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tfpeel's review against another edition
4.0
bello e ben calibrato, ora devo solo recuperare i 12 scritti prima ma piano piano... quattro stelle presto la recensione sul blog!!!
eilidhmccartney's review against another edition
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
kcfromaustcrime's review against another edition
5.0
Any author who starts out a blurb with "darkness is coming" and then gives Logan McRae a happy home life needs a damn good glaring at. The only saving grace is that things are typically shit creek / broken paddle at work so it's not a massive glaring at...
Book number 12 in the Logan McRae series, ALL THAT'S DEAD, finds him still an Inspector in Professional Standards, sucked into an ongoing murder investigation when the lead investigator is himself about to be outed by the papers as a member of a Scottish Nationalist group. Most inconvenient timing as a high profile anti-independence campaigner goes missing, minus a sobering amount of his blood at his house (what happened with his dog I hear you all wonder), and that disappearance is down to what seems for all the world to be somebody with a massive "issue" with Anti-Independence supporters. Aka a Scottish Nationalist. McRae is part assistant Investigator, bunny on the spot in the event that the upper brass need somebody to blame, and part agony Aunt for Inspector King - whose dalliance with the Nationalists as a teenager with a hard on for a girl is just one more thing, added to the grief he's getting from his wife about her affair with an unnamed one of his colleagues, and the complications of a possible kidnap victim still alive, but badly injured.
Of course Tufty, Rennie, and the gloriously over-the-top Steel are all in place to provide "moral support" to an increasingly pissed off McRae, freshly back at work after 12 months off recovering from stabbing wounds. Situation normal then. Sort of. The case is complicated by another high-profile disappearance, and made murky / mucky by the receipt of various body parts belonging to the presumed alive earlier victims. It's a twister, that's helped somewhat by a tiny mistake on the part of one of the suspects, not helped by the less than tiny mistake by Steel and King in the pursuit of same suspect, and definitely not helped by the media attention, and the ever-hanging threat that one of the less than favoured journalists is happy to dump the news about King's past right smack bang in the middle of an investigation that's struggling for traction.
So everything as you'd expect it to be in a Logan McRae book, and absolutely nothing to dent favourite reading status. Except maybe for that happy home life thing, which, now that I think about it, is worrying. We all know what happened last time Logan was happy. We all know the deviousness that can lie at the heart of a beardy crime writing genius from Scotland.
https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/all-thats-dead-stuart-macbride
Book number 12 in the Logan McRae series, ALL THAT'S DEAD, finds him still an Inspector in Professional Standards, sucked into an ongoing murder investigation when the lead investigator is himself about to be outed by the papers as a member of a Scottish Nationalist group. Most inconvenient timing as a high profile anti-independence campaigner goes missing, minus a sobering amount of his blood at his house (what happened with his dog I hear you all wonder), and that disappearance is down to what seems for all the world to be somebody with a massive "issue" with Anti-Independence supporters. Aka a Scottish Nationalist. McRae is part assistant Investigator, bunny on the spot in the event that the upper brass need somebody to blame, and part agony Aunt for Inspector King - whose dalliance with the Nationalists as a teenager with a hard on for a girl is just one more thing, added to the grief he's getting from his wife about her affair with an unnamed one of his colleagues, and the complications of a possible kidnap victim still alive, but badly injured.
Of course Tufty, Rennie, and the gloriously over-the-top Steel are all in place to provide "moral support" to an increasingly pissed off McRae, freshly back at work after 12 months off recovering from stabbing wounds. Situation normal then. Sort of. The case is complicated by another high-profile disappearance, and made murky / mucky by the receipt of various body parts belonging to the presumed alive earlier victims. It's a twister, that's helped somewhat by a tiny mistake on the part of one of the suspects, not helped by the less than tiny mistake by Steel and King in the pursuit of same suspect, and definitely not helped by the media attention, and the ever-hanging threat that one of the less than favoured journalists is happy to dump the news about King's past right smack bang in the middle of an investigation that's struggling for traction.
So everything as you'd expect it to be in a Logan McRae book, and absolutely nothing to dent favourite reading status. Except maybe for that happy home life thing, which, now that I think about it, is worrying. We all know what happened last time Logan was happy. We all know the deviousness that can lie at the heart of a beardy crime writing genius from Scotland.
https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/all-thats-dead-stuart-macbride
throwerp's review
5.0
Still as funny, gruesome and as page-turning as ever. Even 12 books in. Keep up the good work Mr MacBride!
michellejaclyn's review against another edition
3.0
Was a really nice ending to the series (I think it’s the end??)
Not as gritty as the earlier books had been but still an enjoyable read - some funny bits
Not as gritty as the earlier books had been but still an enjoyable read - some funny bits
abbienk's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
hot4roalddahl's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Scottish detective novel. The plot was interesting but the dialogue was a bit frustrating.
rumaho76's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
balthazarlawson's review against another edition
4.0
Logan McRae is back at work and is given a simple job to ease back into things. He has to look into allegations about to be published about the past of DI King and his connection with Scottish nationalists. The problem is the case the DI is working on a case that may have connections with the anti-English and Scottish independence crowd. So Logan is assigned to monitor his progress with the case to ensure that all is above board and nothing is swept under the carpet.
The problem with a plan is that it's bound to fail and this one does very quickly. There is one disaster after another and instead of just monitoring the case, Logan is soon actively working the case, trying to desperately to protect the reputation of Police Scotland.
As with most cases for Logan this one doesn't go smoothly and DS Steele doesn't make things any easier. Plus there is always the top brass expecting immediate results but everything they do seems to only hinder in the smooth operation of things.
All in all it's enjoyable read and as usual there is plenty of blood go around. Though, Logan is settling into the role of a middle aged married man that is far from the character that I first met, and often miss.
The problem with a plan is that it's bound to fail and this one does very quickly. There is one disaster after another and instead of just monitoring the case, Logan is soon actively working the case, trying to desperately to protect the reputation of Police Scotland.
As with most cases for Logan this one doesn't go smoothly and DS Steele doesn't make things any easier. Plus there is always the top brass expecting immediate results but everything they do seems to only hinder in the smooth operation of things.
All in all it's enjoyable read and as usual there is plenty of blood go around. Though, Logan is settling into the role of a middle aged married man that is far from the character that I first met, and often miss.