Crime
In the Cold Dark Ground
2016·528 pages
Gritty tartan-noir procedural: Logan McRae hunts a staged woodland murder while gangs and internal police politics close in.
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Gritty tartan-noir procedural: Logan McRae hunts a staged woodland murder while gangs and internal police politics close in.
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Sergeant Logan McRae is in trouble...His missing-persons investigation has just turned up a body in the woods - naked, hands tied behind its back, and a bin bag duct-taped over its head. The Major Investigation Team charges up from Aberdeen, under the beady eye of Logan's ex-boss Detective Chief Inspector Steel. And, as usual, she wants him to do her job for her. But it's not going to be easy: a new Superintendent is on her way up from the Serious Organised Crime Task Force, hell-bent on making ...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Recurring crude sexual banter; sexual misdeeds of suspects discussed
Violence & gore
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Graphic crime scenes; bound victim bagged and killed; gang violence
Profanity
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Frequent strong profanity and coarse Scottish slang throughout
Substance use
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Drug trafficking central to plot; drinking in police and criminal circles
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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DCI Steel, a lesbian, is a major recurring supporting character
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic elements present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Background police bureaucracy and organised-crime power struggles
Self-harm / suicide
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Hard decisions about a comatose partner on life support
Abuse & suffering
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On-page torture-style murder; underworld cruelty and coercion
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