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A review by pannapark
Broken Skin by Stuart MacBride
5.0
In Broken Skin by Stuart MacBride, we find Detective Sergeant Logan McRae being buffeted between two duelling Detective Inspectors, Insch and Steel. Neither is a smooth option as both are impossibly demanding and extremely competitive. Insch on the one hand is fuelled by sugar induced stress and anger, Steel by nicotine cravings, sarcasm, swearing and sex! Logan McRae basically lives on a razor’s edge trying to please both and solve the never ending pile of crime so that each can outdo the other.
He lurches through an unfolding nightmare of a serial rapist who is possibly the local football club’s hero, a gang of eight year olds swarming innocent bystanders and escalating to knifing senior citizens and cops, and a dead porn star whose proclivities included bondage, domination and sadomasochism.
MacBride’s stellar descriptive style, dialogue and dour humour keep the plot moving at a riotous pace. Logan becomes increasingly exhausted and desperate as he tries to solve the crimes along with trying to figure out his live in girlfriend, PC Jackie Watson of ball breaking reputation, who he suspects is having an affair.
I think I picked up contact sugar and nicotine highs resulting in reading into the wee hours. I’ve now crashed but it was so worth it!
He lurches through an unfolding nightmare of a serial rapist who is possibly the local football club’s hero, a gang of eight year olds swarming innocent bystanders and escalating to knifing senior citizens and cops, and a dead porn star whose proclivities included bondage, domination and sadomasochism.
MacBride’s stellar descriptive style, dialogue and dour humour keep the plot moving at a riotous pace. Logan becomes increasingly exhausted and desperate as he tries to solve the crimes along with trying to figure out his live in girlfriend, PC Jackie Watson of ball breaking reputation, who he suspects is having an affair.
I think I picked up contact sugar and nicotine highs resulting in reading into the wee hours. I’ve now crashed but it was so worth it!