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List Of Logan McRae Characters
This is a list of characters from the ''Logan McRae'' series of detective novels by the Scottish writer Stuart MacBride. They are all fictional characters that have appeared in more than one novel in the series. the stories move through real time and as such, some of the earlier novels are set in the Grampian Police area of responsibility, which later becomes Police Scotland. Police Detective Inspector Logan "Lazarus" McRae McRae was introduced in MacBride's first book in the series, ''"Cold Granite"'', as a detective sergeant. After being off work for a year recovering from serious stab wounds, he is soon labelled as "Lazarus" by his colleagues as he has risen from the deadIn the book, it is revealed that McRae actually died on the operating table, but was revived. McRae had been stabbed by the Mastrick Monster (Angus Robertson) who McRae has to interview in ''" Flesh House"'' about a suspect Robertson shared a cell with. In creating McRae, Macbride states that he wanted not ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Novels
Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth century and has remained extremely popular, particularly in novels. Some of the most famous heroes of detective fiction include C. Auguste Dupin, Sherlock Holmes, and Hercule Poirot. Juvenile stories featuring The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and The Boxcar Children have also remained in print for several decades. History Ancient Some scholars, such as R. H. Pfeiffer, have suggested that certain ancient and religious texts bear similarities to what would later be called detective fiction. In the Old Testament story of Susanna and the Elders (the Protestant Bible locates this story within the apocrypha), the account told by two witnesses broke down when Daniel cross-examines them. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All That's Dead
All That's Dead is the twelfth novel in the bestselling Logan 'Lazarus' McRae series written by Stuart MacBride. Plot An Englishman, who lectures at Aberdeen University, goes missing, with only spattered blood stains to indicate what might have happened. He was vociferous in his Unionism (especially on social media) and it is thought by Police Scotland that the Alt-Nats (Alternative Nationalists) have kidnapped him. Then at least two others go missing too. Amidst all this, Detective Inspector Logan McRae is back at work after having had a year off on sick leave (on account of his wounds from the last story The Blood Road). McRae, who is still in Professional Standards, is seconded to the investigation into the disappearances when it is revealed that the detective inspector leading the investigation, was in a Nationalist terror group when he was sixteen. Reception MacBride acknowledged that the novel had an obvious theme; that of Scotland's Independence and the fight between th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Eye
"Blind Eye" is a song by the British band Uriah Heep, which was originally released on their fifth studio album ''The Magician's Birthday'' in 1972, and the B-side of the "Sweet Lorraine" single. "Blind Eye" was written by Ken Hensley. It charted at #97 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was included on Uriah Heep's live album '' Acoustically Driven'' in 2001. The song was recorded and mixed at Lansdowne Studios, London, in September 1972. Personnel * Mick Box — Guitars * Lee Kerslake — Drums * Gary Thain — Bass guitar * Ken Hensley — Keyboards-Guitars * David Byron David Garrick (29 January 1947 – 28 February 1985), better known by his stage name David Byron, was a British singer, who was best known in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist with the rock band Uriah Heep. Byron possessed a powerful oper ... — Lead vocals References Uriah Heep (band) songs 1972 singles Songs written by Ken Hensley Bronze Records singles 1972 songs {{1970s-sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shatter The Bones
Shatter the Bones is the seventh book in the bestselling Logan McRae detective series set in Aberdeenshire by Stuart MacBride. Plot Alison and Jenny McGregor have been kidnapped and are being ransomed for a very large sum of money. Because they have been appearing on the TV series ''"Britain's Next Big Star"'', the outpouring of grief is immense and public donations swell the ransom coffers to beyond £6 million. Elsewhere, McRae is trying to track down a drug dealer and his flat is subject to an arson attack. Whilst McRae and his girlfriend, Samantha, are escaping from the fire, a drainpipe Samantha is holding on to gives way, and she falls several feet to the ground. Medical staff put her into an induced coma. Reception A review for ''"Shatter the Bones"'' in The Scotsman said; The Sunday Business Post The ''Business Post'' (formerly ''The Sunday Business Post'') is a Sunday newspaper distributed nationally in Ireland and an online publication. It is focused mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strathclyde Police
Strathclyde Police was the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council areas of Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire (The former Strathclyde local government region) between 1975 and 2013. The Police Authority contained members from each of these authorities. Strathclyde Police had the largest numbers of staff and served the largest population and the second largest area of the eight former Scottish police forces, after the Northern Constabulary. An Act of the Scottish Parliament, the ''Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012'', created a single Police Service of Scotland—known as Police Scotland—with effect from 1 April 2013. This act merged the eight regional police forces in Scotland (including Strathclyde Police), together with the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, into a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Skin
Broken may refer to: Literature * ''Broken'' (Armstrong novel), a 2006 novel by Kelley Armstrong in the ''Women of the Otherworld'' series * ''Broken'' (Slaughter novel), a 2010 novel by Karin Slaughter Music Albums * ''Broken (And Other Rogue States)'', a 2005 album by Luke Doucet * ''Broken'' (MBLAQ EP) (2014) * ''Broken'' (Nine Inch Nails EP), (1992) * ''Broken'' (Soulsavers album) (2009) * ''Broken'' (Straight Faced album) (1996) Songs * "Broken" (Jake Bugg song) (2013) * "Broken" (Sam Clark song) (2009) * "Broken" (Coldplay song) (2019) * "Broken" (Elisa song) (2003) * "Broken" (Lifehouse song) (2008) * "Broken" (lovelytheband song) (2017) * "Broken" (Kate Ryan song) (2011) * "Broken" (Seether song) (2004) * "Broken" (Slander and Kompany song) (2019) * "Broken", by 12 Stones from ''12 Stones'' * "Broken", by All That Remains from '' Victim of the New Disease'' * "Broken", by David Archuleta from '' Begin'' * "Broken", by Bad Religion from '' The Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Close To The Bone (novel)
''Close to the Bone'' is the eighth instalment in the bestselling Detective Sergeant McRae series of crime novels from Stuart MacBride. Plot Logan McRae is still living in a caravan, his girlfriend, Samantha, is still unresponsive and someone is leaving bones on his doorstep. Besides all this he has to cope with Detective Inspector Steel, a string of assaults and someone who is going around and Necklacing people. More murders follow and the filming of a novel about witchcraft seems to be inspiring the Necklacing murders. This leads to a confrontation with McRae's erstwhile boss, David Insch, ex DI from Grampian Police Grampian Police was, between 1975 and 2013 (replaced by Police Scotland), the territorial police force of the northeast region of Scotland, covering the council areas of Aberdeenshire, the City of Aberdeen, and Moray (the former Grampian region) ..., who is now on the production team for the film. References 2013 British novels Novels set in Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Cold Dark Ground
''In the Cold Dark Ground'' is the tenth instalment in the bestselling Detective Sergeant McRae series of crime novels set in Aberdeenshire from Stuart MacBride. Plot Sergeant Logan McRae is still overseeing a patch of north east Aberdeenshire as a 'Development Opportunity'. He does, however, keep finding bodies and one such find brings the MIT (Major Investigation Team) screaming up to rural Aberdeenshire from Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ... City. This team is headed up by McRae's old boss, Detective Chief Inspector Roberta Steel. She wants him in the investigation; he doesn't want to join. Unfortunately, he is drafted in anyway and has to cope with a very critical Detective Superintendent (who seems to love to belittle McRae), a secondment to Profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scots Language
Scots ( endonym: ''Scots''; gd, Albais, ) is an Anglic language variety in the West Germanic language family, spoken in Scotland and parts of Ulster in the north of Ireland (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots). Most commonly spoken in the Scottish Lowlands, Northern Isles and northern Ulster, it is sometimes called Lowland Scots or Broad Scots to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic, the Goidelic Celtic language that was historically restricted to most of the Scottish Highlands, the Hebrides and Galloway after the 16th century. Modern Scots is a sister language of Modern English, as the two diverged independently from the same source: Early Middle English (1150–1300). Scots is recognised as an indigenous language of Scotland, a regional or minority language of Europe, as well as a vulnerable language by UNESCO. In the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Scottish Census, over 1.5 million people in Scotland reported being able to speak Scots. As there are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scotsman
''The Scotsman'' is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until August 2004. Its parent company, JPIMedia, also publishes the ''Edinburgh Evening News''. It had an audited print circulation of 16,349 for July to December 2018. Its website, Scotsman.com, had an average of 138,000 unique visitors a day as of 2017. The title celebrated its bicentenary on 25 January 2017. History ''The Scotsman'' was launched in 1817 as a liberal weekly newspaper by lawyer William Ritchie and customs official Charles Maclaren in response to the "unblushing subservience" of competing newspapers to the Edinburgh establishment. The paper was pledged to "impartiality, firmness and independence". After the abolition of newspaper stamp tax in Scotland in 1855, ''The Scotsman'' was relaunched as a daily newspaper priced at 1d and a circul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart MacBride
Stuart MacBride is a Scottish writer, most famous for his crime thrillers set in the "Granite City" of Aberdeen and featuring Detective Sergeant Logan McRae. Biography Stuart MacBride was born 27 February 1969 in Dumbarton, Scotland and raised in Aberdeen. His careers include scrubbing toilets offshore, graphic design, web design and IT/computer programming. He studied architecture at Heriot-Watt University. MacBride's publishing deal was secured with the writing of ''Halfhead''; however, the publishers were more interested in ''Cold Granite'', concerning DS Logan McRae. He was signed on a three-book Logan deal, which was further extended to six books. In 2009 he signed another deal, allowing him to write two more Logan books, and two standalone novels, the first of which is due after the sixth instalment of the Logan McRae series. In an interview for the Alibi television channel, MacBride indicated he considered R. D. Wingfield a "literary inspiration". MacBride's novels, par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dying Light (novel)
''Dying Light'' is a 2015 survival horror video game developed by Techland and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game's story follows an undercover agent named Kyle Crane who is sent to infiltrate a quarantine zone in a fictional Middle Eastern city called Harran. It features an enemy-infested, open-world city with a dynamic day–night cycle, in which zombies are slow and clumsy during daytime but become extremely aggressive at night. The gameplay is focused on weapons-based combat and parkour, allowing players to choose fight or flight when presented with dangers. The game also features an asymmetrical multiplayer mode (originally set to be a pre-order bonus), and a four-player co-operative multiplayer mode. The development of the game began in early 2012, after the team completed the development of ''Dead Island''. The game's parkour system emphasizes natural movement. To implement that, Techland had to abandon most of the story elements and constru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
