DS Logan McRae of the Grampian Police Force, Aberdeen is
sent in to investigate when a mother and daughter singing team is kidnapped.
The public is asked to pay the ransom which they seem willing to do and it
becomes a race against the clock as the police try to meet the media’s and the
kidnapper’s demands. To add to the tension, there’s an alternate story line of
a bumbled drug bust where the dealer gets away and his wife cries rape and
names Logan as the culprit resulting in a mandatory visit to the Professional
Standards board.
As much as I love this series and the interaction between the
characters, the laugh out loud humor that’s prevalent in every book despite the
fact that the Grampian Police are often outmanned and out gunned by the
criminal element, I was almost ready to lay it down. Because I’ve noticed a
what’s-the-use kind of thread running through the later volumes and more brutal story lines that make me want to
beg MacBride to give Logan a break, some sleep, and his moment in the sun.
Shatter the Bones
is the seventh book in the series. I would highly recommend starting from the
beginning with Cold Granite.
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