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.It doesn\'t help that the Aberdeen Examiner has just been bought by Natasha Agapova, a tabloid media tycoon hell-bent on blaming local police for everything. And she\'s more than happy to fan the flames.But, as bad as everything seems, it\'s all about to get much, much worse . . .* * *Praise for Stuart MacBride:\'Dark and brilliantly written\' - Linwood Barclay, author of I Will Ruin You\'MacBride is a damned fine writer\' - Peter James, author of Picture You Dead\'Crime fiction of the highest order\' - Mark Billingham, author of The Last DanceThis House of Burning Bones was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 19/05/25