All That's Dead: The new Logan McRae crime thriller from the No.1 bestselling author (Logan McRae, Book 12)

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A year after being stabbed, McRae is welcomed back to Professional Standards with a case that could be a career killer. In the meantime, Scotland is facing the kind of political nightmare that parallels our contemporary politics of Brexit, with a deadly battle between those who support the union between England and Scotland and the extreme Alt-Nats, intent on a independent nation, by whatever means necessary, as they create a poisonous climate of fear with gruesome and brutal murders.

I’ve only just met the hero that is Logan McRae and I’m planning on hanging out with him more in the future. The epilogue (which deals with Tufty’s film debut) was pointless and had minimal connection to the main story. I needn’t have worried – All That’s Dead is a much slower burn, and a very different kind of case for Logan McRae, but it’s a satisfying read, and a hugely thoughtful novel to boot. Logan is such a wonderful character that you cannot help feeling sorry for him as he tries to solve the murders of some prominent people with the aid of some rather outlandish police characters especially Tufty. I was never in doubt as to which character I was listening to and whilst some narrators come between the reader and the book, Worsley never does.

The smoky tang of whisky catches in his nostrils as they step in close, their breath warm against his cheek.

DISCLOSURE: I listened to the audiobook of All That's Dead by Stuart MacBride, narrated by Steve Worsley, and published by Harper Collins Audio.

It should be a simple job but DI King is investigating the disappearance of staunch and combative anti independence campaigner Professor Nicholas Wilson. Summary: Logan 'Lazarus' McRae is back at work in Professional Standards after a year off after he was stabbed. Graphic, grisly, but strangely enchanting, MacBride weaves his web entangling the reader in a desperate chase to catch an elusive and deadly chameleon. However, Logan also has to deal with the fact that the cop that runs this investigation has, let's say a black spot on his record.

Professor Wilson, a high-profile anti-independence campaigner has gone missing, apparently abducted from his home, but nothing was left behind except some bloodstains.I think because the political stuff comes from the angle of their beliefs and we hear the why behind some of it. The crime, the many unexpected twists and turns before the eventual solution, are so well designed, that you are compelled to keep reading right to the bitter end. Logan’s injuries are still causing him pain and, (combined with very little sleep), he’s struggling to make sense of events, aware that he’s being blind sided by a world where every spotlight makes the corners where it doesn’t shine, an even darker and deeper threat.