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Flesh House

By: Stuart MacBride
Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
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Summary

Aberdeen is panicking. It's been 18 years since Grampian Police caught the Flesher - the notorious serial killer who butchered people all over the UK - and seven years since he was released from Peterhead prison, his conviction overturned on appeal. But when a container, full of joints of human meat turns up at Aberdeen Harbour it kicks off the largest man hunt in Aberdeen's history. Ken Wiseman is on the run and looking for revenge.

As senior police officers descend on the Granite City from up and down the county, Detective Sergeant Logan McRae is lumbered with the unenviable task of babysitting Chief Constable Mark Faulds from Birmingham - one of the original investigation team - and trying to keep DI Insch from throwing his career away in his obsessive quest to see Wiseman behind bars before he kills again.

When members of the team that put Wiseman away in 1990 start going missing, Logan knows that things aren't as straightforward as everyone thinks. More and more human meat is turning up in the food chain. Twenty years of secrets and lies are being dragged into the light. And the only thing that's certain is Aberdeen will never be the same again.

©2008 Stuart MacBride (P)2008 HarperCollins Publishers

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Stuart MacBride's Flesh House- Book 4 Logan McRea

Stuart MacBride's Flesh House- Book 4 Logan McRea

Logan McRae, is continuing to negotiate the violent streets of Aberdeen. This time the justice system release a notorious serial killer back into the community and grisly murders, like those he was meant to have done, start to happen again.

With human body parts are found in a shipping container, Logan and his team must stop human flesh entering the public food chain and find out who is responsible for their appearance.

Fairly gruesome in parts and I didn't find the book as engaging as the previous three. .

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awful narration

Would you try another book written by Stuart MacBride or narrated by Cameron Stewart?

love all Stuarts books, have most of them in paper back but love to listen to them as well. would love to hear this unabridged and read by Steve Worsley or Stuart himself!

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Another great one .

Gruesome but enjoyable! Good story and kept me wondering what could be next! Liking forward to next un Logan series.

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Accent trouble

Cameron Stuart clearly struggles with the Aberdonian accent and often ends up sounding like he is throat clearing which grows to be very irritating. This failing is highlighted by the excellent accents in previous books in this series.

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i really enjoyed this book from start to finnish and it was well read very intriuging

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Not his best!

Is there anything you would change about this book?

In attempt to give this story realism the writer has gone in way too heavy on the blood and guts detail; the narrator has gone in even heavier on the authentic regional scots accents!

Would you recommend Flesh House to your friends? Why or why not?

No-it was a series of sensational events linked loosely by narrative, not a story

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Toned down the accents and the shouting

If this book were a film would you go see it?

no

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Too much gore. Please MacBride no more.......

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

The storyline was different, many complex police officers....too many end up dead! The shock factor is in the violence which is constant . So much so it becomes ridiculous ...I was glad when it ended.

Would you recommend Flesh House to your friends? Why or why not?

No! Too gruesome, descriptive violence and foul language.

Have you listened to any of Cameron Stewart’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No but he is the reason why I listened to the end. Amazing talent for characterising.

Do you think Flesh House needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Yes......follow through the surviving characters and to find the murderer. I was left thinking it was an unsatisfactory and pointless story.

Any additional comments?

Less foul language and bloody violence it really is not necessary .....develop your writing to thrill and create suspense without such gruesome violence....if you can?

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Not the best

Pretty gruesome not the best, end very disappointing .
Enjoyed previous MacRae stories more than this one.

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Not as good

Book was not as good as previous books in the series mainly as it was harder to listen with the new narrator and stronger accents used

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Exceptional writing - maybe a touch too gory

Would you listen to Flesh House again? Why?

Yes - but might fast forward over some of the more graphic scenes

What other book might you compare Flesh House to, and why?

Don't think i've read anything like this

What about Cameron Stewart’s performance did you like?

great performance

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Made me laugh in a lot of places, but also made me squirm and was very uncomfortable listening at times.

Any additional comments?

I've downloaded book 5 but haven't started it yet. Can anyone tell me if it is more or less graphic than the Flesh House???

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