Logan MacRae is still banished to the outskirts of Aberdeenshire, back in uniform leaving a local division of officers, but life is by no means simpler. When a body is found dumped in the woods, it…

Apparently last Tuesday was World Puffin Day. It would be totally remiss of me not to have recognised this fact by including some of my puffin pics from last year, so that is just what I am doing. I do rather love puffins, daft little boids that they are. I mean, they are super cute, right? Who doesn't love a puffin?

Today I am sharing my thoughts on the brand new Roberta Steel novel from Stuart MacBride, Blood, Rust, and Steel. My thanks to publisher MacMillan for the advance copy via Netgalley. Here’s what it’s about: Source: NetgalleyRelease Date: 21 May 2026

Yeah. This week has gone surprisingly quickly and horrifically slowly all at the same time. Worked a lot, read some more, did nothing else of note. I miss Northumberland … Recycling pics this week as the weather has been depressingly pants so not even able to get much of a decent walk in.

What a week. I mean, I only had to work for three day so that is a bonus. But what was just a trip to the theatre and a couple of days at home took an unexpected turn when Mandie and I decided to pull our planned weekend away forward. Next Monday is a Bank Holiday in the UK so the place we wanted to go was guaranteed to be busy. Plus the weather forecasts couldn't make their mind up so we decided that, whilst the weather was still in our favour, we would head out Friday instead.

Today I am sharing my thoughts on the Roberta Steele novel from Stuart MacBride - And The Corpse Wore Tartan. My thanks to publisher Macmillan for the advance copy for review. Here's what the book is all about: Source: NetgalleyRelease Date: 12 February 2026

This weekend was going to be a nice four day one, but I decided to split my days off so taking this coming Friday instead. Which is my long winded way of saying I have done little to nothing of note all week again. weather was a little lacking on the sunshine front. Even the local canal paths are basically a pile of mud so decent walking out of the question.

Okay. So I still haven't finished sorting through my Norway pictures so this week I am bringing to you a collection of baby photos. Baby birds that is. Last time I took a decent walk along the canal the swans were nesting and there were only a couple of baby moorhens around. No ducklings at all. What a difference a month makes as the canal was awash with new life today.

And another week passes us by. Seven days closer to Christmas. Seven more days of reading and not writing reviews - do not ask how many I have to catch up on now. I am trying not to think about it. Decisions have been (sort of) made, and I am still not sure how I feel about it. But the big thing this week is that #Bookvent is well and truly underway and my first eight books have, as of this morning, been revealed!

Aberdeen is going to boil over this hot summer. With so many colleagues off sick will DI Logan McRae be able to cope?

The Granite City is ready to burn, and all it takes is a single spark . . . In the heat of a blistering summer, Aberdeen’s police are struggling: half the force is off sick, leave has been cancelled, someone’s firebombed a hotel full of migrants, and there’s a massive protest march happening this Saturday. With officers dropping like flies, Detective Inspector Logan McRae is forced to juggle cases and run a major murder investigation with a skeleton staff of misfits, idiots and malingerers until the top brass can arrange back-up from other divisions.