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A heart-stopping crime thriller and the fourth consecutive No. 1 Bestseller from the author of the Logan McRae series and Birthdays for the Dead.

He’s back…

Eight years ago, ‘The Inside Man’ murdered four women and left three more in critical condition – all of them with their stomachs slit open and a plastic doll stitched inside.

And then the killer just … disappeared.

Ash Henderson was a Detective Inspector on the initial investigation, but a lot can change in eight years. His family has been destroyed, his career is in tatters, and one of Oldcastle’s most vicious criminals is making sure he spends the rest of his life in prison.

Now a nurse has turned up dead, a plastic doll buried beneath her skin, and it looks as if Ash might finally get a shot at redemption. At earning his freedom.

At revenge.

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17 December 2013
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‘A powerful, swift-moving narrative … required reading for those who enjoy crime fiction with a bitter taste.’ Andrew Taylor, Spectator

‘A pungent sense of place … a vertiginous climax … Ash Henderson is mesmerisingly ruthless on the page’ Independent

‘Frightening stuff … a cast of characters to die for’ Sun

‘Darkly gripping … as smart a piece of crime fiction as you’re likely to read this year … or next.’ Sunday Sport

‘Fans of tartan noir will devour this fast-paced and in places shocking criminal thriller…a great story with some well thought-out plot lines and really well-developed characters’ Scottish Field

Praise for Stuart MacBride:

‘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

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Stuart MacBride is the No 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series and Birthdays for the Dead.

The McRae novels have won him the CWA’s Dagger in the Library, the Barry Award for Best Debut Novel, and Best Breakthrough Author at the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards. In 2012 Stuart was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Hall of Fame.

Stuart’s other works include Halfhead, a near-future thriller, Sawbones, a novella aimed at adult emergent readers, and several short stories.

He lives in the north-east of Scotland with his wife, Fiona and cat, Grendel.

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Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Stuart MacBride is a Scottish writer, most famous for his crime thrillers set in the "Granite City" of Aberdeen and featuring Detective Sergeant Logan McRae. Stuart MacBride was born Feb 27 1969 in Dumbarton, Scotland and raised in Aberdeen. His careers include scrubbing toilets offshore, graphic design, web design and IT/computer programming.

MacBride's publishing deal was secured with the writing of Halfhead, however the publishers were more interested in Cold Granite, concerning DS Logan MacRae. He was signed on a three-book Logan deal, which was further extended to six books. In 2009 he signed another deal, allowing him to write two more Logan books, and two standalone novels, the first of which is due after the sixth installment of the Logan MacRae series.

He now lives in north-east Scotland with his wife, Fiona and their cat Grendel. He is reputed to be a passionate potato grower, but claims to have a "vegetable patch full of weeds".

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Great Reading from Scotland

Reviewed in Australia on 4 March 2014

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The second of Stuart McBride's Ash Henderson stories and definitely a page turner. Violent but not gratuitous, it twists and turns from beginning to end - and when it does you won't see the result coming! Another great product from Stuat McBride.

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Heather Norquay-Evans

Fabulous read as usual

Reviewed in Australia on 6 February 2021

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Can’t put these books down. A real page turner as they say. Highly recommended for the crime reading enthusiast. Now onto the next one.

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Emma B

If you like crime fiction you must check this author out immediately

Reviewed in Australia on 3 May 2016

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I cannot get enough of Stuart MacBride as an author. If you like crime fiction you must check this author out immediately. I haven't ranked any of his books as less than 4 stars. Outstanding work, every time.

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Red

Gruesome but good.

Reviewed in Australia on 2 July 2015

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First Ash Henderson I have read. Will read more. Pretty gruesome but at the same time would appear to be quite realistic for this part of Scotland.

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Tracy Marie Burleigh

Great book

Reviewed in Australia on 2 January 2014

Love Stuart MacBride. Great crime writer. Have read read all of his books. Wish he was a more prolific writer.

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Ashrae

A Song for the Dying

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 December 2020

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With book three on the horizon I thought I'd better get a move on with playing catch up. Having read and mostly enjoyed book one I started this with a bit of trepidation and was quite interested to see where Ash found himself at the start of this follow up. And then it went a bit implausible and I had to swallow and accept quite a bit along the way as Ash was once again paired up with the (still spending a lot of time in the loo) Alice and tasked to assist in the investigation of a cold case serial killer who having been quiet of late, has recently started up again. With more than just kudos and admiration at stake for Ash, his very life could rest in the balance of the outcome of the case. And then there are the loose ends from book one to tie up...
As with book one this book is a bit far fetched in what happens to Ash along the way - probably more so in this book with how it all started. Like book one, we also have the dual storyline with the investigation occasionally taking a back seat as we concentrate on Ash's financial shenanigans.
Again like book one this is brutal and again I lost track of the parts of his body that had been injured along the way - I think I likened Ash to Cpt Scarlet in my review for that book. It's dark but also quite funny in places which helps keep the book balanced and the plotting is very cleverly worked out and had me running round chasing my tail throughout the book. really didn't see the half of that coming!
All in all a good solid follow up that clears my decks to start book three when I can get my grubby mitts on it.

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snowdrop1941

Awesomely good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 December 2020

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An exciting story with many twist, turns and red herrings. Ash is a prisoner, and ex policeman who is obsessed with finding a serial killer. A psychologist, Alice, is also trying to find the killer. Together they set out to solve his identity. There are several characters who interacted with the drama and intriguingly created the suspense that kept me glued to the pages .

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M. Harris

Struggled with this

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 January 2021

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I am a huge fan of the Logan McRae novels by Stuart MacBride. This was the first Ash Henderson I had read. I found it hard going and didn't get into it until the final 30%. I thought the initial story line unrealistic and it became even more unbelievable. I also found the main character unappealing and difficult to sympathise with. Normally I don't flinch from brutality and violence in crime novels, but was turned off with the excesses in this one. I don't think I'll be purchasing book 3 in the series. Shame

David Lloyd

Good story but still too much over the top violence

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 December 2020

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I enjoyed it but there is still too much overly graphic violence. Part of the story arc from the first book gets resolved, so I hope the violence gets toned down in the third book. It is just too over the top and a bit creepy.
Renault cars feature rather a lot as well.
Some good Scottish humor that is a bit like the Logan McCrae books (and I am really looking forward to the next one in that series).
Looking forward to the third book to see how things develop.

A Scary Man

OK but didn't entirely make sense

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 July 2021

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A gripping enough thriller though it's not really a standalone novel - a lot of backstory is missing if you haven't read the previous entry(ies) in the series.

The identity of the killer was easy enough to predict, though (SPOILER ALERT) the motivation revealed at the end made very little sense. How does a qualified, trained and apparently competent medical professional - even if severely damaged from an abusive childhood - not know how babies are made?

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