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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. Four-year-old David Reid's body is discovered in a ditch - strangled, mutilated and a long time dead. There's a killer stalking the Granite City and the local media are baying for blood. If that wasn't enough, Logan also has to contend with a new boss, DI Insch, who doesn't suffer fools gladly and thinks everyone's a fool.

Fifth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season. There is never a good time to look upon the face of a dead loved one. But Mr Unwin has dedicated his life to helping the bereaved. While helping himself at the same time….

A collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season – from the number-1 best seller Stuart MacBride. Thieves, drug dealers, lap-dancers, gangsters, and even the odd good guy populate these 12 tales exploring the seedier side of life in North East Scotland.

Fourth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season. Working in a call centre normally offers few career opportunities. But it looks as if Tracy’s about to get her big break.

Eleventh story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season. What could be more festive than a trip to see Santa at the local shopping centre? Depends on who’s gunning for Santa…

Tenth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season. Lord Peter Forsyth-Leven, MSP, is about to discover that having it all just means you’ve got more to lose….

Sixth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season. The maternity ward: the last place you’d associate with criminal activity. Which makes it as good a place as any to carry it out.

First story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season. Billy Partridge wasn’t really cut out to be a cat burglar, but it was ‘do the job, or come up with thirteen grand by Thursday, or have both legs shattered’.‘Do the job’ seemed the least worst option. But he’s about to find out just how bad the least worst option can be….

Eigentlich sollte man belohnt werden, wenn man einen Psychopathen fasst und dessen Opfer rettet. Allerdings nur, wenn man dabei alle Regeln befolgt. Logan McRae, stellvertretender Detective Inspector, erhält also statt einer Beförderung eine „berufliche Entwicklungschance“ in einem kleinen Küstenort nördlich von Aberdeen. Psychopathen scheint es dort nicht zu geben, dafür Drogendealer, Ladendiebe und entlaufenes Vieh. Und einige Vermisstenfälle. Da es sich bei den Verschwundenen jedoch um erwachsene Männer handelt, wird der Sache keine größere Bedeutung zugemessen.

Der erste Tote wird mit einem brennenden Reifen um den Hals gefunden, es gibt außerdem Anzeichen einer Strangulierung sowie diverse Stichwunden. Zur gleichen Zeit hinterlässt jemand kleine Knochenbündel vor Detective Inspector Logan McRaes Tür, die dieser jedoch ignoriert. Als eine weitere Leiche gefunden wird, zeigt sich eine Verbindung zwischen den Morden und der Handlung eines Bestsellers um Hexen und Hexenjäger, der gerade in Aberdeen verfilmt wird. Und plötzlich erweisen sich auch die Knochenbündel als weit weniger harmlos, als McRae dachte.

Mentre una violenta tempesta si abbatte sulla costa scozzese, la casa di Gordon Smith precipita nel Mare del Nord. Ed è così che il promontorio fatiscente rivela ciò che l'uomo ha sepolto per anni nel suo giardino: resti umani. Con la tempesta ancora in corso, è troppo pericoloso recuperare i corpi e le onde stanno divorando tutte le prove. Il che significa che nessuno sa quante persone Smith abbia ucciso e quante altre ne ucciderà se non verrà trovato e fermato al più presto.