Book Review :The Missing and The Dead by Stuart MacBride - At last ! I’ve been waiting for the new Logan Macrae/Roberta Steele book for what seems like centuries.. but now it’s here and well worth the wait!

Kindle £6.16
HB £11.89

I make no secret of the fact that I’m a huge fan of Stuart MacBride's books (both the Ash Henderson series and the Logan Macrae series) and his latest offering The Missing and The Dead is brill!

The dynamic duo that are Logan Macrae and Roberta Steele are as entertaining, likeable and comical as ever!

Banff Aberdeenshire

After, bending the rules to rescuing the nearly dead victim of a psychopathic abductor and capturing the perpetrator Logan Macrae  Scottish divisional takes a sideways move back into uniform and Scottish divisional policing based in Banff and MacBride, I think captures the beauty of this beautiful area of Scotland.

When the case against the abductor falls it seems to signal the beginning of the end for Macrae’s police career. 

Stuart MacBride

Meanwhile crotch scratching Roberta Steele descends on Banff as head of the MIT( Major Investigation Team) to take over the case of a murdered child found in Banff.  Macrae finds himself juggling Steele’s insistent (often hilarious) demands with managing short staffed teams, waging war on drugs and tip toeing around non- uniform police and superior officers out to discredit him.

The Missing and the Dead, as well as being a damn good read is a brilliant study of the impact of the changes to Police Scotland on the investigation and deterrence of crime at all levels.  As usual MacBride blends gritty Scottish humour with sensitivity and satire.

Definitely up to his usual standard- don’t miss it!

The only word of caution- if you’re buying with the aim of reading whilst commuting BUY THE KINDLE version- It’s an epic read!