From the Publisher
‘Wickedly twisty plotting and dazzling displays of black humour’ Library Journal
Praise for Stuart MacBride:
‘Dark and gripping. A riveting page-turner’ Independent on Sunday
‘MacBride is a damned fine writer’ Peter James
‘A satisfyingly compelling thriller’ Sunday Mirror
‘Skilful storytelling … strong characterisation … intriguing and engrossing’ Guardian
‘MacBride’s thrillers just keep getting better’ Express
‘Exciting … a guaranteed bestseller’ Literary Review
‘Unmissable … superb storytelling’ Sun
‘Crime fiction of the highest order’ Mark Billingham
‘A terrific writer … Logan McRae is a delight’ The Times
Library Journal
★ 06/01/2017
DC Callum MacGregor is not happy. He has been assigned to an Oldcastle squad (nicknamed the Misfit Mob) composed of unwanted officers who can't be fired. Beleaguered MacGregor's woes include a pregnant girlfriend who may be responsible for his current assignment, his motley crew of colleagues, loss of his treasured wallet (which holds clues to his difficult past), and the lack of any interesting crimes to investigate. After a mummified body presumed to have been stolen from a museum turns up in the local dump, he is assigned the case. But when another mummy and a body in the early stages of mummification are discovered, it appears a bizarre serial killer is at work and the squad suddenly has a primo case. VERDICT This first stand-alone mystery since 2012 by the author of the best-selling "Logan McRae" (Cold Granite) and "Ash Henderson" (A Song for the Dying) series features the MacBride hallmarks: wickedly twisty plotting, superb use of British dialect, and dazzling displays of black humor.—ACT
