An author of science fiction and crime novels, stuart macbride is best known for his books starring detective sergeant logan mcrae. Stuart and his parents moved to aberdeen when he was only two years of age, where he was raised in his formative and adolescent years. An evening with cheryl lulien tan with your friends. This is the official facebook page for stuart macbride, the sunday times no. Stuart macbride is a scottish writer, most famous for his crime thrillers set in the granite city of aberdeen. Stuart macbride, without the b, is the bestselling author of a series of crime novels featuring ds logan mcrae and set in aberdeen. When i first told people about this launch party thing, the thing they always latched onto was the word canapes pronounced canapes by those of us what is sophisticated and in the know.
His careers include scrubbing toilets offshore, graphic design, web design and itcomputer programming. Although he has written some standalone novels, his main character is logan mcrae. Stuart macbride books list of books by author stuart. Whilst i was late joining the mcrae party, im well and truly an adoring fan. See all books authored by stuart macbride, including cold granite, and dying light, and more on. Stuart macbride is a scottish author best known for his logan mcrae series set in aberdeen, and his shorter ash henderson series featuring a detective constable whose family and career are destroyed by a ruthless serial killer who disappeared. Stuart macbride will be at the waterstones store in. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Crime novelist stuart macbride on his latest book bestselling crime writer stuart macbride, whose books have sold more than two million copies, talks to. Ian rankin will discuss his recently relaunched lost novel, westwind, with bestselling crime author. Stuart macbrides four novels have won the crime writers associations dagger in the library and the barry award for best first novel and put him on the shortlist for the international thriller writers award for best first novel and twice for theakstons old peculier crime novel of the year. He is the number one bestelling author of several novels featuring ds logan mcrae. Rethinking leadership edinburgh book launch event to your collection.
Buy dark blood logan mcrae, book 6 reprint by stuart macbride isbn. Why that should be i dont know, but the word canapes acts as some sort of magnet for people. Theres a darkness in the heart of scotland buy now more. Of these, the only ones i have any direct experience of are beer and chips, but. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. He studied architecture at heriotwatt university macbride s publishing deal was secured with the writing of halfhead. Local crime author stuart macbride to meet fans at aberdeen book signing. Stuart macbride books in order mystery series, book. Stuart macbride is currently considered a single author.
Callum is like an over exaggerated and yet amazingly concise version of logan mcrae. He was born in the city of dumbarton, which is close to glasgow in the country of scotland. The logan mcrae series is set in aberdeen, the granite city, oil capital of europe, perched on the east coast of scotland. Discover book depositorys huge selection of stuart macbride books online. Stuart macbride is a scottish novelist of crime thriller novels largely set in aberdeen. Were very excited to be launching the stunning new logan mcrae thriller from no. The logan mcrae series began in 2005 with cold granite. He won the international thriller writers best debut novel award, and has been shortlisted for the barry award, and twice for the theakstons old peculier crime novel of the year award.
Unfortunately there wasnt a big launch party thing for this edition, so no firstclass jolly to holland for me sigh but i understand that the. The first of these books, granite city, was published in 2005 and was a bestseller, kicking off a longrunning series set in aberdeen. Macbrides publishing deal was secured with the writing of halfhead. He has set one of his novels halfhead in the future, leading some to consider him delving into the science fiction genre, to which he says, crime fiction set in victorian times is historic crime fiction, crime fiction. This is my second reading of cold granite and it is a great introduction to the wonderful writing style of stuart macbride and the harsh environment around aberdeen situated in the grampian region of north east scotland. Yes, holland is the latest country to feel the full weight of the macbride ramblings. Buy a song for the dying ash henderson novels by stuart macbride isbn. Stuart macbrides murder tour in aberdeen foursquare.
Its a wednesday, but ill be finished work by then, so no having to worry about hangovers. Hes also published a nearfuture thriller, a short story collection, a couple of novellas, and a slightly twisted picture book for slightly twisted children. Book signing with stuart macbride visitaberdeenshire. The missing and the dead logan mcrae, book 9 stuart. I adore all of the logan mcrae novels, each book pushing stuart macbride higher up on my list of. His work has won several prizes and in 2015 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by dundee university.
An evening with stuart macbride hosted by claire macleary. Stuart macbride, creative conversations, university of glasgow. His work has won several prizes and in 2015 he was. When kids start to go missing and a birthday card gets sent to their parents every year, the police realise they are dealing with a mad serial killer. Stuart has written a total of fourteen books since the first release of his first book in the logan mcrae series in 2005. Stuart was born in dumbarton, scotland and raised in aberdeen. He has been shortlisted for the theakstons old peculiar crime novel of the year award twice.
They always say, write what you know so i did using aberdeen as the backdrop for a series of horrific crimes, murders, serial killers, and much eating of chips and drinking of beer. Stuarts ash henderson books are, in many ways, informed by. Logan turned his back on them and watched the bobbing torches of the search party as they struggled along in the dark. Buy shatter the bones by stuart macbride from waterstones today. At last i have a date for the launch party in aberdeen on the 27th of april 2005 ottakars will be hosting a wee shindig to celebrate cold granite coming out the week after. His work has won several prizes and in 2015 he was awarded an honorary doc. Stuart macbride primary author only author division. At least sean morrisons tragedy is thankfully somewhat neglected by macbride. Macbrides own career has undergone evolution after evolution. Those who like their crime thrillers diamond hard but shot through wi. Stuart macbride thats me was born in dumbarton which is glasgow as far as im. Buy a cheap copy of flesh house book by stuart macbride. She is also the chair of the working party for the 2018 loveaudio campaign for the publishers association.
Stuart macbride thats me was born in dumbarton which is glasgow as far as im concerned moving up to aberdeen at the tender age of two, when fashions were questionable. He studied architecture at heriot watt university in edinburgh. Stuart macbride was born in dumbarton near glasgow but grew up in aberdeen. In the year 2009, stuart macbride was given another deal, which gave him the opportunity of penning more books in the logan book series, together with two more standalone novels. Pragya agarwal will be hosting an allday virtual party for the launch of sway. Stuart macbride started his writing career in 2005 with cold granite, referring to the granite city of aberdeen, scotland. Below is a list of stuart macbrides logan mcrae books in order of when they were originally published which is also their chronological order. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. He has been shortlisted for the theakstonss old peculier crime novel of the year award twice. Stuart macbride is auctioning off the opportunity to become a character in his next logan mcrae novel, to be published in 2018. Crime author stuart macbride to meet fans at aberdeen book signing.
Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Stuart is stepping away from all social media for the foreseeable future. Im doing a happy jig here for you, and ill put on a party hat and blow one of those paper whistle things a few times smile may 3rd, 2005. Crime fiction fans will have the opportunity to get books signed by a wellknown local author. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. The missing and the dead logan mcrae, book 9 by stuart macbride wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of purchase.
Since the publication of this novel, stuart macbride has won many crime awards. Killers have terrorized aberdeen in the pastdetective sergeant logan mcrae has the scars to prove itbut when body parts show up in a cargo container at the harbor. A parody of everything that makes up crime genre fiction, a play on every trope, and especially of the kind of book that mr macbride is synonymous with writing. Event information about book signing with stuart macbride happening in aberdeen. Below is a list of stuart macbrides published novels in order of when they were originally released also chronological order. I printed out my draft and figured that was enough to reward myself with a cd. Stuart macbride auctions chance to be in his next novel.
For example, physically, he walks with a limp in book 2 after sustaining an injury in book 1. Share ian rankin in conversation with stuart macbride with your friends. Events at waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Cold granite or steenkoud as its known over there is on the shelves of all good dutch bookstores. Some of his books are fan favorites, and these include cold granite, flesh house, dying light, shatter the bones, and his latest that was released in 20, close to the bone. Since then, about one new book in the series has come out per year. Stuart macbride has 64 books on goodreads with 155784 ratings. Stuart macbride was born 27 february 1969 in dumbarton, scotland and raised in aberdeen. Ian rankin and stuart macbride event scottish book trust. Fionnuala barrett is senior audio editor at harpercollins, where she creates audiobooks for authors as diverse as gail honeyman, stuart macbride, dawn oporter, joanna cannon and george r. Unfortunately there wasnt a big launch party thing for this edition, so no firstclass jolly to holland for me. And you should all buy his book, false value, because its pretty darn great. Here are all the stuart macbride books in publication order, with the reading order listed in brackets. Congrats on the release, stuart go celebrate, silly man.
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