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  • Flesh House

  • Logan McRae, Book 4
  • By: Stuart MacBride
  • Narrated by: Steve Worsley
  • Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (173 ratings)

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Flesh House

By: Stuart MacBride
Narrated by: Steve Worsley
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Publisher's Summary

The fourth thriller in the number one best-selling crime series from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. Panic grips the Granite City as DS Logan McRae heads up a manhunt for 'The Flesher' - one of the UK's most notorious serial killers.

The case was closed. Until the killer walked free....

When an offshore container turns up at Aberdeen Harbour full of human meat, it kicks off the largest manhunt in the Granite City's history.

Twenty years ago 'The Flesher' was butchering people all over the UK - turning victims into oven-ready joints - until Grampian's finest put him away. But 11 years later he was out on appeal. Now he's missing, and people are dying again.

When members of the original investigation start to disappear, Detective Sergeant Logan McRae realises the case might not be as clear cut as everyone thinks....

Twenty years of secrets and lies are being dragged into the light. And the only thing that's certain is that Aberdeen will never be the same again.

©2008 Stuart MacBride (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic Reviews

Praise for Stuart MacBride: "Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order." (Mark Billingham)
"Ferocious and funny, this is Tartan Noir at its best." (Val McDermid)
"MacBride is a damned fine writer - no one does dark and gritty like him." (Peter James)

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Excellent

Another great listen. These just keep getting better and better. Lots of twists and turns a lot of red herrings but a well put together story.

Great narration as always will miss him on the next book.

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Brilliant book and fantastic narration

I have noticed some listeners have given a lower rating for this book, saying it was too gruesome.
Personally I thought it was great.
No more gruesome than the first book with the children’s bodies mixed in with all the other bodies.
Stuart MacBride is definitely one of the best crime writers I have ever read.
Add to that the narration by Steve Worsley and you have an amazing tale to devour.

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Very graffic story not for faint hearted

Very graffic story line not for the faint hearted. But he is a good writer and the characters golden.

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Unnecessarily gruesome.

This is a well-crafted crime thriller with lots of twists and turns as the story unfolds. My enjoyment was spoiled by the gruesome details of cannibalism which seemed far more than necessary for the story.

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Too gory

Way to gory for me I struggled to listen to it all
I won’t be listening to any more of his books

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Love this author’s work but….

This is a very gruesome storyline! If you suffer nightmares, don’t read this book.
The series of books about Logan McRae is generally excellent and I will continue with them, but part of me wishes I had skipped this book.
Maybe I should have read the reviews.
If you do read this book be prepared to start looking for vegan recipes, you won’t look at meat the same way again.

The narration is excellent and cannot be faulted.

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Very gruesome

I had to fast forward quite often as it was way too gory for me.

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A bit gory ..be warned

A good story as always but as the title suggests it is very gory. I fast forwarded it in quite a few places.

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Best story yet

This story was incredible, again the characters and the plot were so well written, and the way Steve Worsley reads just brings the whole thing to life. Twists and turns I did not see coming.
Gruesome in many places, but also a good laugh at times.
I can get enough of Stuart Macbrides books.

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Below the standard of the preceding books

I listened to the first three books in this series. The first was really good but, in my opinion, they get progressively worse. In this tale main character, Logan McRae, comes across as a whining loser that just lets himself get bullied and pushed around by everyone. All the detectives of lower rank come across as moronic (despite qualifying to become detectives) and everyone who is of higher rank is a bully and by the time you get to this book it wears very thin. The best character, by far, is DI Steel and she could possibly make a far more interesting protagonist.

The story itself is not up to the standards of those preceding it. This is unfortunate because the stories and the voice performance, were what made them worth listening to.

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