Cold Granite (Logan McRae, Book 1)

· Logan McRae Book 1 · HarperCollins UK
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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.

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

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4.2
221 reviews
Jennifer Graziano
May 27, 2025
Origin of the alphabet; number line, computer is the same place. There isn't a calendar without a programmer; different ones in society are for companies to supply basic utilities; motor vehicles, food clothes & shelter. Computer programs give the answers to outstanding questions; humans do not. They also drive all artificial moving objects; humans do not. One program designs all the building and a different one does cars; the program includes after they are built schedules for them and us. Cameras are a derivative of computer separate from video recorder for unreal pictures and photograph obstructing justice to disappear or vanish includes video tapes & DVD's.
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Dan Goodman
August 10, 2014
I hadn't read anything by Stuart MacBride before. Story was well put together, kept you thinking trying to figure out how it would end. Once the story for moving it kept your attention. It's not the most favorable topic, but it's real life stuff, and I'm sure police have had to deal with far worse. So be prepared for what there is to read. Also, I liked how the author had several cases in the story occurring at once. I was happy to learn that the author has made a series with the DS Logan McRae.
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Kim Grattage
June 19, 2019
Top notch, gritty roller coaster of a ride around the more deprived, seedy areas of Logan McCrae's Aberdeen. Everybody has them around the country, not even the affluent miss out it's no called the Granite City for nothing. Keep the coming Stuart.you are a legend.
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About the author

Stuart MacBride is the No.1 bestselling author of the DS Logan McRae series. His novels have won him the CWA Dagger in the Library, the Barry Award for Best Debut Novel, and Best Breakthrough Author at the ITV3 crime thriller awards. Stuart’s other works include Halfhead, a near-future thriller, Sawbones, a novella aimed at adult emergent readers, and several short stories. He lives in the north-east of Scotland with his wife, Fiona, and cat, Grendel.

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