No Less The Devil

- Blurb -

The stunning new crime novel from number one Sunday Times bestselling author Stuart MacBride, his first with new publishers Transworld. Investigations into a cold case uncover a network of corruption that goes right to the top . . . Introducing an original and intriguing new lead character, Stuart MacBride' s new novel showcases a crime-writing master at the top of his game. ' We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell. ' It' s been seventeen months since the Bloodsmith butchered his first victim and Operation Maypole is still no nearer catching him. The media is whipping up a storm, the top brass are demanding results, but the investigation is sinking fast. Now isn' t the time to get distracted with other cases, but Detective Sergeant Lucy McVeigh doesn' t have much choice. When Benedict Strachan was just eleven, he hunted down and killed a homeless man. No one' s ever figured out why Benedict did it, but now, after sixteen years, he' s back on the streets again - battered, frightened, convinced a shadowy ' They' are out to get him, and begging Lucy for help. It sounds like paranoia, but what if he' s right? What if he really is caught up in something bigger and darker than Lucy' s ever dealt with before? What if the Bloodsmith isn' t the only monster out there? And what' s going to happen when Lucy goes after them? Praise for Stuart MacBride-' A brutal, visceral read, laced with the blackest of humour and travelling to some very dark places' Guardian' A magnetic mix of creepy places, dark humour, horror and violence' Sun