What a great book sometimes had trouble with the Scottish words and had to read them again till I understood them but I think that was my failing lol

Another roller coaster ride of fun and violence with the usual cast of characters. Not great literature, but an excellent series.

Logan McRae is back from the "nearly dead" and looking forward to an easy return to Police work as a newly minted,if slightly perforated,hero. Of course that would far too easy for "Laz" and he's "volunteered" as a babysitter to a struggling colleague who is investigating the disappearance of an anti-independence campaigning academic. To say much more would to be to spoil a cracking yarn but needless to say Stuart MacBride's warped imagination and motley crew of weird and wonderful characters make for the usual laugh out loud ,gory,sweary and just plain outrageous roller coaster ride.
It's quite a political read with the storyline involving those who want the English out of Scotland,something which may be new to many south of the border but has been bubbling away under the surface for decades amongst various extremist groups. I met one such character when I lived there and was told a tale of bank robberies ,fire bombings and eventually death threats when he was suspected of being a police informer so I know the back story to this book isn't as far-fetched as it may seem.
I'm glad to see in this book that MacBride has toned things down a bit and "the lovely" Roberta Steel has stepped back from the caricature she was fast becoming in the later McRea books. She's still a foul-mouthed harridan but just a tad more believable in All That's Dead. All the other favourites are there,including Tufty Quirrel who is possibly the most irritating fictional character in any book,anywhere...ever.
You'll get a lot more out of this book if you've read the rest of the series but it's not essential, another hit for Stuart MacBride,another very funny book on a great series.

Big thanks to Stuart MacBride, HarperCollins and Netgalley for the advanced copy in return for an unbiased review.

Logan McRae is back and at his best in story that had me hooked from the first page to the very last one. Dealing a stressed out colleague under personal and professional pressure as well as home grown terrorists MacBride's clever and witty dialogue produces a cracking read.

I’ve read all the books in this series. This I’ve certainly didn’t disappoint. Highly entertaining, amazing characters you want to keep hearing about & being Scottish I love it even more with places featured being local to me. I can’t wait to read more in this amazing series.

With thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC, which was very entertaining.
All That’s Dead by Stuart MacBride is vastly entertaining and enjoyable. It was more about the police characters than any crime that was committed. For followers of the Logan McRae series you were entertained by McRae, Steel, Rennie and Tufty in all of their idiotic synchronicities. I found it extremely funny and entertaining.
Highly recommended.