Flesh House
Written by Stuart MacBride
Narrated by Steve Worsley
4/5
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About this audiobook
The 4th thriller in the Number One bestselling crime series from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. Panic grips The Granite City as DS Logan McRae heads up a manhunt for ‘The Flesher’ – one of the UK’s most notorious serial killers.
The case was closed. Until the killer walked free…
When an offshore container turns up at Aberdeen Harbour full of human meat, it kicks off the largest manhunt in the Granite City’s history.
Twenty years ago ‘The Flesher’ was butchering people all over the UK – turning victims into oven-ready joints – until Grampian’s finest put him away. But eleven years later he was out on appeal. Now he’s missing and people are dying again.
When members of the original investigation start to disappear, Detective Sergeant Logan McRae realizes the case might not be as clear cut as everyone thinks…
Twenty years of secrets and lies are being dragged into the light. And the only thing that’s certain is Aberdeen will never be the same again.
Stuart MacBride
Stuart MacBride is the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae and Ash Henderson novels. His work has won several prizes and in 2015 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Dundee University. Stuart lives in the north-east of Scotland with his wife Fiona, cats Grendel, Onion and Beetroot, and other assorted animals.
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Reviews for Flesh House
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I really like this series, it has great characters, lots of hilarious banter and vivid descriptions. So far all of the Logan Macrae books have tons of suspense and unexpected plot twists, most especially in this book, Flesh House! It’s my favorite story by far, but even with the humor it was definitely deeper and darker that the previous books, and the plot twists get really wild. It was very intense, if you don’t care for books full of blood, sweat and tears, you may not care for it. Personally I think it was excellent!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another fantastic instalment in the Logan Macrae series. Characters are relatable and well written.
DI Steel is disgusting, sarcastic and utterly brilliant- I find myself laughing out loud to her quips.
This one kept me guessing all the way through! - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stuart MacBride dissects the human condition, literally.
It's horrible. And brilliant. It has an appalling ending. And it's brilliant. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I have been enjoying this Logan MacRae series but the incompetence and management of this police department in over the top and unbelievable. This series definitely needs more redeemable characters. The plot was a great one that should have be cleverly executed but fell far short of its potential. The ending was very unsatisfying as it left us hanging in regards to the conditions of some characters. I would like to continue the series but I'm afraid to pick up the next book and once again find it another disappointment.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Talk about a noir story. Searching for a killer who cooks and eats their prey, and the investigation is a mess. Wrong suspect, can't figure out who is being targeted, can't catch them, and the bodies mount up.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5an unevenly paced book, and overly long. but with a couple of plot twists that will keep you reading, to an ending that I found unsatisfactory.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Too bloody meatyA repetition of the description of an abattoir chapter after chapter,Not as creative as his other books, but surely stomach turning
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I didn't like this one as much as the others. Partly I didn't much like the format of having a BBC camera man following them around filming. But mostly the ending left me feeling unsettled and irritated.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another excellent MacBride.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fast-paced, people-eating, pretty gruesome crime thriller. There are a lot of parts where you cringe. The ending was a little disappointing but if you can get over that and the gruesomeness, go for it!
Also, I got duped into the middle of some sort of series again. This time I actually want to read what came before and will come after:-) - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Pardon the pun, but this book is a bit disjointed.I've read the previous books in the series and this is by far the odd one out. I found it difficult to get into as the writing style was different, in a confusing way, and I didn't like that. It's not the typical crime novel with characters and situations that I just didn't like. I got tired of the victims in this book and at times wished they were just killed. Plus there were so many questions unanswered, almost as if it is setting up for another book.
That said, it's worth a read though, if only to complete the series. I do like the main characters in this book and that is what drew me to the series. They still shine in this book.
This was an ebook and it would have to be one of the worst formatted ebooks I've ever read. I see more errors in the formatting of ebooks than I do in a paper books. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Serial killer and cannibal "The Flesher" seems to be back after a 20 year hiatus and DS Logan McRae needs to put a stop to the killings so not more human flesh reaches the butcher shops. McRae is such a great character; he's just a regular detective who makes errors and draws erroneous conclusions and gets bollocked for it and then eventually works it out and solves the mystery organically, rather than having some sort of extrasensory sixth sense that many literary detectives have. Heads-up that this is a properly gruesome installment in the series and the descriptions of the murders and the other "nasty events" (so called to avoid spoilers) are extremely gory, so no snacking while reading, not even a bacon buttie!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5MacBride's fourth novel to feature DS Logan McRae proves particularly gory as the principal case challenging Aberdeen's CID is that of a serial killer with cannibalistic traits, killing and eatin his way through the fringes of the city. Once again, the dishevelled foul-mouthed lesbian, DI Steel, steals the show with her unfailing ability to offer up the most inappropriate comments imaginable at every new situation. I had read this novel before, immediately after its original publication, but still found it completely gripping the second time around.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I think this one is the best one of MacBride's. I could not put it down, I had dreams about the flesher. Great characters and dialogues (I just love DI Steel).
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My introduction to Macbride was Dark Blood and I was enjoying that so much that before I even finished it I popped into my local discount bookshop just on the offchance and sure enough, there it was, Flesh House. There is a mention in Dark Blood of Logan having eaten human flesh so when I saw this book featured cannibalism I knew what to expect!Like the other book, this story also concerns a man who was found guilty, imprisoned and released: The Flesher abducted and later ate his victims, and the readers are presented with several points of view - that of the victims, of the killer and of the investigating officer Logan McRae who works not only with the foul-mouthed chain-smoking lesbian DT Steel but also DI Insch.It is humorous, suspenseful and rather gory - although why [as I have read] some readers have been reduced to nightmares and bouts of bed-wetting is beyond me. They should have stuck to James patterson. A wonderful, edge of your seat read, as well written as it is exciting.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The fourth in the series and it just gets better! The crime scenes are incredibly vivid, better than CSI could ever do. The mystery comes together at the end, the 'Flesher' is identified, but a few loose ends are left, leaving more than enough room for several more books to clean everything up.