Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

  • Flesh House

  • Logan McRae, Book 4
  • By: Stuart MacBride
  • Narrated by: Steve Worsley
  • Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (757 ratings)
Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Flesh House cover art

Flesh House

By: Stuart MacBride
Narrated by: Steve Worsley
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £13.00

Buy Now for £13.00

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

Cold Granite cover art
The One That Got Away cover art
A Litter of Bones: A Scottish Crime Thriller cover art
Now We Are Dead cover art
A Song for the Dying cover art
A Dark So Deadly cover art
22 Dead Little Bodies and Other Stories cover art
Birthdays for the Dead cover art
Halfhead cover art
The Bonnie Dead cover art
False Start cover art
A Long Time Dead cover art
Dark Is the Grave cover art
The Hope That Kills cover art
Dead Man’s Grave cover art
Silent Tide cover art

Summary

The fourth thriller in the number one best-selling crime series from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. Panic grips the Granite City as DS Logan McRae heads up a manhunt for 'The Flesher' - one of the UK's most notorious serial killers.

The case was closed. Until the killer walked free....

When an offshore container turns up at Aberdeen Harbour full of human meat, it kicks off the largest manhunt in the Granite City's history.

Twenty years ago 'The Flesher' was butchering people all over the UK - turning victims into oven-ready joints - until Grampian's finest put him away. But 11 years later he was out on appeal. Now he's missing, and people are dying again.

When members of the original investigation start to disappear, Detective Sergeant Logan McRae realises the case might not be as clear cut as everyone thinks....

Twenty years of secrets and lies are being dragged into the light. And the only thing that's certain is that Aberdeen will never be the same again.

©2008 Stuart MacBride (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

"Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order." (Mark Billingham)
"Ferocious and funny, this is Tartan Noir at its best." (Val McDermid)
"MacBride is a damned fine writer - no one does dark and gritty like him." (Peter James)

What listeners say about Flesh House

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    562
  • 4 Stars
    139
  • 3 Stars
    34
  • 2 Stars
    13
  • 1 Stars
    9
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    590
  • 4 Stars
    81
  • 3 Stars
    11
  • 2 Stars
    4
  • 1 Stars
    1
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    497
  • 4 Stars
    118
  • 3 Stars
    43
  • 2 Stars
    15
  • 1 Stars
    9

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Entertaining but in my opinion , not up to usual standard of Stuart MacBride

Whilst enjoying the brilliant banter and humour among the usual players , and the totally excellent narration, I felt really let down by the so called story line itself . Having finished the book , I am still not sure who or what the so called Thresher actually was . But what is worse than that alone , I really don’t think I care .I now understand why an abridged version was available at a lower price !

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Grim but gripping

I love Stuart Macbrides gritty novels but must say this is my least favourite so far. It seemed to be swaying into a horror novel and the storyline was not as gripping as the first three in the series. I did enjoy it and the ending was unpredictable and concluded very quickly after a long winded investigation. Read it as part of the series but I hope the next one is back to Macbrides best.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Very intense

Not for the faint of heart! Extremely gorey. Story is excellent. Stuart McBride doesn’t flinch away...

Some great characters- love DI Steele particularly as well as Laz

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Crikey!!!

Another excellent read, however, it has put me off meat for good. After preparing a meal earlier in the day, of steak and salad I sent my husband out for fish and chips. I think I am going vegetarian Stuart’s book was nothing if not explicitly descriptive.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Not for the faint hearted

Too much blood and guts to be enjoyable but enough intrigue to keep me listening to the end. I wished I wasn't having to listen but I wanted to know how it ended. Not my sort of storyline at all. This is horror rather than crime.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Great Characters, Good Story, several plot holes

I'm a great fan of Logan, DI Steel, is my favourite character, followed closely by DC Rennie. The story as always has plot holes, but the characters more than make it worth reading/listening.

There's a mad butcher oot and aboot in Aberdeen and they are leaving bits of their victims in the food supply chain. Never before has mince 'n' tatties seemed so unappealing as DS Logan McRae and the usual cast of granite city grotesques try to catch the baddies before the unthinkable happens and a Scottish city has to resort to salad

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Unbelievably gripping

Not for the faint hearted but the best in the series so far. They should probably make a film of it, but it would be hard to watch. Such good characterisation and the narrator is just brilliant. I’m a little bit in love with Logan McRae

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Get better and better

Found this book gripping and couldn’t stop listening. Steve Worsley is a fantastic narrator and brings the characters alive, good or bad. Well done Stuart MacBride!
Love your work.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Ms
  • 15-09-17

Excellent book with excellent narration loved it!!!

Love everything about this series, the plots, the humour and Steve Worsley's superb narration. May make D.I Steel my role model!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

5 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Darkly sarky crime series

I could listen to these stories over and over, the combination of the terrific narration by Steve Worsley - who brings the characters alive and does Yelp of pain like no other - the distinct and interesting characters who all have fascinating arcs - and mostly the Scottish humour which, like Scandi Noir, alleviates the darkness of the plots.
I thoroughly enjoyed the whole series from the library and will start to purchase them all to keep.
Highly recommended and worth your credits.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!