Книга: Stuart MacBride «Blind Eye»
Серия: "-" The new Logan McRae thriller set in gritty Aberdeen, from the bestselling author of Cold Granite and Flesh House. Aberdeen's growing Polish community is under attack from a serial offender who leaves mutilated victims to be discovered on building sites - eyes gouged out and the sockets burned. Detective Sergeant Logan McRae is assigned to the investigation, codenamed Operation Oedipus, but with the victims too scared to talk, it's going nowhere fast. When the next victim turns out to be not a newly arrived eastern european, but Simon McLeod, owner of the Turf n'Track bookies, Logan suddenly finds himself caught up in a world of drug wars, prostitution rings and gun-running courtesy of Aberdeen's oldest and most vicious crime lord. Издательство: "HarperCollins Publishers" (2010)
ISBN: 978-0-00-734257-0 |
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Stuart MacBride
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Stuart MacBride is a Scottish
Biography
Stuart MacBride was born in
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He now lives in north-east Scotland with his wife, Fiona and their cat Grendel. He is a big fan of the "Frost" crime books by the late
Bibliography
"Cold Granite" (2005)
The first Logan McRae book finds the detective returning from a year of sick leave to investigate a serial killer who is loose in Aberdeen and preying on children. He has to use all his abilities to track down the culprit.
"Dying Light" (2006)
The second Logan McRae book opens when a naked prostitute, Rosie William, is found murdered down by the Aberdeen docks. D.S. Logan has been recently sent to the squad where all losers end up, headed by D.I. Steel a grouchy, chainsmoker with a passion for sleeping on the job and white pudding suppers. Logan has to investigate not just this, but also an arsonist who’s idea of fun is to burn some squatters to death.
"Broken Skin" (2007)
Published in America as "Bloodshot", as publishers deemed "Broken Skin" too gory for the American audience. [http://www.stuartmacbride.com/en/index.cfm?PT=news]
In the third Logan McRae book, a serial rapist is at large in the Granite City and its Logan’s job to track him down. Worst still his own girlfriend, is being used as bait to catch the culprit. On top of this, a murder victim is dumped at the local hospital and turns out to feature in a stash of explicit films. So Logan is dragged into the seedy world of pornography in an attempt to find the killer.
"Flesh House" (2008)
The fourth book was released in mid-2008. [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0007244541 Amazon Product Page] ] . According to MacBride's blog, it is his favourite, although was 'annoying' to write and edit! [ [http://halfhead.blogspot.com/ Official Blog] ] On his website, MacBride warns readers to "expect cannibalism". [ [http://stuartmacbride.com/ Official Website] ] Readers have been known to comment that they have experienced nightmares as a result of reading this book.
"Blind Eye" (2009)
Book Number The Fifth is currently being redrafted and will be published in mid-2009.
"Book Number The Sixth" (2010)
Due out in 2010, this is the last confirmed Logan McRae novel.
Other Works
"Sawbones" (2008)
Macbride's first published work that does not concern the Logan McRae universe. Set in America, it follows a roadtrip undertaken by gangsters. According to thrillerbook.com, Sawbones contains “optional scenes of shootouts, dismemberments and castration”. [ [http://thrillerbook.com/2007/10/view-from-the-trenches-british-1.html Thrillerbook.com Article] ]
"Halfhead" (2009)
Macbride's first sci-fi novel is due to be published in 2009. The book, tentativley titled "Halfhead" (the name of the author's blog) was written before the Logan McRae series but is only now set to see the light of day. [ [http://halfhead.blogspot.com] ]
Characters
The main characters in the Logan McRae series:
*Detective Sergeant Logan McRae: The main character in Stuart MacBride's books. A
*WPC "Jackie" Watson: Affectionately known as "ball breaker", she is Logan’s new girlfriend. We find out later in the books that she has some sinister qualities.
*Dr. Isobel MacAlister: Logan’s ex-girlfriend and the Chief
*Colin Miller: A
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Awards
*Won, ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for Breakthrough Author of the Year, 2008 (for "Broken Skin"). [cite web|author= Allen, Katie|title= Rankin and P D James pick up ITV3 awards|url= http://www.thebookseller.com/news/68347-rankin-and-p-d-james-pick-up-itv3-awards.html|work= theBookseller.com|date= 2008-10-06|accessdate= 2008-10-06]
References
External links
* [http://www.stuartmacbride.com/en/ Stuart MacBride website]
Источник: Stuart MacBride
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