto. Come se non bastasse, il sarcastico ispettore capo Finnie sembra deciso a rendere la vita di McRae un inferno. Intanto le brutali aggressioni continuano e quando si scopre che una delle vittime non proviene dall’Est, ma è Simon McLeod, un noto allibratore, Logan si trova improvvisamente catapultato in un mondo di prostituzione, droga e traffico di armi. Dall’Est Europa si sta infatti preparando un vero e proprio assalto alla tranquillità di Aberdeen, già sull’orlo di una guerra tra bande. Ed è a questo punto che il più pericoloso signore del crimine della città si fa avanti per trattare con McRae. Per risolvere il caso, salvare la propria vita e quella dei suoi cari, Logan dovrà decidere fino a che punto infrangere le regole... Numero 1 in Inghilterra Un autore da oltre 2 milioni di copie «Stuart MacBride è quanto mai abile nell’usare la penna alla stregua di un machete, nel nutrire le sue “invenzioni” di raccapricciante ferocia, nel far soffrire d’insonnia i suoi fan. Un concentrato di cattiveria narrativa.» Mauro Castelli, Il Sole 24 ore «Fiammeggiante noir alla Tarantino condito da omeopatiche dosi di humour scozzese: questa è, da tempo, la ricetta vincente di Stuart MacBride.» Piero Soria, La Stampa «Emozionante... un bestseller garantito.» Literary Review Stuart MacBrideÈ lo scrittore scozzese numero 1 nel Regno Unito ed è tradotto in tutto il mondo. La Newton Compton ha pubblicato i thriller Il collezionista di bambini (Premio Barry come miglior romanzo d’esordio), Il cacciatore di ossa, La porta dell’inferno, La casa delle anime morte, Il collezionista di occhi, Sangue nero, La stanza delle torture, Vicino al cadavere, Scomparso e Il cadavere nel bosco, con protagonista Logan McRae; Cartoline dall’inferno e Omicidi quasi perfetti, che seguono le indagini del detective Ash Henderson; Apparenti suicidi; Il ponte dei cadaveri. MacBride ha ricevuto il prestigioso premio CWA Dagger in the Library e l’ITV Crime Thriller come rivelazione dell’anno.


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Book number five in this great series.
As usual the police play outside the rules, the murders are gross and the interactions between most of the characters are pretty antisocial. On the other hand the humour is terrific and a few of the characters are just amazing. DI Steel is one of the best female cops in print and I also have a soft spot for Logan. Their relationship has developed beautifully and I especially to see Logan standing up for himself on the few occasions that he tries it.
I must admit to seriously hoping that the police are not really the way they are presented in this book. On occasion they are as bad as the criminals they are chasing, but it is all good entertainment and Blind Eye is a very enjoyable read.58 s Kayla Jefferson72 5

This book had potential but only scored low for me due to my pronunciation of Polish names and language, nothing to do with the book been about Polish people just my lavk of knowledge on how to pronounce their language and say their names proper. I felt Logan was done dirty in this book, all the other i have loved him in but this one he just didn’t feel the same lovable cop in the other even at the beginning of the book. His trip to Poland and all that happened has left him with massive PTSD (understandably) but to then make him a smoker and what is seeming to be an alcoholic is just not fair. His work seems to be offering no help to handle the PTSD or even asking how Logan feels about it its all just brushed off and back to work you go, the only person offering help is the criminal psychologist but its more of a small helping hand than a you need help. DI Steel still her sass pants self which i love. 33 s1 comment Carolyn2,367 663

Another terrific read in this great series. It's violent, gritty, infused with dark humour and so very good!

It's summer in Aberdeen, so for once it's not raining. Someone is targeting the Polish population, removing their eyes and leaving them in abandoned buildings. Everyone is too terrified to say who attacked them and the only eyewitness is a pedophile who's gone into hiding. When the latest attack is on a criminal underworld figure, the police also realise there is more going on, possibly a new gang moving in on Aberdeen.

DS Logan McRae is on the case with my favourite detective, the acerbic, foul mouthed DI Roberta Steele. Logan has some very traumatic brushes with death and danger in this novel, including in Krakow where he is sent to follow up on some historical cases of blinding. He also seems to be everyone's whipping boy and spends significant time being interviewed by Professional Standards. His relationship with DI Steele provides much of the humour in the novel, particularly as she has him earmarked to provide a very specific service for her. Logan's character is developing well as he hones his skills as a detective and learns to stand up for himself. I hope he gets some treatment for his PTSD and his heavy drinking before the next episode.2021 crime police-procedural ...more32 s1 comment Lisa1,299

Wow this book packs a huge punch - it's a big detective mystery, violent, sweary, drunken, chaotic mess...and I loved it!
This is always going to be a marmite book because it lives in the extremes of black humour - if you don't swearing, violence and gore this is never going to be palatable let alone funny.
Not that I enjoy these things...ahem...but I appreciate their fictional worth when trying to portray people living on the fringes of right and wrong in extreme circumstances.
I was going to give it 4.5 stars because it's a bit too long and maybe a bit too messy but fuck it I really, really enjoyed it so let's give it all the entertainment stars it deserves!
I enjoyed the audio version which was narrated by the author - I had as many laugh out loud moments as wanting to be sick in a bag moments (is that a good thing??).
DO NOT READ WHEN EATING - THANK YOU
I love this series :)
audio favourite-series nature-v-nurture ...more20 s Rachel the Book Harlot175 49

"Logan walked over to the window, rubbing a clear patch in the dusty glass. Looked another beautiful day to be a police officer, with outbreaks of infighting, sulking, and recriminations."

In Blind Eye, Book 5 of the Logan McRae series, Logan and Co. are back with bacon butties, hangovers, and all-around police investigation shenanigans. But it's not all fun and games--Logan has a bit of a tough time in this, and has to deal some serious demons. It was a new side to Logan's character that was interesting to watch.

DI Steel is more brilliant than usual. MacBride adds another dimension to her here, including allowing us to see her life outside of HQ, making her even more human and likable. It was a pleasure to see these other facets of her character, all of which made me adore that much more.

In terms of the case they worked on, it was great and what I've come to expect from this series. My only issue is that Logan sometimes tends to miss obvious clues. This has been an issue in previous books, with the exception of Book 4, but here this trait was at an all-time high. It drove me nuts because it almost verged into stupid territory. But, ultimately it didn't matter since I still loved the story. I stayed up later than I should have on numerous nights because I couldn't put it down.

So, would I recommend this to fans of the series? Yes, definitely. Blind Eye is another great installment of the Logan McRae series.

Final rating: 4 stars horror-thriller-mystery18 s Barry383 67

Blind Eye had pretty much everything that one could want in a thriller: suspense, twists, maimings, murders, good guys, bad guys, gore, subplots, etc. In fact, it may have had a bit too much of some.

I very much enjoyed the book but felt that it could have gone on a bit too long. I was ready for it to end at least 100 pages earlier than it did. That aside, it was a very enjoyable, albeit a bit grisly, book. It's been a while since I picked up a Stuart Macbride book because I found his previous effort very disappointing.

Intrepid screwup but occasionally brilliant Detective Sargeant Logan McRae has returned from leave due to injury yet again - he is clearly after the record for the most nearly incapacitating injuries suffered while being a cop. Male members of the Aberdeen Polish community are being maimed for no apparent reason. These maimings take the form of having their eyes removed and the then empty sockets being burned. If that´s too gory for you, then you might not want to read this book.

Simultaneously, the more conventional elements of the Aberdeen underworld are bashing in knees with a claw hammer, burning down businesses and generally wreaking havoc on themselves as well as the more innocent citizenry. Logan injects himself into this mess and chaos, including a trip to Poland, ensues.

MacBride´s plot is well done with, as much earlier, a number of significant twists and quite clever threads. His characters are, for the most part, quite believable and well developed and his prose is straightforward and well-written. This is not a quick read but I was fully engaged from beginning to end.

I am comfortable recommending Blind Eye to those who enjoy well-written, convoluted, police procedurals with a bit of gore.

Fini14 s Karen1,880 108

DI Steele deserves her own fan club. It would have to be a club where swearing, drinking, smoking and fiddling with your bra strap were perfectly acceptable behaviours of course. You've also got a ready made slogan as fans of the wonderful Logan McRae series from Scottish author Stuart MacBride will be aware.

BLIND EYE is the 5th book in this funny, gruesome, funny, ferocious, unflinching, funny series featuring DS Logan McRae and a passing parade of DIs and DCIs. DI Steele makes a very high profile return in BLIND EYE, in fact she's in danger of completely stealing the show, although McRae also has to deal with the considerably more prickly DCI Finnie as well.

In true MacBride style, not only are the characterisations vivid, unflinching and frequently decidedly unflattering, the subject matter of this book is confrontational. Somebody is preying on Aberdeen's Polish community - not killing, but dreadfully maiming a series of men. Gouging out their eyes and burning the sockets, the crime seems inexplicably cruel and utterly and totally ruthless. The victim's are understandably too scared to talk, and the only witness - a paedophile on the run - doesn't exactly inspire anybody's hope in being able to sort this.

As the investigation grinds on, and the maiming take a particularly startling turn, McRae finds himself having to deal with Finnie's increasing sarcasm and what seems antagonism, as well as Steele's glorious excess - which now includes a rather personal component, making McRae increasingly squeamish.

Undoubtedly the subject matter that MacBride touches on in all his books is going to be unpleasant reading for some people. He balances that beautifully with humour - sometimes gallows style, frequently black and downright hilarious in other places. He writes gruesome but highly realistic plots which don't shilly shally around with your sensibilities. You'll often come out of one of these books feeling a little you've been slapped around the head and shoulders with something quite quite icky. MacBride also writes fantastic police characters - McRae's increasing dithering around nicely balanced by the iron wit and will of DI Steele, both of them up against the sarcasm and terseness of Finnie. Settling in with these characters is rapidly becoming more and more a visit with favourite friends. Sure you've heard the stories before. Sure you've seen them when they have a few too many before. Who cares - good mates are extremely hard to find.
crime review-books united-kingdom13 s RG3,090

This wasnt as strong at the previous novels in the series. I love the characters so they seen to keep me wanting more. The main crime didn't seem as strong in this one or as thrilling. The side stories seemed to keep my interest more.12 s Bill95 13

Set in Aberdeen, where I live, this book made interesting reading, particularly the Scottish police humour that permeates the narrative. The star of the story is Detective Inspector Steel, a lesbian with ‘wife’ Susan, who is desperate for a child from a sponsor.
Page 398 really made me laugh with the following paragraph:
‘Steel dropped her vodka and poured more for everyone. ‘I ever tell you about the Sperminator, Susan? Goes about smearing his spunk on handrails in shopping centres. All you’d have to do is take your knickers off and slide down every banister in Aberdeen – probably get pregnant somewhere between Markies and John Lewis’s.’
11 s Natalie M1,192 48

I thoroughly enjoy the dark humour and tongue-in-cheek wit of MacBride and again it is abundant in this novel. DI Steel and Logan McRae are the highlights of the series.

Unfortunately, instalment number five is just not as good as the previous ones. I found books one to three absolutely brilliant and maybe the bar is set so high I cant quite meet the expectations and anticipation.

Looking forward to having some time to read No.6.11 s Siobhan4,674 584

Blind Eye, the fifth Logan McRae novel, simply highlights why Stuart MacBride is one of my favourite authors.

Whilst Blind Eye is not my favourite of the Logan McRae novels – that title is currently held by Broken Skin – it is certainly a great read. Having recently read MacBride’s Ash Henderson novels and finding them less enjoyable than his McRae novels (they’re still fun, but they’re not the same), it was great to go back to what I know and truly love.

After many novels depicting the terrible Aberdonian winters, we’re finally being given one set in summer. I argued in the prior books that Aberdeen winters are not as dreary as MacBride makes them seem… Well, having now read his summer book whilst dealing with winter, I realised he captured Aberdeen perfectly. It is cold as hell. It is wet and windy all the time. However, it really isn’t the terrible place MacBride would have you believing. If nothing else, it’s a much better city than where I grew up. The whole crime aspect – he could have shoved it into any city, he simply picked the windy one he knew so well. That’s a tangent, though – just know we finally have that summer book he kept promising!

Straight away we’re thrown into this wonderful story, with the first chapter throwing us straight into the action. Despite how we’re thrown in within a couple of pages, I felt as though it did take a while for things to really start coming together. As always, MacBride has multiple storylines existing at the same time. We never deal with just one crime. There are always many things occurring, usually with these things being connected in some way or the other.

For me, though, what I really loved about this one was the way in which the characters developed. They’re just as amusing as always – even more so in certain cases (hell, this one has left me wishing for a Steel spinoff series; the woman is wonderful, and I could write for hours about how great she is) – but there is more than just the usual. In particular, we get to see Logan as more human. We get to see how everything has been building up for him; we get to see the way things impact upon his life.

Basically, we get to see the breakdown.

It was so different to the prior books, allowing us to see Logan in a new light. Oddly enough, I loved this Logan even more. Perhaps that just me, though, being weird and loving it when characters are forced into the darkest corners of their mind. The way in which he changes throughout the book, the way in which things playout – whilst not my favourite in the series, I loved the way this one had a somewhat different feel to it.

Overall, it was another brilliant read. I really need to get my hands on book six. I have the rest of the series sitting on my bookshelf, but because I’m a rather silly human being I’m missing number six. As soon as I get my hands on it, though, I’ll be sure to see what else is in store for one of my favourite police officers.10 s Lady*M1,069 109

3.5 stars

I'm taking a break from Logan McRae, not because this is a bad book, but because it started slipping into abuse of the main character. There is only so many times you can screw up your protagonist and make me really care: the constant abuse of his superiors and crazy girlfriends, the beating, explosions and now alcoholism... I hope this will not become a trend for the rest of the series. While I recognize Logan can't be the same as at the beginning of the series - this is becoming too much. So, a little break it is. contemporary detectives-law-enforcement police-procedural ...more9 s Yigal ZurAuthor 10 books133

good crime novel. great plot in dark Aberdeen.9 s Steve962 104

This was the most suspenseful book in the Logan McRae series yet! Polish mafia, crooked police officers, Aberdeen criminals trying to protect their territory, and DS McRae caught right in the middle of this mess. I'm wondering how much more he can take before he completely snaps and goes off the deep end!foreign mystery noir-tartan ...more7 s Sarah790 156

4.5* Another thrilling instalment in Stuart MacBride's excellent Logan McRae / Roberta Steel series. I'm a latecomer to the series, and I must say I've been gobbling them up all year as my "go-to" books when I want something enthralling that I know I'm going to love.
Blind Eye is high on "ick-factor", not really surprising, as the follow-up to the stomach-churning Flesh House (Logan McRae #4). Someone is gouging out the eyes of members of Aberdeen's Polish immigrant community, apparently in reprisal or warning. There is a nationalistic element at play, according to a series of letters received by Aberdeen police, purporting to be written by the perpetrator. The disfigured and traumatised victims are unwilling to talk and police are struggling to find leads, as the press clamours for justice. When the latest blinded victim is Aberdeen criminal king-pin Simon McLeod, the stakes escalate and DS Logan McRae must also keep an eye on the younger McLeod brother, Colin, who is set on exercising a private vengeance.
This instalment in the McRae series is remarkable for two reasons: firstly, the sun is shining and the weather is warm in usually bleak Aberdeen, which somehow seems to make the unfolding violence even more obscene; secondly, McRae leaves Aberdeenshire for the central part of the novel, to travel to Krakow in Poland, investigating a previous series of similar crimes which occurred there in the 1980s and 90s. Following his return to sunny Aberdeen, events unfold towards a dramatic climax in which McRae and his colleagues finally come eye-to-eye (sorry) with a deadly foe.
McRae is characteristically put-upon by the majority of his senior colleagues in this instalment, and again has to front up to Professional Standards on a couple of occasions. He feels particularly under the spotlight, as a vacancy has recently opened for an Inspector and there is fierce competition among the sergeants at HQ to impress. It's far from the best time for McRae to develop a suspicion that the DCI is taking bribes from an Aberdeen crime lord. Meanwhile, DI Roberta Steel is pursuing an embarrassed and hesitant McRae as a sperm donor, after she and her wife are turned down for both IVF and adoption.
I felt that the thriller aspect of the McRae series has stepped up a notch with Blind Eye, while the novel has consolidated upon the strong character development and setting of the previous instalments. Stuart MacBride is building Logan McRae as a character with some pretty serious baggage in terms of near-death experiences. Will his hard work and tenacity ever be recognised by the hierarchy or is he destined to always be DI Steel's preferred sidekick and Professional Standards' whipping boy?
My appreciation for this series grows with each book I read - highly recommended.books-i-own series zread-in-20205 s Tina Saldiran34 19

Finally, having finished the 5th book of the series, I discovered what kept bothering me about it:

I love the dialogue, I love the cases, I love the comic relief and the suspense, all well done, but I just can't over the fact that police these days don't use guns but pepper spray when storming homes of serial killers/cannibals/rapists etc, then just fall all over themselves the three stooges and fail.

You might not think much of it but the stupidity of untrained and unarmed cops running amok IS what creates the whole story in the books - every event literally depends on it and grows from this. Many circumstances and situations happen simply for this reason alone - criminals get away all the time, serial killers make a run for it, mafia thugs beat the swat team cops to pulps and while those slip on their own blood and fall on their asses, simply get into their car and start driving. I mean...come on! I don't want to be the cliche American who thinks a gun is the solution for every problem but I don't see how you can defend or explain unarmed cops.

There is also the quite odd trauma Logan goes through for shooting someone in pure self defense. I mean would YOU feel bad if you were being shot at, backed into a corner, injured, about to die and managed to nail the other guy? Would you feel remorse and worry about whether or not the criminal actually made it to a hospital? Mind you, this is not an innocent baby we're talking about, it's a thug who killed probably a lot of people and meant to add you to his collection.

I love everything about these books but the Laurel Hardy cartoonish ineptitude of the police department grows simply exhausting and annoying after a while. If you're writing a comedy, you're doing a marvelous job but if this is supposed to be a real life criminal thriller (and the violence of the crimes suggests that it is) then please don't do us readers the disservice of suggesting that police dealing with violent crimes run around with pepper spray bottles which, by the way, half the time they don't even get to use because they can't retrieve it fast enough, or they mistakenly spray all over themselves while trying to hit the perpetrator. It is simply not realistic, just frustratingly stupid.6 s monika55

This used to be my favorite detective/thriller series, but this installment made me want to ditch MacBride's books completely.
The main problem - characters were so overdone that they felt caricatures. Every stereotype you can think of cops/Eastern Europeans/mafia talk/goths is in this book. So many mc's decisions were unrealistic, so many chapters didn't contribute to the story at all, which made this 500 page book even longer.
Buuuuuut, as always, I loved the writing style and pages were flying by, so overall it's a 3 star read.
I really wanted something more special for my first book of 2023 tho :'(5 s Katerina852 755

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This audiobook was narrated by the author, who did an excellent job in my opinion. He also has done an excellent job in writing this series so far, and it is one of my favorites (but my favorites changes every year or two). It's pretty dark, but with enough humor to keep it light. In this one, there is someone who cuts out his victim's eyes and then burns the sockets, leaving them alive but blind. There is also some crippling by smashing the person's kneecaps with a hammer. Much of the recent blindings have been done to Polish immigrants and letters were sent blaming them for taking away jobs, etc - the usual hatred against immigrants by poor citizens.

The main character, Detective Sergeant Logan McRae, is a cop in Aberdeen, Scotland that means well, but somehow things always go wrong no matter how hard he tries. Usually this is because he's just too nice a guy, or he tries too hard, etc. But in many ways, he's his own worst enemy. When things go wrong, he often follows along by doing more wrong because of it, usually drinking too much. He had to go to Poland for a case, where he shot someone and then almost got blown up, causing him to have bad dreams and other PTSD symptoms. So, instead of taking up offers of help from a psychologist, he starts smoking again (which he doesn't really ), and drinking a lot.

In one instance, he's encouraged to stay overnight and his reply is:
‘But I've got plans.’ Which was true – he was going to go home and sit in the dark drinking vodka until he passed out. Same as he'd done every night since getting back from Poland.
‘I don't care: you're sodding well staying!’

But to give him his due, he usually has impossible instructions, or clear instructions but he gets in trouble for following them. He's constantly being told things "Don't do anything without clearing it with me first!", and then he comes back and is asked why he didn't do something about a problem. Or he gets suspended and then has to work or meet with someone while suspended (without pay of course).

As bad as things get, it's hard not to laugh every few pages. I'm going to be disappointed when I finish this series, I think.
audiobooks mystery police-procedural4 s Chad James241 132

Bookish Books Reading Challenge & #LibraryLoveChallenge2023 bookishbooks-readingchallenge-2023 het-finished ...more4 s Pat K750 11

I love this series, i love the character of Logan MacRae, but he's such a doormat at this point in the story. This book is narrated by the author, and he does an excellent job of it. DI Steele is such a vile character I wondered, while I was listening, whether I could put up with anymore of her in the next books. I'll try one more and see if she improves.audiobook british detective-or-mystery4 s Jennifer (JC-S)3,107 243

‘Well ... He’s definitely unhinged. No sane person uses so many exclamation marks.’

Someone is preying on Aberdeen’s growing Polish community. Men are found abandoned, barely alive, on building sites with their eyes gouged out and the sockets burned. Threatening letters arriving at police headquarters make it clear that the attacks will continue.

The victims are too scared to talk to police, and the only witness is a paedophile on the run. Grampian Police are not making much progress in capturing the offender they have tagged Oedipus. There is another big case happening at the same time (involving firearms) and Detective Sergeant Logan (‘Lazarus’ or ‘Laz’) McRae has his hands full. McRae is also hoping for a promotion: one of the Detective Inspectors is about to retire, and catching Oedipus could only enhance his chances.

This is an interesting, and at times brutal, police procedural. There is plenty of action, mostly in Aberdeen but also in Poland. There are also some juicy red herrings, some fascinating personal challenges (especially for DS McRae and Detective Inspector Roberta Steel). This is not a novel for the squeamish, but it does have some delightful humour.

I am reading this series out of order, and this is my first exposure to DS McRae and his superior officer, DI Roberta Steel. It won’t be the last: these are characters worth exploring and I’ll be tracking down the earlier four novels.

Jennifer Cameron-Smith
4 s Neil543 52

This was book 5 in the Logan McRae series, and as I have come to expect it is packed with various plotlines as Aberdeen seems to suffer a crime explosion in the sunshine. There is a possible drugs war looming, a cache of weapons are found, and various criminal empires are being exposed. As if that wasn't enough the local Polish community are living in fear as someone is going round and cutting their eyes out. Plus there is the added problem of a policeman on the take, so who can be trusted.
This time the story takes Logan out of Aberdeen and across to Poland as he tries to make sense of what is happening. There is also a DIs position looking to be filled, will Logan's name be put forward or will his luck run true to form? On the upside it seems as though he has now got himself a new girlfriend.
Now for the downside. For me it seems as though the author is turning two of the main characters into pastiches or stereotypes. Logan seems to be becoming the hard drinking Scottish Policeman, often at odds with his superiors and Policing Standards. DI Steel is slowly becoming an almost comedic character with a soft spot for Logan and virtually nobody else.
Having said all of that it is still a good read, and more believable than many other crime novels. 4 s Ellen991 156

Blind Eye by Stuart MacBride.

Reading this series and other series' with books over 500 pages + I've discovered something about myself. I haven't been choosing books that are a quick read or an overnight fun read. I've been engrossed in books that bring me into another country-another culture. In the case of Blind eye it's into Aberdeen, Scotland. The life in every aspect of the Detective Sargeant Logan McRae.

The Polish section of Aberdeen is growing fast and it's not meeting the acceptance of the native population. Victims of Polish descent have been turning up with their eyes gouged out. Logan's attempts in finding the brains behind these heinous crimes is going nowhere. But Logan is going somewhere. Logan is traveling to Poland to meet with a top Police Detective to find the reasoning behind it all where it first started.
In closing let me just say that one day I was reading this book in the public library when a person asked me, "How do you that book?" He was another fan of the Detective Logan McRae series. He had read them all and all of Ian Rankin's Scottish mysteries as well. It's a small world when it comes to book lovers.

macbride mystery-inspector-logan-mcrae4 s Eric413 31

Well, it will be redundant, but again, each book by Stuart MacBride featuring Logan McRae and company just gets better than the last.

Some may suggest that MacBride follows a similar formula in each book by use of multiple threads going on at the same time, but that is okay. There's nothing wrong with sticking with a formula that works.

Along with his other books, this book is violent, but not in an exploitative way.

Also, in this book MacBride has the return of villains in past books, while introducing new, nastier villains.

Another thing that has evolved is the relationship between McRae and DI Steele. Previously, their relationship tended to loom on being one-sided, but as the novel goes on, the reader finds Steele has more layers than once thought.

Still, though, MacBride really needs to move way from characters with weak stomachs when it comes to the gore.

4 s ?tsukino?1,227 157

Bel thriller, come al solito pieno di colpi di scena e di intrecci ben riusciti.
Anche in questo quinto capitolo MacBride attraverso l’ironia riesce a trovare un perfetto equilibrio che smorza le parte più crude e macabre.
Era evidente che alla fine Logan non sarebbe diventato ispettore, ma Beattie?
Capisco che il ns. amato sergente è un casinista (nella vita professionale come in quella privata, anche se sul discorso delle cicatrici ho pensato la stessa cosa verso Samantha) ma qua hanno premiato la dabbenaggine pura.
Dopo l’esplosione, è evidente che ha dei problemi, e adesso cosa farà?
Temo, perché le sue scelte sembrano metterlo sempre nei casini.
Ma l’ispettore Insch che fine ha fatto?

EDIT 12/5/22
riletturathriller4 s Dianne317 3

P.D.James believes that one should not review books one diss. What can I say. I have enjoyed Stuart MacBride's previous novels very much. I their Aberdonian setting and the hapless DS Logan McRae. But in spite of 2 attempts I am unable to get into this. MacBride usually combines gritty crime with humour, but here he has gone over the top and has come up with unfunny farce. In particular Steele is a pantomime character who would not pass the PC brigade.

Sorry, because I really enjoy his earlier books.crime-british4 s [ J o ]1,950 486

Got up to page 122 and I cannot be bothered with it anymore. Swearing, shouting, sex, how boring. Logan still isn't intelligent, he still whinges and all the women are just men with vaginas.2015 bloody-cack bookshelf ...more4 s Justina Meiduvien?38 3

Serijinis užpuolikas nusitaik?s ? augan?i? Aberdyno lenk? bendruomen?: statybviet?se aptinkamos sužalotos aukos – išluptomis akimis ir išdegintomis akiduob?mis. Nemažai prisikent?jusiam kriminalistui seržantui tenka spr?sti dar vien? žiauri? byl?. Ta?iau aukos taip ?baugintos, kad nesiryžta šnek?ti, tod?l Edipo operacija ima strigti.

Tyrimas Logan? Makr?j? nuveda net ? Lenkij?, o netrukus jis atsiduria narkotik? kar? ir prostitucijos klan? s?kuryje...

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