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Close to the Bone
AuthorStuart MacBride
LanguageEnglish
Series Logan 'Lazarus' McRae
Genre Detective fiction
PublisherOrion
Publication date
2013
Publication placeScotland
Media typePrint
Pages511
ISBN 978-0-00-734426-0
Preceded by Shatter the Bones 
Followed by The Missing and the Dead 

Close to the Bone is the eighth [1] instalment in the bestselling Detective Sergeant McRae series of crime novels from Stuart MacBride.

Plot

Logan McRae is still living in a caravan, his girlfriend, Samantha, is still unresponsive and someone is leaving bones on his doorstep. Besides all this he has to cope with Detective Inspector Steel, a string of assaults and someone who is going around and Necklacing [2] people. More murders follow and the filming of a novel about witchcraft seems to be inspiring the Necklacing murders. This leads to a confrontation with McRae's erstwhile boss, David Insch, ex DI from Grampian Police, who is now on the production team for the film. [3] [4]

References

  1. ^ "Close to the Bone". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  2. ^ Prestridge, David (12 February 2013). "Close to the Bone". Crime Fiction Lover. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Close to the Bone". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Close to the Bone". Kirkus. Retrieved 26 December 2015.