The Dead of Winter

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
'One of this country's finest crime writers' Daily Mail 
'Concludes with a glorious twist' The Times 
'A high wire balancing act but MacBride never falters' Scotland on Sunday 
 
THE UNPUTDOWNABLE, UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR. 
 
It was supposed to be an easy job. 
 
All Detective Constable Edward Reekie had to do was pick up a dying prisoner from HMP Grampian and deliver him somewhere to live out his last few months in peace. 
 
From the outside, Glenfarach looks like a quaint, sleepy, snow-dusted village, nestled deep in the heart of Cairngorms National Park, but things aren't what they seem. The place is thick with security cameras and there's a strict nine o'clock curfew, because Glenfarach is the final sanctuary for people who've served their sentences but can't be safely released into the general population. 
 
Edward's new boss, DI Victoria Montgomery-Porter, insists they head back to Aberdeen before the approaching blizzards shut everything down, but when an ex-cop-turned-gangster is discovered tortured to death in his bungalow, someone needs to take charge. 
 
The weather's closing in, tensions are mounting, and time's running out - something nasty has come to Glenfarach, and Edward is standing right in its way... 
 
 
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'A magnetic mix of creepy places, dark humour, horror and violence' Sun 
 
'Dark and brilliantly written' Linwood Barclay 
 
'MacBride is a damned fine writer' Peter James 
 
'MacBride's thrillers just keep getting better' Express 
 
'Crime fiction of the highest order' Mark Billingham 
 
 
Dead of Winter, Instant Sunday Times bestseller, February 2023 
Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, November 2023

'Often very funny and concludes with a glorious twist'

MacBride is one of this country's finest crime writers, but he is no exponent of 'cosy' crime, as he demonstrates here with this fierce, dark tale of a young detective delivering a prisoner to a village in the Scottish Highlands to spend his last days. . .  Written in MacBride's familiar tongue-in-cheek style, it fizzes from every page

A tale with genuine jeopardy that is also sheer entertainment. It's a high wire balancing act, but MacBride never falters

Not your usual crime story, this is a darkly funny Fawlty Towers

Stuart MacBride is the bestselling author of many Logan McRae and Ash Henderson novels. He&rsquo;s also published standalones, novellas, and short stories, as well as a slightly twisted children&rsquo;s picture book for slightly twisted children. 
 
Stuart lives in the wilds of northeast Scotland with his wife Fiona; cats Gherkin, Onion, and Beetroot; lots of hens; some horses; and a truly staggering assortment of weeds. 
 
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It was supposed to be an easy job. 
 
All Detective Constable Edward Reekie had to do was pick up a dying prisoner from HMP Grampian and deliver him somewhere to live out his last few months in peace. 
 
From the outside, Glenfarach looks like a quaint, sleepy, snow-dusted village, nestled deep in the heart of Cairngorms National Park, but things aren't what they seem. The place is thick with security cameras and there's a strict nine o'clock curfew, because Glenfarach is the final sanctuary for people who've served their sentences but can't be safely released into the general population. 
 
Edward's new boss, DI Montgomery-Porter, insists they head back to Aberdeen before the approaching blizzards shut everything down, but when an ex-cop-turned-gangster is discovered tortured to death in his bungalow, someone needs to take charge. 
 
The weather's closing in, tensions are mounting, and time's running out - something nasty has come to Glenfarach, and Edward is standing right in its way...

The unmissable new thriller from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Logan McRae series

No Less The Devil

AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. 
 
What readers are saying about No Less the Devil: 
 
'Ratchets up the tension and keeps it there' &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; Reader Review 
'The plot twist is divine' &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; Reader Review 
'The last quarter of the book goes to an all-time new level' &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; Reader Review 
'MacBride is an absolute master of understated dark humour' &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; &amp;#11088; Reader Review 
 
 
'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 to 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? 
 
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'Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me... always fast, hard, authentic - and different' LEE CHILD 
 
'There can be no question that MacBride is one of this country's finest crime writers' DAILY MAIL 
 
'Wow. What a ride! Exceptional. A must read.' DEBORAH MASSON 
 
PRE-ORDER the gripping new novel from Stuart MacBride: IN A PLACE OF DARKNESS

Wow. What a ride! MacBride has always possessed the ability to pull you into dark, gritty tales - served up with a large dollop of great characterisation and a side of dry humour. NO LESS THE DEVIL is no exception to that but, take my word for it, it is EXCEPTIONAL in one other major way. Hold on to your pants because you will NOT see it coming. A must read. Crime fiction that slaps you around the chops and demands that you sit up and take notice.

Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me... always fast, hard, authentic - and different.

'A clever, disturbing story about a police officer with a terrible past and a hunt for a serial killer. As always, he writes with energy and colour'

There can be no question that MacBride is one of this country's finest crime writers.

THE CHILLING AND COMPULSIVE NEW NOVEL FROM THE NO. 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?

Stuart MacBride

'Written with Macbride’s customary black humour, it is a dark, richly satisfying story that proves just how good a crime writer he is.'

Stuart MacBride has become synonymous with superb storytelling, fearless imagination and dry wit in his galloping crime thrillers.

MacBride is the master at taking you to a place which you think cannot get any darker, and then turning the lights off.

Taut and  twisty, this fab crime novel takes you right to the middle of the action.

In a Place of Darkness delivers... and then some.

Dark and gripping. A riveting page-turner.

Skilful storytelling ... both intriguing and engrossing.

Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me... always fast, hard, authentic &ndash; and different.

One of this country&rsquo;s finest crime writers.

Deft plotting and whipcrack dialogue, a must read.

A cocktail of dark violence and even darker humour.

MacBride&rsquo;s thrillers just keep getting better.

The pages turn effortlessly. His best work yet.

THE CLOCK IS TICKING... 
 
Detective Constable Angus MacVicar has just landed his dream job – transferred out of uniform and assigned to Oldcastle’s biggest ongoing murder investigation: Operation Telegram, hunting the 'Fortnight Killer'. 
 
Every two weeks another couple is targeted. One victim is left at the scene, their corpse used as a twisted message board. The second body is never seen again. 
 
This should be the perfect chance for Angus to prove himself, but instead of working on the investigation’s front line, he’s lumbered with the forensic psychologist from hell. A sarcastic know-it-all American, on loan from the FBI, who seems determined to alienate everyone while dragging Angus into a shadowy world of conspiracies, lies, and violence. 
 
It’s been twelve days since the Fortnight Killer last struck, and the investigation’s running out of time. Angus's shiny new job might just be the death of him…

In a Place of Darkness

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'Written with Macbride’s customary black humour, it is a dark, richly satisfying story that proves just how good a crime writer he is.'

Stuart MacBride has become synonymous with superb storytelling, fearless imagination and dry wit in his galloping crime thrillers.

MacBride is the master at taking you to a place which you think cannot get any darker, and then turning the lights off.

'Written with Macbride’s customary black humour, it is a dark, richly satisfying story that proves just how good a crime writer he is.'

Stuart MacBride has become synonymous with superb storytelling, fearless imagination and dry wit in his galloping crime thrillers.

MacBride is the master at taking you to a place which you think cannot get any darker, and then turning the lights off.

'Written with Macbride’s customary black humour, it is a dark, richly satisfying story that proves just how good a crime writer he is.'

Stuart MacBride has become synonymous with superb storytelling, fearless imagination and dry wit in his galloping crime thrillers.

MacBride is the master at taking you to a place which you think cannot get any darker, and then turning the lights off.

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