--- product_id: 142797853 title: "Flesh House: The fourth Logan McRae thriller No.1 in Sunday Times bestseller Scottish detective crime series" price: "¥645" currency: JPY in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/142797853-flesh-house-the-fourth-logan-mcrae-thriller-no-1-in store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # Flesh House: The fourth Logan McRae thriller No.1 in Sunday Times bestseller Scottish detective crime series **Price:** ¥645 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Flesh House: The fourth Logan McRae thriller No.1 in Sunday Times bestseller Scottish detective crime series - **How much does it cost?** ¥645 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/142797853-flesh-house-the-fourth-logan-mcrae-thriller-no-1-in) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The 4th thriller in the Number One bestselling 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. Panic strikes the Granite City… 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 eleven 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 realizes 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 Aberdeen will never be the same again. Review: Creepy and more than a bit gruesome, but oh, so good! - Well, that was a particularly gruesome read and definitely not for the faint hearted!! Be warned this may put you off eating meat for a while. Twenty years ago, 'The Flesher' was the nickname given to an Aberdeen serial killer who butchered and ate his victims. A suspect was charged and convicted, but later released on appeal, despite the police believing they had caught the right man. Now the Flesher is back! People have been disappearing and victims are being hacked into choice cuts after death. Yes, this is dark and macabre but somehow didn't totally gross me out. Maybe because the writing is so good, the plot so well thought out and the characters all so well drawn or maybe it's because there is a good dose of humour and laugh out loud moments throughout to defuse the ickyness of the subject matter. DS Logan McRae is assigned to the case with first DI Insch as his boss and then DI Steel. Overweight and grumpy Insch is just as given to fits of anger as ever. His fights with DI Steel are legendary and his team take bets on when he's going to hit someone, provided he doesn't blow a fuse first. DI Steel provides lighter moments with comments on her malfunctioning underwear, her relationship with her clucky girlfriend and her ability to relegate all work down the line. As before, Logan is the one who makes connections and looks outside the box, as any good detective should, and provides many of the breakthroughs in the case. Adding lightness and humour to the plot is Alec, a BBC reporter attempting to follow the police around with his camera for a documentary on real policing. There are some sad moments too when McBride is not afraid to sacrifice one of his characters for the sake of a good plot. This is proving to be an excellent, if somewhat gritty, series and I can't wait to read the next book. Review: Grisly noir - Stuart MacBride's third installment in the Logan McRae series is one of the darkest, most gruesome, grisly books you will ever read. Without the comic relief delivered in the badinage, especially in the person of DI Roberta Steel, the book would be nearly impossible to read. MacBride is a master of pace, of alternately bringing events to a fever pitch and then throttling them back into the more mundane and boring tasks of policing. While he threatens to plumb his characters more deeply, the effort falls short, a prisoner to plot and action. This is what keeps MacBride a few paces behind Ian Rankin, though, in fairness this is his third book. The Flesher has returned to Aberdeen. Hannibal Lector has nothing on this literal butcher of couples. Not only does the Flesher kill and dismember the victims, often the remains are part of a repast fed to surviving members or introduced into the food chain. The shrill paranoia of the media also plays a role in this police procedural. Detective Sergeant McRae remains the favorite boy of two Detective Inspectors, Steel and David Insch, an overweight task master given to consuming massive quantities of sweets. McRae's leaps of logic, dogged police work, inquisitive mind and intuition make his a formidable opponent. McRae is a sergeant, a step or two above a constable, but still closer in age and character to the rank-and-file than he is to the middle management of the force. He is an everyman of sorts, not above pub crawling or hanging with his mates. As in the previous books, he also finds a way to get himself trashed physically along the way, with some of the punishment doled out by his colleagues. What troubled me as a reader is unfinished business. The lack of resolution in novels, especially series novels, is annoying at best, a cheat at its worst. James Patterson and Nelson DeMille are experts at this, to their detriment. There is a difference in not being able to bring the antagonist to justice because of legal or evidentiary issues, quite another to allow the story to arc to a subsequent book. At 467 pages, I am not looking for a serial. Like Rankin's Edinburgh, Aberdeen is as much a character as any other. The city supports the offshore oil industry, and even by Scottish standards, the weather is harsh. While Flesh House is not MacBride's best effort, it is a page-turner. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #766,351 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #3,374 in Action & Adventure Literary Fiction #4,173 in Noir Crime #4,795 in Crime Action & Adventure | ## Images ![Flesh House: The fourth Logan McRae thriller No.1 in Sunday Times bestseller Scottish detective crime series - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91f-kbc0SxL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Creepy and more than a bit gruesome, but oh, so good! *by C***Z on September 5, 2020* Well, that was a particularly gruesome read and definitely not for the faint hearted!! Be warned this may put you off eating meat for a while. Twenty years ago, 'The Flesher' was the nickname given to an Aberdeen serial killer who butchered and ate his victims. A suspect was charged and convicted, but later released on appeal, despite the police believing they had caught the right man. Now the Flesher is back! People have been disappearing and victims are being hacked into choice cuts after death. Yes, this is dark and macabre but somehow didn't totally gross me out. Maybe because the writing is so good, the plot so well thought out and the characters all so well drawn or maybe it's because there is a good dose of humour and laugh out loud moments throughout to defuse the ickyness of the subject matter. DS Logan McRae is assigned to the case with first DI Insch as his boss and then DI Steel. Overweight and grumpy Insch is just as given to fits of anger as ever. His fights with DI Steel are legendary and his team take bets on when he's going to hit someone, provided he doesn't blow a fuse first. DI Steel provides lighter moments with comments on her malfunctioning underwear, her relationship with her clucky girlfriend and her ability to relegate all work down the line. As before, Logan is the one who makes connections and looks outside the box, as any good detective should, and provides many of the breakthroughs in the case. Adding lightness and humour to the plot is Alec, a BBC reporter attempting to follow the police around with his camera for a documentary on real policing. There are some sad moments too when McBride is not afraid to sacrifice one of his characters for the sake of a good plot. This is proving to be an excellent, if somewhat gritty, series and I can't wait to read the next book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Grisly noir *by J***O on January 2, 2010* Stuart MacBride's third installment in the Logan McRae series is one of the darkest, most gruesome, grisly books you will ever read. Without the comic relief delivered in the badinage, especially in the person of DI Roberta Steel, the book would be nearly impossible to read. MacBride is a master of pace, of alternately bringing events to a fever pitch and then throttling them back into the more mundane and boring tasks of policing. While he threatens to plumb his characters more deeply, the effort falls short, a prisoner to plot and action. This is what keeps MacBride a few paces behind Ian Rankin, though, in fairness this is his third book. The Flesher has returned to Aberdeen. Hannibal Lector has nothing on this literal butcher of couples. Not only does the Flesher kill and dismember the victims, often the remains are part of a repast fed to surviving members or introduced into the food chain. The shrill paranoia of the media also plays a role in this police procedural. Detective Sergeant McRae remains the favorite boy of two Detective Inspectors, Steel and David Insch, an overweight task master given to consuming massive quantities of sweets. McRae's leaps of logic, dogged police work, inquisitive mind and intuition make his a formidable opponent. McRae is a sergeant, a step or two above a constable, but still closer in age and character to the rank-and-file than he is to the middle management of the force. He is an everyman of sorts, not above pub crawling or hanging with his mates. As in the previous books, he also finds a way to get himself trashed physically along the way, with some of the punishment doled out by his colleagues. What troubled me as a reader is unfinished business. The lack of resolution in novels, especially series novels, is annoying at best, a cheat at its worst. James Patterson and Nelson DeMille are experts at this, to their detriment. There is a difference in not being able to bring the antagonist to justice because of legal or evidentiary issues, quite another to allow the story to arc to a subsequent book. At 467 pages, I am not looking for a serial. Like Rankin's Edinburgh, Aberdeen is as much a character as any other. The city supports the offshore oil industry, and even by Scottish standards, the weather is harsh. While Flesh House is not MacBride's best effort, it is a page-turner. ### ⭐⭐⭐ I've read better! *by T***N on September 8, 2018* This was an easy read with wee bits of humor. The authors style is easy which kept me engaged throughout the read. However, the characters seemed flat, one-dimensional & not that interesting. I found the denouement a bit anti-climactic & over-dramatic, sort of like a loud bang that produced little fireworks. I will not read any more of MacBrides books. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.jp/products/142797853-flesh-house-the-fourth-logan-mcrae-thriller-no-1-in](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/142797853-flesh-house-the-fourth-logan-mcrae-thriller-no-1-in) --- *Product available on Desertcart Japan* *Store origin: JP* *Last updated: 2026-11-02*