Location: Home > Art, Architecture & Photography > Mystery > Cold Granite

Cold Granite

Author: Stuart Macbride
Creators: John Nicholl, John Sessions
Publisher: HarperCollins Audio
Category: Book

List Price: ~~Ł13.99~~
Buy New: Ł12.90
You Save: Ł1.09 (8%)

New (4) Used (2) Collectible (1) from Ł6.50

Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

65 reviews
Sales Rank: 1043583

Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Abridged Ed
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 4.3 x 1.3

ISBN: 0007206704
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780007206704
ASIN: 0007206704

Publication Date: May 3, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: ALL OUR PRODUCTS ARE BRAND NEW. WE DISPATCH WITHIN 48 HOURS (EXCLUDING WEEKENDS, BANK HOLIDAYS, CHRISTMAS, EASTER) FROM OUR WAREHOUSE IN LONDON

Also Available In:

•	Hardcover - Cold Granite
•	Paperback - Cold Granite
•	Paperback - Cold Granite
•	Hardcover - Cold Granite
•	Mass Market Paperback - Cold Granite
•	Audio Cassette - Cold Granite
•	Audio CD - Cold Granite

Similar Items:

•	Dying Light
•	Broken Skin
•	Flesh House
•	Dead Simple
•	Not Dead Enough

Customer Reviews: Read 60 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Cracker! July 23, 2008
I like Stuart MacBride's writing style as it is very down to earth, for the common man and not condescending in any way... Often funny, which made some of the darker subject matter more palatable also. Very occasionally, he may come up with an overused cliche or two but I can cope with that as it was in the minority and he also came with with his own imagery which makes it fresh.

Good how there were about 3 or 4 different streams running through the plot all kind of inter-related by the fact of young kids being found dead, i.e. not all linked by the serial killer.

The characters make it interesting and the lead character Logan is more fallible than others of the genre, which allows more empathy... He makes mistakes while trying to further career.

First time, I've read a crime thriller, whodunnit with a bit of gore in it. Looking forward to the next one... Good marketing ploy, putting the first chapter of the next book at the end also! Reeling the readers in.

It also attracts me as the stories are totally new and have not (yet) been trimmed and toned down for television... Part of me wishes it doesn't get 'Rebussed'!

Definitely hooked!

4 out of 5 stars

Excellent book, and looking forward to further stories in the series June 20, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

One of Stuart McBride's more recent books caught my eye in a bookshop, but I decided to start at the beginning so I bought this, his first book.

It is an excellent book. Good storyline; complex enough (various children going missing, unidentified bodies being found), but there are enough subtle reminders to help you keep up. There are a few twists & turns as different strong suspects prove to be innocent; quite a good "whodunnit" element. I quite enjoyed the occasional humour.

Excellent characterisation. The main two characters in particular are very interesting, and I look forward to seeing them develop further in forthcoming books. There are plenty of supporting characters, making a very interesting cast, and plenty of scope to bring different people to the fore in future stories.

The characterisation is not at the expense of the plot though; the story moves at a decent pace (I have read some books recently that spend so much time describing characters & places that the story hardly progresses - this is not one of them).

This book is excellent when considered as a stand alone story, but it is also a superb starting point for (hopefully) a long series of stories. I can't wait to read the next one...

5 out of 5 stars

A stonker of a read June 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The author's name being unfamiliar to me, added to the fact this was not an English detective novel which I would normally favour, I had reservations when I ordered this book but thought it worth a try given the reviews. I was more than pleasantly surprised and am now totally hooked on DS 'Lazarus' MacRae and the characters that surround him. Sure, the very descriptive narrative is pretty gruesome to the point of, in places, making me feel a little uncomfortable about reading the details of murdered and abused toddlers interspersed with 'black' humour. But once I overcame that (fairly early on in the novel!)I thoroughly enjoyed the storyline alongside the developing personalities of the central characters. I just didn't want the book to end and only survived the end in the knowledge there are two further books in the series for me to read.

5 out of 5 stars

Buy it! May 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I bought this book after hearing about him at the recent Word08 festival at the University of Aberdeen and I can't remember the last time I was so hooked on reading a book! I literally didn't want to put it down until I reached the end.

Well worth the money and a great read.

4 out of 5 stars

A welcome addition to the ranks of good crime writers April 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Stuart MacBride's hero DS Logan MacRae is a detective in the classic mould. Wounded, flawed, with a disastrous love life and prone to maverick behaviours. He is sympathetic and entertaining and the supporting cast in this first novel of both senior and junior officers are believeable and interesting. The plot, which revolves around disappearing children is strong and complex and sustained right to the end. I recommend this book, and enjoyed it so much myself I have just ordered the next two in the series.