The Independent Podcast: John Walsh talks to Stuart MacBride
Published: 02 January 2007
John Walsh goes to Aberdeen to interview Scottish crime writer Stuart MacBride about his latest novel, Dying Light.
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. Only a few short months ago he was the golden boy of Grampian police. But following a botched raid that leaves a PC in a coma he's palmed off on a DI everyone knows is jinxed, waiting for the axe to fall with all the other rejects in the 'Screw-up Squad'.
Logan's not going to take it lying down. He's determined to escape DI Steel and her unconventional methods, and the best way to do that is to crack the case in double-quick time. But Rosie Williams 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...
Following on from the success of 'Cold Granite', 'Dying Light' has characteristic grittiness, gallows humour and lively characterization, confirming Stuart MacBride's status as the rising star of crime fiction.
Now you can get an invaluable insight from the author himself into this new thriller.
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