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    Broken Skin
    Broken Skin
    Broken Skin
    Audiobook12 hours

    Broken Skin

    Written by Stuart MacBride

    Narrated by Steve Worsley

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    The third DS Logan McRae thriller in the No.1 bestselling crime series from Stuart MacBride.

    A crime of passion … or cold-hearted murder?

    ‘MacBride is a damned fine writer’ Peter James

    The Granite City’s seedy side is about to be exposed…

    A serial rapist is leaving a string of tortured women behind him, but while DS Logan McRae’s girlfriend, PC Jackie ‘Ball Breaker’ Watson, is out acting as bait, he’s trying to identify a blood-drenched body dumped outside Accident and Emergency.

    Logan’s investigations suggest someone in the local bondage community has developed a taste for violent death, and he soon finds himself dragged into the twilight world of pornographers, sex-shops and S&M.

    Meanwhile, the prime suspect in the rape case turns out to be Aberdeen Football Club’s star striker. Logan thinks they’ve got it horribly wrong, but Jackie is convinced the footballer’s guilty and she’s hell-bent on a conviction at any cost…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateAug 3, 2017
    ISBN9780008260361
    Author

    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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    • 4/5
      This is the 3rd installment of the Logan MacRae series. I liked book 1 and 2 the best and this one is my least favorite. The saving factor of this series is its characters as they are well developed and rather humorous at times. The subject matter of this book is sexual deviation and the book gets a little raunchy in areas. The blundering police force is a bit unbelievable but does manage to solve the crime in the end. Other then that, I do enjoy the series and hope that the next installment gets back on track.
    • 3/5
      This is an ok Police procedural set in Aberdeen. Logan Macrae and his team are investigating a series of Rapes that are also happening in Dundee. They believe a young up and coming Aberdeen football player is responsible.They are also investigating the death of a man who was found with internal wounds. He worked as a local Pornstar. Another case is the disappearance of an 8 year old boy who attacked and killed an old man. Macrae is under pressure he is dealing with lots of internal bureaucracy. He and his team manage to solve the cases. WPC Jackie Watson who is Logan's girlfriend really has it in for the Aberdeen playing suspected rapist. She even gives him a proper kicking. Good book with some good characters.
    • 4/5
      Definitely enjoy these books featuring DS Logan McRae, a decent cop with some good instincts -- but some bad ones too. I wonder if he will ever get promoted; meanwhile, in all the novels I have read thus far, he keeps getting close to getting fired... and yet all the cases magically come together in the end. Always a good read -- and fun to read the odd accents.
    • 4/5
      I love Logan McRae and Stuart McBride. I will keep going with the other books in the series. The characters are realistic; overweight, scarred and they make mistakes. Enjoyable books.
    • 4/5
      A police procedual set in Aberdeen, Scotland. The third in the series and DS Logan McRae had to deal with a serial rapist, they know who, but can't prove it, a murderous 8 year old, and the death of a porn actor. They all come together nicely and the characters, although different, make this an interesting read. Fully recommend this one.
    • 4/5
      Broken Skin is an entertaining read largely because all the lead characters are flawed in one way or another making them real. The book is overlong stretching its plots over three live cases - none of which would hold a book on its own - but the sparkling and witty dialogue and likeable characters ensure the reader is never bored.
    • 5/5
      DS Logan McRae is faced with trying to identify a man whose naked, bloody body was dumped outside the hospital emergency door. When a fellow officer identifies the victim, it leads McRae into the world of bondage sex and pornography. McRae’s girlfriend, PC Jackie Watson, has caught a violent rapist. Unfortunately, he turns out to be a superstar footballer with an alibi.*** In a strange way, this reminded me of McBain’s 87th Precinct books but with much less likable characters. McRae tends to jump to the wrong conclusions just come out fine in the end. Jackie is focused on justice, even at the cost of bending the law. The two commanders, Steele and Insch, are believable bosses from hell. Somehow, it all came together into a book that held my interest straight though and was a really good read.
    • 4/5
      This was number three in Stuart MacBride's Logan McRae series. I must say that this installment was even better than the last. MacBride is getting more and more bold in his character development, and his descriptions of the crimes are more and more vivid. I love it and hope he keeps writing. Very similar to Mark Billingham's DI Thorne series, which is one of my favorites.
    • 5/5
      RETITLED "BLOODSHOT" FOR US RELEASE.I have been waiting impatiently for the US release of the third entry in this fabulously gritty series, and OMG, it's true: Mr MacBride just keeps getting better and better. Wicked black humor. Super strong characterization. A gripping plot with an ending that sneaks up and punches you right in the gut. And, yee hah, what a voice! Why the American publishers squeamishly elected to change the title to "Bloodshot" is beyond me. I can't imagine Mr MacBride's established fans here 'across the pond' being put off by the UK title, "Broken Skin." As for new readers: if the introduction thanking unnamed sources for "some pretty specialist information about the BDSM scene" doesn't scare them off, then neither should the original title. No, I won't be passing this (or anything equally noir) along to my octogenarian mama. I will, however, be recommending it like mad to just about everybody else I know.