Terrifying serial killer thriller set in the gritty Glasgow of the near future, from the bestselling author of the Logan McRae series.Terrifying serial killer thriller set in the gritty Glasgow of the near future, from the bestselling author of the Logan McRae series.There are worse things than the death penalty…They call them halfheads: convicted criminals, surgically mutilated and lobotomized by the State, then sent out to do menial jobs in the community so everyone will know what happens when you break the law. There are no appeals, no reprieves, and no one ever comes back. Until now.Dr Fiona Westfield, one of the most prolific serial killers Glasgow has ever seen, is waking up. Surrounded by blood and death and darkness.William Hunter has risen through the ranks since putting Westfield away; now he’s Assistant Network Director, in charge of police actions. But a routine murder investigation is about to embroil him in an appalling conspiracy.The vast connurb blocks on Glasgow’s deprived south side are ready to explode. Eleven years ago the VR riots killed millions – now someone wants to start them all over again. And Will is being dragged back into a past he desperately wants to forget…‘Slick, gruesome and brutally intelligent, this is bare knucklesthriller-writing.’ Michael Marshall‘Compelling’ SFXPraise for Stuart MacBride:‘Riveting and gruesome’ Telegraph‘Grim, gritty and great fun’ Daily Sport‘Stuart MacBride goes straight for the jugular with a tight, thrilling novel’ Glasgow Herald‘The action is fercious and the pace unrelenting’ Northern EchoStuart MacBride, without the ‘B’, is the bestselling author of a series of crime novels featuring DS Logan McRae and set in Aberdeen. He won the International Thriller Writers best debut novel award, and has been shortlisted for the Barry Award, and twice for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award. In 2007 he won the Dagger in the Library, awarded for a body of work, and in 2008 he won the ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for Breakthrough Author. Halfhead, published under the name Stuart B MacBride, is his first foray into Science Fiction.Stuart lives in North East Scotland with his wife Fiona, cat Grendel, and a vegetable plot full of weeds.• Bestselling crime author Stuart MacBride ventures into new territory, whilst retaining his hallmark gritty style and black humour – a must for all MacBride fans• Backed by a full PR campaign in both genre and mainstream press and online• Stuart MacBride is the winner of the International Thriller Writers Best Debut Novel Award, the CWA Dagger in the Library 2007 and the ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for Breakthrough Author 2008• His last four novels have all been top ten bestsellers, with Flesh House reaching No. 2 in the Sunday Times bestseller list.Competition: Even Dogs In The Wild; Coffin Road; Even Dogs In The Wild; Sawbones; Twelve Days Of Winter; Birthdays For The Dead. Stuart MacBride;B A Paris; Val McDermid; Lee Child; Ian Rankin; Peter May; Michael Connelly; Jo Nesbo; Linwood Barclay; Ann Cleeves;
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