'MacBride is a masterful storyteller with a terrific eye for detail and razor-sharp wit. This House of Burning Bones is an absolute must-read.' - Karin Slaughter author of This Is Why We LiedThe Granite City is ready to burn and all it takes is a single spark . . .In the heat of a blistering summer Aberdeen’s police are struggling: half the force is off sick leave has been cancelled someone’s 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 is forced to juggle cases and run a major murder investigation with a skeleton staff of misfits idiots and malingerers until the top brass can arrange back-up from other divisions.It doesn’t help that the Aberdeen Examiner has just been bought by Natasha Agapova a tabloid media tycoon hell-bent on blaming local police for everything. And she’s more than happy to fan the flames.But as bad as everything seems it’s all about to get much much worse . . .* * *Praise for Stuart MacBride:'Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me . . . always fast hard authentic - and different' - Lee Child author of the Jack Reacher series'Dark and brilliantly written' - Linwood Barclay author of I Will Ruin You'MacBride is a damned fine writer' - Peter James author of Picture You Dead'Crime fiction of the highest order' - Mark Billingham author of The Last Dance
