Now We Are Dead

Roberta Steel as the main character rather than in a supporting role? What sorcery is this? A terrific idea on Stuart MacBride's part, that's for sure.
Steel is nobody's idea of a damsel in distress. She's a nightmare to work for, just ask Logan McRae. She's foul mouthed and incredibly un-PC, and in Now We Are Dead, she's been newly demoted to Detective Sergeant, making her even more nightmarish.
She also has a new sidekick. Take a bow Detective Constable “Tufty” Quirrell. Needless to say Steel treats him as meanly as she did McRae.
I didn't know what to expect from Now We Are Dead, knowing that Logan wouldn't feature much in it. What I got was a rollicking good read with all the dark humour and grisly goings on I've come to expect from Stuart MacBride.