Shatter the Bones
Written by Stuart MacBride
Narrated by Steve Worsley
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
A bestseller from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. The seventh DS Logan McRae thriller is a gripping page-turner in which fame and fortune crash head-on with crime and punishment.
No suspects. No clues. No rest for the wicked.
'You will raise money for the safe return of Alison and Jenny McGregor. If you raise enough money within fourteen days they will be released. If not, Jenny will be killed.'
Aberdeen's own mother-daughter singing sensation are through to the semi-finals of TV smash-hit Britain's Next Big Star. But their reality-TV dream has turned into a real-life nightmare.
The ransom demand appears in all the papers, on the TV, and the internet, telling the nation to dig deep if they want to keep Alison and Jenny alive.
Time is running out, but DS Logan McRae and his colleagues have nothing to go on: the kidnappers haven't left a single piece of forensic evidence and there are no witnesses.
It looks as if the price of fame just got a lot higher…
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: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As Shatter the Bones by Stuart MacBride is the seventh book in his Logan McRae police procedural series, I knew pretty much exactly what I had signed up for. Lots of action, lots of violence, lots of gross humor and I was more than ready to settle down and catch up with this crew of misfits from Aberdeen, Scotland, but I did hope for something a little more, something original, but alas, this wasn’t to be. Don’t get me wrong, I always enjoy reading this author, but I am afraid that the very things that once made this a fresh and different type of police procedural have become overused and stale. I hate to say it but the author has fallen into the trap of keeping to a formula and unfortunately this is at the cost of originality and character development. Because of this it’s difficult to latch onto the plot or have much empathy with the victims. There were some things that I quite enjoyed, firstly his taking a shot at the many talent shows such as Britian Has Talent etc. that takes celebrity-ism to an extreme and the use of the Dr. Who names that the kidnappers went by was cool, although I was disappointed that my favorite David (Tennant) seemed to be the meanest. These books used to make me gasp with shock at the brutality and snigger at the twisted humor but now I am sighing a little regretfully that the author doesn’t seem to have anything new to bring to this series. I haven’t got to the point where I am ready to abandon McRae and the gang, but I also won’t be waiting on tenterhooks for the next volume to arrive either.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This is the seventh book in the Logan McRae series. The reason I read this series is for the characters, with all their flaws, as much as for the crime investigation story.But this book is a bit of a let down, in a big way.The writing has become very formula driven with only the crime being different and how we are introduced to the crime is totally frustrating. The crime is revealed only a little bit at a time, but if I were a police investigator involved in the case I would have known everything could be known. As a reader I was denied this and this so off putting. I don't like books that treat readers like this, deliberately keeping them in the dark. I suppose it's a ploy to build suspense but it doesn't work with me. Like most books in the series it has the slow build at the start and get quicker to the end. But this book not only got quicker it also got a bit confusing.So I didn't enjoy this book anywhere near as much as the others. It was too frustrating and too formula driven to fully enjoy.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On my top 5 favorite series. MacBride has a wicked sense of humor, and an imagination to book. His characters are all different, and well-defined, especially MacRae, Steele and Rennie. Can't wait until the next book comes. out
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book continues the story of the Aberdeen detective Logan McRae. This time a mother and her daughter have been kidnapped after becoming 'stars' on reality TV. A date has been set when they will be killed so the race is on to find them quickly.Coming from Aberdeen makes these books all the more interesting as they are clearly written by someone who knows the city well.Interspersed is a story of drug dealing and also McRae's personal problems.The relationship between him and his bosses is strained at best and non-existent at worse. It is often stretching credibility to believe how behaves to superior officers.With speeding cars through Aberdeen streets and showing the seedier side of the city this is an enjoyable and entertaining read as we go on a roller coast of emotions trying to find the missing pair.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not really sure I liked this one, but the end was fast and furious with retribution doled out to the bad guys.The first half of the book was very slow, and the Aberdeen police looked more like the Keystone Kops, running around trying to find clues to the missing singing sensation and her daughter. It got worse when a higher-up gets involved. About halfway through, though, things got better and started falling into place, and lots of bad guys get their comeuppance, all through the work of DS Logan McRae.Looking forward to the next one, which is the last in this series (so far, anyway).
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This story had be wanting to keep reading to find out who the culprit was. Interesting plot line and the characters in it are very believeable.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Can't seem to get enough of this series.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love this series of novels, best characters in any crime series!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5READ IN DUTCH
I won this book at Ezzulia and I was very pleased to win it, because I had heard such positive stories about the books bij Stuart MacBride. I couldn't wait to start with it. But, while reading, my enthusiasm got tempered.
Now, I've been thinking what to think about 'Shatter The Bones', but actually all I can say about is: average. Everything about it was in my opinion average. Story, setting, writing style, nothing was really remarkable... Yes, it was a detective story and it was nice and easy to read, but if you would ask me next year what the book was about, I probably couldn't give you an answer. I don't like that. I want to read stories I'll never forget after reading. But this isn't one of those. Unfortunately.
It's just average... - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another fast moving crime book by Stuart MacBride.
The humour is black. The story is grim. The hero mucks up big time.
I'm looking forward to the next one in the series. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A noir mystery from Aberdeen, gritty and filled with ribald humour, not recommended for those with tender sensitivities. A small child and her mother, both stars of a tv reality show, have been abducted and held for ransom to which the public are only too eager to contribute. The police are ineffective and waste a lot of time arguing, pulling rank, pandering to public opinion and going after red herrings. There is plenty of action here demanding attention because MacBride doesn't waste time with contemplation or filler. Looking forward to reading more in the series.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Not bad. Will continue with the series.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I just love this series and, once again, say that I can't understand why this isn't a TV series. It's gripping, gritty and a story that builds up layer on layer. McRae and Steel are an absolute delight.Back Cover Blurb:Aberdeen's own mother-daughter singing sensation are through to the semi-finals of TV smash-hit Britain's Next Big Star. But their reality-TV dream has turned into a real-life nightmare.The ransom demand appears in all the papers, on the TV, and the internet, telling the nation to dig deep if they want to keep Alison and Jenny alive.Time is running out, but DS Logan McRae and his colleagues have nothing to go on: the kidnappers haven't left a single piece of forensic evidence and there are no witnesses.It looks as if the price of fame just got a lot higher.....
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another winner from Stuart MacBride. Once again McRae is battling to solve a despicable crime (in this instance the kidnapping of a mother and daughter singing act that had been winning the nation's hearts on "Britain's Next Big Stars", a televised talent show in the X Factor mould (yet, if possible, even more fatuous).Meanwhile two of Aberdeen's less salubrious drug dealers are raided while in possession of an unusually large hoard of Class A drugs. One of them escapes but is then relentlessly chased by two vicious Yardies who are upset at not having been paid for their wares.Those who have read the previous books in this series will be relieved that DI Steel, the foul-mouthed lesbian, well on her way to attaining "national treasure" status is back, as rumbustious as ever.The city is almost a character in itself - lovingly described, even in the most awful circumstances.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mr. MacBride's latest installment in the horrific misadventures of DS Logan McRae in scenic Aberdeen is cause for celebration. "Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humor" promised the cover blurb. That's what I expected and, dang, did "Shatter the Bones" ever deliver. Over the first 6 books in this uber-noir series, I've developed real love for the recurring characters in Logan McRae's nightmare world. DI Steele, DC Rennie, Biohazard Bob, Wee Hamish Mowat, DCI Finnie, gal-pal Samantha: they're all on deck. The new crop of baddies, pervs, druggies and idiots are fascinating.What I wasn't expecting was to be so instantly, completely sucked in that I couldn't put the book down. I can't recall the last time I read through the night. But at 5am this morning, I finished up in awe. Thanks, Mr. MacBride, for more than the usual blindsiding plot twists and wicked gallows humor. Our hero's character development took an Olympic Class leap this time out. How long before my next fix?