No Less The Devil
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AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. What readers are saying about No Less the Devil: 'Ratchets up the tension and keeps it there' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review 'The plot twist is divine' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review 'The last quarter of the book goes to an all-time new level' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review 'MacBride is an absolute master of understated dark humour' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review 'We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.' It's been seventeen months since the Bloodsmith butchered his first victim and Operation Maypole is still no nearer to catching him. The media is whipping up a storm, the top brass are demanding results, but the investigation is sinking fast. Now isn't the time to get distracted with other cases, but Detective Sergeant Lucy McVeigh doesn't have much choice. When Benedict Strachan was just eleven, he hunted down and killed a homeless man. No one's ever figured out why Benedict did it, but now, after sixteen years, he's back on the streets again - battered, frightened, convinced a shadowy 'They' are out to get him, and begging Lucy for help. It sounds like paranoia, but what if he's right? What if he really is caught up in something bigger and darker than Lucy's ever dealt with before? What if the Bloodsmith isn't the only monster out there? And what's going to happen when Lucy goes after them? ________ 'Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me... always fast, hard, authentic - and different' LEE CHILD 'There can be no question that MacBride is one of this country's finest crime writers' DAILY MAIL 'Wow. What a ride! Exceptional. A must read.' DEBORAH MASSON PRE-ORDER the gripping new novel from Stuart MacBride: IN A PLACE OF DARKNESS
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3 released booksThe Oldcastle Novels
The Oldcastle Novels is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Stuart MacBride.
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OK, so I enjoyed reading the first 2/3 of this book, but I'm not sure what on earth happened in the last third because it seemed like I was reading a completely different book.
It was quite disappointing because I've actually enjoyed some of Stuart's other books that I've managed to read.
I'm still not sure who the Bloodsmith actually was and I'm really not convinced with the way things went with Detective Sergeant Lucy McVeigh at the end.
Thank you to PH and Stuart for the chance to read this book.
What the hell did I just read? I love Stuart MacBride's books because they're so gripping and full of that gallows humour I've come to love. The characters, even some of the baddies, are likeable, and the stories are well crafted.
No Less the Devil is a standalone. Oldcastle, home of MacBride's Ash Henderson, is the setting, and Detective Sergeant Lucy McVeigh is our heroine. Lucy and her team have been searching for a killer nicknamed the Bloodsmith for 18 months. Tensions are running high, and the team are under increasing pressure to catch the killer.
The story moves at a fast pace, with the suspense mounting chapter by chapter. The dark humour and the likeable characters are present and correct. So far so good.
It's when we get to the final 20% of the book that things start to go a little bonkers, and the reader is left wondering what the heck is going on. Some readers may be put off by this. Not I, however. I like bonkers, and I loved this book.
