In the Cold Dark Ground
| Author | Stuart MacBride |
|---|---|
| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English |
| Series | Detective Sergeant Logan 'Lazarus' McRae |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Harper Collins |
Publication date | 2016 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 518 |
| ISBN | 978-0-00-749464-4 |
| Preceded by | The Missing and the Dead |
In the Cold Dark Ground is the tenth instalment[1] in the bestselling Detective Sergeant McRae series of crime novels[2] set in Aberdeenshire from Stuart MacBride.
Plot
Sergeant Logan McRae is still overseeing a patch of north east Aberdeenshire as a 'Development Opportunity'. He does, however, keep finding bodies and one such find brings the MIT (Major Investigation Team) screaming up to rural Aberdeenshire from Aberdeen City. This team is headed up by McRae's old boss, Detective Chief Inspector Roberta Steel.[3]
She wants him in the investigation; he doesn't want to join. Unfortunately, he is drafted in anyway and has to cope with a very critical Detective Superintendent (who seems to love to belittle McRae), a secondment to Professional Standards so he can spy on DCI Steel, Wee Hamish Mowat (the ganglord of Aberdeen) dying[4] and making Logan his heir (which means fighting off Reuben, the ganglords' enforcer) and switching off his girlfriend's life support system.
Somewhere in between all this, McRae is supposed to negotiate the office politics, save himself, save DCI Steel, bury two people and solve the case.
References
- ↑ Alexander, Michael (11 January 2016). "Interview: Scottish crime author Stuart MacBride ' I got a dissecting room named after me. As far as I know that is unique!'". www.thecourier.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ Hendry, Steve (9 May 2010). "Best-selling crime author Stuart MacBride on secrets of new novel". dailyrecord. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ Forshaw, Barry (29 December 2015). "In the Cold Dark Ground, by Stuart MacBride - book review". The Independent. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ Smith, Graeme (13 January 2016). "Book reviews". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 18 January 2016.