Aberdeen is panicking. It's been eighteen years since Grampian Police caught the Flesher -- the notorious serial killer who butchered people all over the UK -- and seven years since he was released from Peterhead prison, his conviction overturned on appeal. But when a container full of joints of human meat turns up at Aberdeen Harbour, it kicks off the largest man hunt in Aberdeen's history. Ken Wiseman is on the run and looking for revenge. Twenty years of secrets and lies are being dragged into the light.And the only thing that's certain is Aberdeen will never be the same again."... superbly unsettling ... a crackling thriller." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"MacBride deftly blends a suspenseful storyline and subversive wit. . . . a cast of irrepressible characters whose banter is bawdy and crime-solving talents sublime." -- Booklist (starred review) on Bloodshot
"Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order by a writer whose dark star is most definitely on the rise" -- Mark Billingham
"Ferocious and funny, this is tartan noir at its best" -- Val McDermid
Stuart MacBride has gone from asking people if they 'want fries with that' to project managing vast IT projects for the oil industry. His first novel, COLD GRANITE was published in 2005, his second, DYING LIGHT became an instant Sunday Times bestseller, as did the third, BROKEN SKIN and forth: FLESH HOUSE. To everyone's surprise he won a Barry in 2005, the CWA's Dagger In The Library in 2007, the ITV3 Breakthrough Author in 2008, and been shortlisted for a bunch of other stuff. He also has a beard.
