The chilling and comulsive new novel from the #1 bestselling author.
We are each our own devil,and we make this world our hell.
It's been seventeen months since the Bloodsmith butchered his first victim and Operation Maypole is still no nearer catching him. The media is whipping up a storm,the top brass are demanding results,but the investigation is sinking fast.
Now isn't the time to get distracted with other cases,but Detective Sergeant Lucy McVeigh doesn't have much choice. When Benedict Strachan was just eleven,he hunted down and killed a homeless man. No one's ever figured out why Benedict did it,but now,after sixteen years,he's back on the streets again - battered,frightened,convinced a shadowy'They'are out to get him,and begging Lucy for help.
It sounds like paranoia,but what if he's right What if he really is caught up in something bigger and darker than Lucy's ever dealt with before What if the Bloodsmith isn't the only monster out there And what's going to happen when Lucy goes after them
Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdISBN: 9780552178310Number of pages: 528Weight: 360 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 32 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'A brutal,visceral read,laced with the blackest of humour and travelling to some very dark places'-Guardian
'A magnetic mix of creepy places,dark humour,horror and violence'-Sun
Stuart MacBride
Born in Dumbarton,Scottish crime author Stuart MacBride worked variously as a graphic designer,professional actor,undertaker and a project manager for a huge IT conglomerate before turning to writing professionally. His first novel,Cold Granite,introduced a bestselling crime series featuring Aberdonian detective Logan McRae. He is also the author of the Ash Henderson novels as well as short stories and the standalone novels Sawbones and Halfhead.
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