I am still plowing through the series, but if I went back and reread I'd probably find things I missed the first time. Jackie, his WPC squeeze is mad at him for not standing up to Steele who never seems to recognize his time off.

DS McRae has been sent to work with DI Steele of the “fuck-up” squad after a raid gone wrong in which a constable was badly wounded. I. Steele’s squad, (horrible character by the way) also known throughout Aberdeen law enforcement as the “fuck-up squad. His careers include scrubbing toilets offshore, graphic design, web design and IT/computer programming. Finally, the best murder mysteries are ones in which the reader cares about the victims an/or the investigators and/or is interested in the twists and revelations. There's something about being handed a wadge of cash as you clamber off the minibus from the heliport, having spent the last two weeks offshore and the last two hours in an orange, rubber romper suit / body bag, then blowing most of it in the pubs and clubs of Aberdeen.MacRae is an interesting and subtle detective, and his investigation is both inventive and imaginative.

While that alone makes this book a standout, John Sessions’ delightful brogue and skillful reading takes the story over the top.There were segues into sexual fantasies and prostitution, playing games to pass the time, and drinking to excess.

appeared in some bizarre World War Two musical production; did my best to avoid eating haggis and generally ran about the place a lot. Like the other members of the Screw-up Squad, he’s sometimes confident, sometimes troubled, sometimes totally unsure of himself, and always very real. I decided to start with his Logan McRae detective series but couldn’t get the first book on my Libby app so started with book number two. And so to UNIVERSITY, far too young, naive and stupid to be away from the family home, sharing a subterranean flat in one of the seedier bits of Edinburgh with a mad Irishman, and four other bizarre individuals. Logan McRae has been shifted sideways into the "screw up squad" after an operation he recently led went disastrously pear-shaped.The author has created a police force obsessed with the objectification of women whether victims or colleagues .

When we meet up with McRae again, he is in disgrace after being in charge of a raid which ended with a police constable being shot.Including working overtime on two baffling cases: the murder by arson of six people, and the beating to death of a prostitute down by the docks, not a high priority compared to the fire. But one botched raid later he's palmed off on a DI everyone knows is a jinx, waiting for the axe to fall with all the other rejects in the 'Screw-up Squad'. DI Steel knows this is her chance to shine if she plays her cards right as she knows Logan is actually a good copper. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. As the cases became entwined, the clock was ticking – more suspects; more evidence; more corruption.