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Broken Skin

Logan McRae, Book 3

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Broken Skin

By: Stuart MacBride
Narrated by: John Sessions
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About this listen

 In the pale grey light of a chilly February, Aberdeen is not at its best. There's a rapist prowling the city's cold granite streets, leaving a string of tortured women behind. But while DS Logan McRae's girlfriend is out acting as bait, he's dealing with the blood-drenched body of an unidentified male, dumped outside Accident and Emergency.

When a stash of explicit films turn up, all featuring the victim, it looks as if someone in the local bondage community has developed a taste for violent death, and Logan gets dragged into the twilight world of pornographers, sex-shops, and S&M. To make matters worse, when they finally arrest the Granite City Rapist, Grampian Police are forced by the courts to let him go: Aberdeen Football Club's star striker has an alibi for every attack.

Could they really have got it so badly wrong? Logan thinks so, but the trick will be getting anyone to listen before the real rapist strikes again. Especially as his girlfriend, PC Jackie 'Ball Breaker' Watson, is convinced the footballer is guilty, and she's hell-bent on a conviction at any cost.

©2007 Stuart MacBride (P)2007 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London UK Crime Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime

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Critic reviews

"John Sessions brings the brilliantly drawn cast of characters to gorgeous - and horrible! - life." (Kati Nicholl, The Express)
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just newly introduced to Stuart MacBride and he's awesome.. superb writer and I cant put my audio book down..already on book four ....fantastic!!

awesome

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Fully taken with Logan McRae - a great balance of excitement and humor throughout. I was getting a little fed up with some of the Scottish crime stories I had downloaded over the years, but his one is great!

MacBride at his best

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The story continues as Logan takes on the criminal world of Aberdeen. However, this time things come a little bit closer time. Steel is there in her normal, irreverent and sharp tongue way.
Many of the other characters from books one and two Appear as well.
Great story, narration OK a good addition to the series. BUT don’t buy the abridged version. A lot of the character interaction is missed.

Book 3 in the series of Logan McRae books.

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You know how they say golf is a good walk spoiled? This is the same, on two counts. First, Broken Skin is another great MacBride McRae story, aren't they all - complicated, witty, gritty, but who on earth decided to abridge it down to half a story and that John Sessions would be a good reader for it. Those two points alone stripped the stars from the rating. I have the paperback, I know the bits that are missing and they are IMPORTANT to the story. It makes me wonder whether the audiobook producers actually read the story at all. And John Sessions, a word of advice, stick to the comedy impressions, dear, because a serious audiobook narrator you are not. Sorry, but that is this experienced listener's opinion. YMMV of course.

Great story, shame about the narrator

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Written and read just brilliantly. I love the series and the humour contained is an added bonus, Sessions reads it with his portrayal of characters in his superbly comical fashion. Very highly recommend.

Superb

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Very exciting , keeps you wondering where it will go next , always a great ending

Great storyline

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Thoroughly enjoyed this. Third book i've listened to by this author. Funny likeable characters. At times laughed out loud. Looking forward to next in series.

Continues to entertain

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I've now read all the Logan McRae series I'm having them read to me in audible ..... I've had the bejesus scared out of me and I love it

In love with Logan McRae

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I enjoyed this tale of several crimes being perpetrated and solved. Quite straightforward but Sessions did a terrific job on the narration.

Really quite good

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All bosses being unbearable was annoying but otherwise it was very engaging and reader voices great

Characters

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