A Dark So Deadly

A Dark so Deadly is a novel by Stuart MacBride which is set in the fictional town of Oldcastle.[1] While this is a standalone novel, its setting of Oldcastle and the use of one of its characters, Dr Alice MacDonald, provide a link to the two Ash Henderson novels (Birthdays for the Dead and A Song for the Dying). A Dark so Deadly was the first of Macbride's seven books that did not debut at number one in the book charts.[2][3]

A Dark so Deadly
AuthorStuart MacBride
CountryScotland
LanguageEnglish
GenreDetective fiction
PublisherHarper Collins
Publication date
April 2017
Media typePrint
Pages596
ISBN978-0-00-749468-2

Plot

Detective Constable Callum MacGregor is in the Misfit Mob. This is where Police Scotland deposit their outcasts, troublemakers and those whom it wishes to get rid of but cannot. Callum is in the Misfit Mob[2] because he screwed up the forensics at a crime scene, which allowed a known killer to avoid conviction. Everyone thinks he accepted a bribe from the killer to deliberately contaminate the scene. Trouble is, MacGregor didn't ruin the crime scene; it was his pregnant girlfriend, for whom MacGregor took the blame so she would not be sacked and lose her benefits.

As a member of the Misfit Mob, MacGregor contends with police finding his mum's remains (25 years after she went missing), and finding out that his long lost twin brother is a serial killer who is mummifying his victims.[4] The haiku-speaking Sergeant[1] in charge does not welcome MacGregor, and his supervisor is revealed to be the real father of MacGregor's child.[5]

References
  1. Massie, Allan (3 May 2017). "Book review: A Dark So Deadly, by Stuart MacBride". The Scotsman. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  2. Stephenson, Hannah (19 April 2017). "Dark delights: Crime novelist Stuart MacBride on his latest book". The Irish News. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  3. "Bestsellers". The Times. No. 72, 210. Saturday Review. 29 April 2017. p. 19. ISSN 0140-0460.
  4. "Dark, deadly tartan tales a-woven". www.crimefictionlover.com. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  5. MacBride, Stuart (2017). A Dark so Deadly. London: Harper Collins. pp. 1–596. ISBN 978-0-00-749468-2.
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