In the Cold Dark Ground
Written by Stuart MacBride
Narrated by Steve Worsley
4.5/5
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THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER
The tenth Logan McRae novel from the No. 1 bestselling author.
‘Top drawer … his most epic outing yet’ Independent
Trouble is coming…
Sergeant Logan McRae’s team find a body dumped in the woods – but is it the missing businessman they’ve been searching for, or something far more sinister? It doesn’t help that his ex-boss is taking over the case, a new Superintendent has it in for him, and Professional Standards are looming.
Even worse: Aberdeen’s criminal overlord, Wee Hamish Mowat, is dying and rival gangs all over the UK are eying his territory.
There’s a war brewing and Logan’s trapped right in the middle, whether he likes it or not.
Stuart MacBride
Stuart MacBride is the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae and Ash Henderson novels. His work has won several prizes and in 2015 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Dundee University. Stuart lives in the north-east of Scotland with his wife Fiona, cats Grendel, Onion and Beetroot, and other assorted animals.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Decent book, I usually love this series, but I hated the ending of this book SO much! I gave it 3 stars, and that’s being generous
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Logan McRae at his best . Once I start listening don’t want to stop
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great as usual. Was a real companion during recovery. Don't know how Logan can be alive after the beatings though.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In my opinion, the best Logan Mcrae book so far
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The wait has been long but it was worth it. Another stunning book from Mr MacBride. It has everything you want from a Logan McRae story, twists, turns and misdirections galore along with the wit and banter that you come to expect of any story featuring our hapless hero and DCI Steel.So Logan is still out in the sticks, still running B division, still not quite having managed to finish repairs to his house. Compared to Aberdeen CID, the pace in the boondocks is frantic (is there a bigger police crisis known to man than the vending machine running out of chocolate?). Logan and his team are busy protecting the streets of Banff and Macduff and trying to prevent the Great Bacon & Cheese robbery, while also coordinating the search for a missing local businessman, a search which turns up something very unexpected in the woods. Enter stage left Steel and her Major Investigation Team including the ever odd Rennie, and the stage is set for another entertaining tale.Throw in a Superintendent from Serious Crimes, who seems to take an instant dislike to Logan, the reason for which you won't see coming, a tragic side tale many stories in the making, a healthy dose of double crossing, the rapidly ailing Wee Hamish Mowat and Logan's new 'bestest buddy' Reuben right at his throat (guts, face, back shoulder - anything is a fair target really...) and a cameo appearance by Malk the Knife, and the few short days the story is set over may well be some of the longest in Logan's life.Honestly, I kind of want Logan to catch a break sometime, and the guy has more lives than a cat, deftly proven again in this story several times - they don't call him Lazarus for no reason. But then again, you kind of don't want him to have it easy, as it's almost more fun that way. With Steel's, how shall we say, unorthodox approach to policing under the spotlight from the Ginger Whinger Napier, it makes you wonder what the future holds for this unlikely pairing. The ending may surprise some, but I have to say it's left me wanting to read more and desperate to see what is next for the dear, battered and (apparently) big eared Logan McRae.The writing is excellent, the descriptions of the characters and the setting are in MacBride's unique style (can't see the Banff & Buchan Tourist Board being thrilled with the way the weather is described - having been to Aberdeen and Banff in the dead of winter it's absolutely accurate but doesn't exactly say come up and see us sometime) and there were, for me at least, some real laugh out loud moments. Steel's obsession with food never diminishes and there is double crossing galore - you won't know who to trust.If you love Logan and Steel as I do, you'll no' be disappointed by this tale. So grab yourself a dram of Sporran McGutRot (unless you've got £49k lying around and fancy a bottle of Glenfiddich 1937 Rare Collection), sit back and savour the moment.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Yes, Logan McRae is still on the job out in the sticks. Yes, there's a grisly murder investigation under way. Yes, DI Steel, her crew and a plague of top-brass types with devious ulterior motives barge in and make our hero's life -- just now a way-more-Hellish-than-usual pit of personal misery and dread -- even more interesting.It suffices to say that Stuart MacBride's 10th Logan McRae installment, "In the Cold Dark Ground," is a pivotal entry in the series. So much significant change avalanches down on just about everybody we know and love that a plot recap would be one big spoiler-fest. The characters are there and -- as usual -- their choice options range from bad to worse. Also as usual, Mr. MacBride delivers all the gallows humor, the absurd irony, the despair, the exaltation. . . Oh, heck, this one's the best yet and I can hardly wait to read what happens next.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the Cold Dark Ground by Stuart MacBride is the tenth book in his Logan McRae police procedural series. These books are built around his strong, often eccentric characters and the stories are developed around circumstances that McRae finds himself in. In this outing we find McRae dealing with a number of issues, first and foremost is that he has finally reached a decision about his comatose girlfriend. He is also investigating a brutal murder case and a new Superintendent of Serious Organized Crime has decided this case has some interest for her task force and she seems to have a personal vendetta against McRae. McRae has a strange history with organized crime and it isn’t helping that crime boss Wee Hamish Mowat has died leaving McRae in charge of his estate. If this wasn’t enough to deal with Professional Standards are lurking about, conducting an investigation into DCI Steel.The story is skilfully developed, full of action and personal complications that has the reader gasping with horror one minute and then gasping with laughter the next. While In the Cold Dark Ground isn’t the best that this series has to offer, it does advance the time-line and gives the author a number of directions in which to take the next book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another fantastic volume in the DS Logan McRae series!
Stuart MacBride leaves nothing out in this gritty missing person mystery, and while the mystery itself is engaging, the personal story of Logan is what drives this one. He has to deal with the death of crime boss Wee Hamish Mowat, who has tagged Logan to take over his crime family. He has to deal with Reuben the Beast, who has been waiting to take over Mowat’s crime syndicate, potentially setting off a turf war in Aberdeen with Malk the Knife and the Campbells. He has to deal with the decision to take long-time girlfriend Samantha off of life-support and allow her to pass on. Logan also has to deal with a new superintendent, professional standards poking around, and, of course, he has to deal with DCI Roberta Steel, who has been a thorn in his side for all ten volumes of this series.
As I write this out, it sounds like a really bad soap opera plot, but trust me, you WANT to read this!
There were some real surprises in this book, some that I never would have guessed in a million years. Logan is a good man who just can’t seem to win, and yet, he’s always able to scrap his way out of trouble, solve the crime/mystery, and live to see another day. Except this time, the book ends on a multi-point cliffhanger… Did he or didn’t he? And what happens to Steel? (I did NOT see that one coming!)
Stuart MacBride is one of the few authors that’s willing to do anything to keep his characters fresh, from promotions (and demotions), writing events in their lives that are so very heart-wrenching, and allowing plot points that actually hurt the characters both physically and emotionally. DS Logan has gone through so much over the years, one has to wonder how much more he can take.
One question that needs answered RIGHT NOW: When is the next book in this series being released?!