No Less The Devil

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.

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.