Stuart MacBride

Stuart MacBride in January 2019

Stuart MacBride (born February 27, 1969 in Dumbarton , Scotland ) is a Scottish crime writer . He became known through his series with Logan McRae as the main character; ten books in the series have so far been published in German.

MacBride's works are assigned to the "Tartan Noir" ("black tartan "). This is a style of Scottish detective novels, which are characterized by a particularly gloomy mood and cynical attitude. The main characters in the novels are usually characterized as antiheroes , as is MacBride's character Logan MacRae.

Life

MacBride grew up in Aberdeen and studied at the University of Edinburgh . He is married and now lives in the country north of Aberdeen.

Works

Logan McRae series

• 2005: The dark waters of Aberdeen ( Cold Granite , Goldmann, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-442-46165-3 )
• 2006: The Murderer's Hour ( Dying Light , Goldmann, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-46262-9 )
• 2007: The first drop of blood ( Broken Skin , Goldmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-46574-3 )
• 2008: Blood and Bones ( Flesh House , Goldmann, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-47029-7 )
• 2009: Blind witnesses ( Blind Eye , Manhattan, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-54683-1 )
• 2010: Dunkles Blut ( Dark Blood , Manhattan, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-54689-3 )
• 2011: Bone splinters ( Shatter the Bones , Manhattan, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-442-54699-2 )
• 2013: The Bone Band ( Close to the Bone , Manhattan, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-442-48194-1 )
• 2014: Linked in blood ( The Missing and the Dead , Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-442-48336-5 )
• 2016: Totenkalt ( In the Cold Dark Ground , Goldmann, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-442-48566-6 )

not yet published in German:

• 2018: Blood Road (Harper Collins Publ. UK, ISBN 978-0-008-20822-6 )
• 2019: All that's dead (Harper Collins Publ. UK, ISBN 978-0-008-32846-7 )

Offshoot

There are some offshoots of the Logan McRae series that were published at irregular intervals.

• 2012: With fatal intent ( Partners in Crime , Goldmann Munich 2014, e-book) - Logan & Steel
• 2014: The 45% Hangover (Harpercollins Publishers 2015, English, ISBN 978-0-008-12826-5 ) - Logan & Steel
• 2015: 22 Dead Little Bodies (Harpercollins Publishers 2015, English, ISBN 978-0-008-14176-9 ) - Logan & Steel
• 2017: A question of atonement ( Now we are dead , Goldmann Verlag Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-442-48567-3 ) - Roberta Steel

Ash Henderson series

• 2012: The thirteenth victim ( Birthdays For The Dead , Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-442-47969-6 )
• 2014: The Voice of the Dead ( A Song For The Dying , Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-442-48289-4 )

Other works

• 2008: Sawbones (Barrington Stoke, ISBN 978-1-842-99529-7 )
• 2009: Halfhead (Harper Collins Publ. UK, ISBN 978-000-7-34926-5 )
• 2011: Twelve deadly gifts: Twelve short Christmas thrillers ( Twelve Days of Winter: Crime at Christmas , Goldmann Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-442-48047-0 )
• 2018: Der Totenmacher ( A Dark So Deadly , Goldmann Verlag Munich 2018, ISBN 978-344-2-48567-3 )

Awards

• 2006 Barry Award / Best First Novel for The Dark Waters of Aberdeen ( Cold Granite )
• 2007 Dagger in the Library of the British Crime Writers' Association
• 2008 ITV3 award as "breakthrough author" for The First Drop of Blood ( Broken Skin )

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Literature by and about Stuart MacBride in the catalog of the German National Library

supporting documents

1. ^ Long interview with Stuart MacBride , Crimemag, January 17, 2015, accessed January 17, 2015
2. ↑ Rankin and PD James pick up ITV3 awards on thebookseller.com, accessed July 15, 2019