Dark Blood by Stuart MacBride

More and more authors are producing their own book trailers and here is Dark Blood by Stuart MacBride (directed by the author himself and some mates of his):



First line in the book:  Run.  Don't stop.  Keep moving...

Synopsis:  Everyone deserves a second chance...

Martin Knox has served his time, so why shouldn't he be allowed to live wherever he wants?  Yes, he was convicted of the brutal rape and abduction of a sixty-eight-year-old man, but he's seen the error of his ways. Found God.  Wants to leave his dark past in Newcastle and make a new start.

Or so he says.

Detective Sergeant Logan McRae isn't exactly thrilled to be part of the team helping Knox settle into his new Aberdeen home.  He's even less thrilled to be stuck with DSI Danby from Northumbria Police - the man who put Knox behind bars for ten years - supposedly here to 'keep an eye on things.'

Only things are about to go very, very wrong.

Donald Trump's golf course is bringing a mini development boom to the Granite City, and Edinburgh gangster Malk the Knife wants a slice.  Three heavies from Newcastle want a 'quiet word' with DSI Danby about a missing mob accountant.  Local crime lord Wee Hamish Mowat has plans for Logan's future.  And Martin Knox's dark past isn't done with him yet...

My thoughts:  According to the author, "Dark Blood is the sixth book in the Logan McRae series.  The whole thing was inspired by (but not based on) the real life case of Stephen Beech, a sex offender from down south who decided he wanted to live by the sea.  So he ended up in Aberdeen, where he had to be watched 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at a cost of about £200 000 a year.  Obviously Mr Beech wasn't all that popular with the local populace, or press, and I couldn't help thinking it was exactly the sort of reverse-sex-tourism that would make a very interesting kicking off point for a crime novel..."

I have read every single book of the author's and highly recommend them because they are a great read infused with Scottish wit/humour!  Enjoyed listening to the author reading his own book on audio published by Oakhill Publishing Limited.  This review from eurocrime sums up my thoughts on another unputdownable book.  Happy reading!

Stuart Macbride's website is a wealth of information and if you cannot get enough of him, you can also find him on his blog.

Rating:  4/5