SIGNED EDITION Author: MacBride, Stuart Crime & mystery Published on 22 May 2025 by PAN MACMILLAN (Macmillan) in the United Kingdom.Hardback | 400 pages234 x 153 | 902g Don’t stoke the flames unless you want to get burned . . . It’s not going well for Aberdeens NE Division: half the force is off sick, all leave has been cancelled, someone has firebombed a hotel full of migrants and there’s a massive protest march happening this Saturday. With officers dropping like flies, Detective Inspector Logan McRae has to kick off a major murder investigation with a skeleton staff of misfits, idiots and malingerers until the top brass can arrange back-up from other divisions. But, as bad as everything seems, things are about to get much, much worse . . . * * *Praise for Stuart MacBride:Dark and brilliantly written – Linwood Barclay, author of I will Ruin YouMacBride is a damned fine writer – Peter James, author of Picture You DeadCrime fiction of the highest order – Mark Billingham, author of The Last Dance
