Dying Light

MacBride, Stuart

ISBN 10: 0312339976 / ISBN 13: 9780312339975

Published by Minotaur Books, 2006

About this Item

First printing indicated on copyright page. Inscribed by the author and with a drawing of a man with horns growing out of his head and holding a coffee mug saying: "So, I says to them, you hang your hat on me one more time and I'll smack your ass for you! Stuart MacBride." Fine condition in a fine jacket protected in an archival sleeve.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dying Light
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312339976
• ISBN 13: 9780312339975
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Detective Sergeant Logan MacRae has been bumped to D.I. Roberta Steel's "Screw-up Squad" after a raid he led on a warehouse rumored to be full of stolen property ended with no arrests and one officer critically injured. The backstabbing, limelight-stealing, laziest D.I. on Aberdeen's police force, Steel's team is made up of the "no-hopers," the most worthless or inexperienced members of the homicide department, and Logan will do anything to prove he doesn't belong there. Including working overtime on two baffling cases: the murder by arson of six people, and the beating to death of a prostitute down by the docks, not a high priority compared to the fire. At least not until another prostitute ends up dead.

 

Although both cases seem simple on the surface---turns out the fire's victims are part of a drug dealer's inner circle, and what fate is to be expected for working girls in Aberdeen's red-light district? --- in Stuart MacBride's hands, what's going on in this rainy Scottish city is bound to be much more complicated than it appears.

 

A detailed authenticity combines with a dark Scottish sense of humor and a lively cast of characters in MacBride's unputdownable second novel, confirming his status as a rising star of crime fiction.

About the Author

Stuart MacBride was born in Dumbarton, Scotland, but moved with his family to Aberdeen when he was two, and he now lives in Aberdeen with his wife. This is his second novel, after Cold Granite, which was shortlisted for the International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel.