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  • The Missing and the Dead (Logan McRae, Book 9)

  • By: Stuart MacBride
  • Narrated by: Steve Worsley
  • Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (121 ratings)

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The Missing and the Dead (Logan McRae, Book 9)

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

The new Logan McRae novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of Close of the Bone and A Song for the Dying.

One mistake can cost you everything…When you catch a twisted killer there should be a reward, right? What Acting Detective Inspector Logan McRae gets instead is a ‘development opportunity' out in the depths of rural Aberdeenshire.

Welcome to divisional policing - catching drug dealers, shop lifters, vandals and the odd escaped farm animal.

Then a little girl's body washes up just outside the sleepy town of Banff, kicking off a massive manhunt. The Major Investigation Team is up from Aberdeen, wanting answers, and they don't care who they trample over to get them.

Logan's got enough on his plate keeping B Division together, but DCI Steel wants him back on her team. As his old colleagues stomp around the countryside, burning bridges, Logan gets dragged deeper and deeper into the investigation.

One thing's clear: there are dangerous predators lurking in the wilds of Aberdeenshire, and not everyone's going to get out of this alive…

©2014 Stuart MacBride (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

"MacBride is the natural heir to the late and much lamented Reginald Hill" ( Andrew Taylor, Spectator)
"MacBride is a damned fine writer - no one does dark and gritty like him' Peter James‘Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order' Mark Billingham‘Some of the grittiest crime-writing in the field' Independent‘Admirers of tough, modern crime novels will be in seventh heaven - or should that be hell?' Express‘Ferocious and funny' Val McDermid‘Hard-hitting prose with a bone-dry humour and characters you can genuinely believe in, Stuart MacBride's novels are a real treat' Simon Kernick

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McRae & Steele Absolute Gold

Whilst I didn't find the story as fast paced and gritty as others in the series it is always worth it just to hear McRae & Steele together. There were many occasions when I laughed aloud at the banter. MacBride is a master at this type of dialogue. As ever his descriptions are so evocative that you can almost feel and smell the scene. I am once again desperate for his next offering. The characters are believable, down to earth and often flawed but they are very real. Stuart MacBride has delivered again. My only criticism would be that he could learn to write faster!

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Twists and turns

I really enjoyed this story. There seemed to be lots of storyline’s running through this book making for an interesting read. I especially enjoyed the way Day to day police work was scattered through the story.
Once again Steve worsley worked his magic bringing the characters to life.
Will poor Logan ever catch a break!

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Good read

I enjoy the Logan McRae books but this did drag on a bit especially with the “OK to talk” did get a bit much. I’m hoping the next book will have Logan’s career moving forward not backward.

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brilliant story

Logan is in the thick of trouble x 10 again and it's never ending. Read amazingly by Steve Worsley again. I really enjoyed it.

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Enjoyable series

I love this series of books - drama, intrigue and humour with regular characters - can’t wait to listen to the next book - love the narrator , great listen

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too much like a reality tv cops

too much time on day to day police work gets in the way of the plot

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enjoyed listening to this book, narration was good

Great book enjoyed the story which flowed well. can recommend to others who are following this series

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Back on track

Back on track with this one, I felt as if poor Logan was slipping away slightly in the last book.

I thoroughly enjoyed the story line in this one and it was really well narrated.

Great job by Stuart MacBride and Steve Worsley

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Loved it, can't wait for the next one

Just loved it, humour, serious, thought provoking, can't wait for the next one. Love the accent of the narrative.

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Logan losing his touch?

Still love Logan

And what's happened since the last book seems plausible and fair

That said, it seems Logan's life may be going in a new direction I'm not sure I like...

It's not gonna stop me from getting the next book right now... But it does give me pause.

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