Dying Light

Logan McRae, Book 2

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Steve Worsley

The number one best-selling detective series from the award-winning Stuart MacBride continues in this second crime thriller.

It's summertime in Scotland: the sun is shining, the sky is blue and people are dying....

It's summertime in the Granite City: the sun is shining, the sky is blue and people are dying....

It starts with Rosie Williams, a prostitute, stripped naked and beaten to death down by the docks - the heart of Aberdeen's red light district. For DS Logan McRae, it's a bad start to another bad day.

Rosie won't be the only one making an unscheduled trip to the morgue. Across the city six people are burning to death in a petrol-soaked squat, the doors and windows screwed shut from the outside.

And despite Logan's best efforts, it's not long before another prostitute turns up on the slab....

©2017 Stuart MacBride (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic reviews

" Dying Light is a wonderfully gripping and grim second outing for Logan McRae.... Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order." (Mark Billingham)

Fantastic

Enjoyed this story sorry to see it end.
Good action,characters,story.
Going to miss it.

Disturbing descriptions of very gritty story

I did finish this Book but found I needed to fast forward through almost all of the disgusting descriptions of body decay and nasty ally ways filled with dead rats and used condoms. Not to mention the descriptions of some of the character"s physical attributes. Would I read it again NO. But I did want to see how it ended to see if I knew who most of the villains were and I did.
So good story but way to gritty for me to just enjoy. Not for the sensitive stomach turning type of reader which I seem to be.
It does not give a kind look at Scotland's police or the city of Aberdeen. So be warned read at your own risk.

Loved it!!

This was one of my favorite books of the year. The dialogue is great and the gallows humor priceless.

very graphic

Follows along well with DS Macrae's antics but this one got far too graphic for me.

Great book.

Great storyline, looking forward to book 3. Narrator was perfect for book, job well done

A good addition to the series

I would recommend reading the 1st book before going into this 2nd book. The author has some reoccurring characters, And each of them have some growth and he paints some ever increasing depth to all of them. Make no mistake it's an adult book with RR rated or greater violence in storyline. Some people have a problem with it. I think the city of Aberdeen is also a character a dark character in the novel. The plot takes some time to develop and has twists and turns that make it interesting. The performance was done by the same Audio performer who did the 1st one and did a really nice job. I look forward to the 3rd book and listening to another stellar performance.

Stuart MacBride brings New to Crime fiction!

Like most Ami’s, I don’t know much about some of the better European countries. Scotland is def’ly one such. Okay, Mr. MacBride’s stuff is plus-sized edgy. If you can handle the brief forays into gruesome criminal actions, the rest is the best. Logical stories, compelling characters, excellent mood and terrain (if that makes sense?) I read #10 of his McRae series first, and bought all remaining full length w/out wasting credits (they’re currently less expensive than a credit, so it makes sense to pay cc for them.) Dying Light is #2 in series and the baddies are BAD. Evil Edinburgh’s “Mac the Knife” kingpin is still only being represented by trusted thugs in Aberdeen. Two in the series down, ten (so far) to go. I plan on consuming all of them since I bought them. [if one likes interesting crime drama series, here’s a plug for Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs, war, crime, period piece, historical fiction. ]

Never a dull moment, always changing plot

I like that there is always an exciting change in which direction the book goes

Steel always steals the show

Would you listen to Dying Light again? Why?

Yes. I love the Stuart MacBride series. The books are fast paced and the characters excellently developed. I am still plowing through the series, but if I went back and reread I'd probably find things I missed the first time. Plus, although the main character is great, I'd read them all over again just for DI Steel

What other book might you compare Dying Light to and why?

This series is pretty stand out for me. I've not read such a gritty and humorous crime series like this before where I could compare it to anything else.

Any additional comments?

I see on Goodreads that people knock DI Steel, but I find her the best character. She's horrendously brazen and obtuse. She's the funniest interruption in the series and underneath all her scratching, threats and bullying her heart comes through like a beacon. I normally read though a book or a series and the characters are just that, but Steel is probably my favorite character of any books that I have read - and I AM ALWAYS listening to books. To Mr. MacBride - please don't ever kill her off as she brings a fantastic element to your series.

I don’t understand the complaints of graphic content.

That’s like buying a wood stove, opening it, and then being upset that it’s too hot. You know what to expect (or at least what ballpark it’s in) with the genre. So stick to your Murder She Wrote or Perry Mason.

That said, Stuart MacBride does it again. Not as good as the debut but still very enjoyable. I will def continue the Logan McRae series.