Terrifying serial killer thriller set in the gritty Glasgow of the near future, from the bestselling author of the Logan McRae series.There are worse things than the death penalty…They call them halfheads: convicted criminals, surgically mutilated and lobotomized by the State, then sent out to do menial jobs in the community so everyone will know what happens when you break the law. There are no appeals, no reprieves, and no one ever comes back. Until now.

Terrifying serial killer thriller set in the gritty Glasgow of the near future, from the bestselling author of the Logan McRae series.There are worse things than the death penalty…They call them halfheads: convicted criminals, surgically mutilated and lobotomized by the State, then sent out to do menial jobs in the community so everyone will know what happens when you break the law. There are no appeals, no reprieves, and no one ever comes back. Until now.

**From Stuart MacBride, the Sunday Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Logan McRae series.Move Over Miss Marple . . .**The great and the not-so-good are gathered at Skirivour Castle Hotel, in the heart of the Highlands, for the wedding of the year – but they weren’t expecting Detective Sergeant Roberta Steel to crash their party. And get horribly, horribly drunk.The whole valley’s been cut off by a massive thunderstorm and the phone lines are...

The very first Logan McRae novel in the No.1 bestselling crime series from Stuart MacBride.DS Logan McRae and the police in Aberdeen hunt a child killer who stalks the frozen streets.Winter in Aberdeen: murder, mayhem and terrible weather…It’s DS Logan McRae’s first day back on the job after a year off on the sick, and it couldn’t get much worse. Three-year-old David Reid’s body is discovered in a ditch: strangled, ...

'Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me . . . always fast, hard, authentic – and different' – Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series**Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Val McDermid, Blood, Rust and Steel is darkly funny and gripping Scottish crime at its very best.All good things must come to an end . . .**Acting Detective Inspector Roberta Steel has never been shy, but she’s finally retiring. After thirty years of policing...

L’ispettore Logan McRae non vede l’ora di potersi dedicare a un caso semplice e poco impegnativo. Ma evidentemente il destino ha deciso di tirargli un brutto scherzo... Il professor Wilson, famoso attivista che si batte contro l’indipendenza della Scozia, è scomparso. Di lui sono rimaste solo alcune inquietanti tracce di sangue. Dato che la guerra tra indipendentisti e unionisti si fa sempre più tesa, è essenziale chiudere il caso e impedire che le tensioni aumentino. Anche perché i media ...

12 racconti al cardiopalmo dal maestro del thriller inglese. 12 storie da leggere d’un fiato. Questo Natale vi conceremo per le feste Brian sta per scoprire che la vita di un trafficante di droga può riservare inattese e piacevoli sorprese, ma che a volte è meglio non approfittarne… Stuart MacBrideÈ lo scrittore scozzese numero 1 nel Regno Unito ed è tradotto in tutto il mondo. La Newton Compton ha pubblicato i thriller Il collezionista di bambini (Premio Barry come miglior romanzo d’esord...

Two bloody brilliant short stories from No. 1 bestselling crime writer Stuart MacBride, featuring DS Logan McRae and his boss DI SteelSTRAMASH:Something fishy is happening on the isle of Jura.DS Logan McRae gets a phone call from DI Steel ordering him to come to the island at once. One freezing night’s sleep in a hatchback and two storm-battered ferries later, Logan arrives – but there’s no sign of Steel.She's lumped him in the middle of a po...

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Oltre 2,5 milioni di copie venduteUn grande thriller**«I romanzi di Stuart MacBride sono intrisi di un feroce senso dell’umorismo, soprattutto nelle descrizioni dei crimini più nefandi e delle manifestazioni umane più abiette.»Angela Marsons«Nelle trame perfette di MacBride troverete una Scozia più nera della notte.»**Marcello SimoniLa città ...

12 racconti al cardiopalmo dal maestro del thriller inglese. 12 storie da leggere d’un fiato. Questo Natale vi conceremo per le feste Billy Partridge non è tagliato per fare il topo d’appartamento, ma fra le tre opzioni che gli sono state prospettate – fare il colpo, trovare 13.000 sterline entro giovedì oppure finire con entrambe le gambe spezzate – “fare il colpo” gli sembra quella meno sfavorevole. Billy però sta per scoprire che la soluzione meno sfavorevole a volte può rivelarsi una p...

A brilliantly twisty, 80-page novella from the No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. Including an extract from his new Logan novel, THE MISSING AND THE DEAD.It’s the night of the big Referendum, and all Acting Detective Inspector Logan McRae has to do is find a missing ‘No’ campaigner. Should be easy enough…But, as usual, DCI Steel has plans of her own. As the votes are counted there’s trouble brewing in the pubs and on the streets of Aberdeen.Logan’s ...

She can’t prove he did it. But she might die trying…From the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series, comes a standalone spinoff featuring DS Roberta Steel.Revenge is a dangerous thing…Detective Chief Inspector Roberta Steel got caught fitting up Jack Wallace – that’s why they demoted her and quashed his sentence. Now he’s back on the streets and women are being attacked again.The top brass have made i...