After a month of selecting cosy crime and easy reading books, I decided to throw myself back into some gritty ‘hard boiled’ fiction, with DS Logan McRae of the Granite City, on the tail of ‘The Flesher’.

Gruesome as ever, whilst being at times both humorous and heart wrenching it will keep you gripped to the end.

(Although I do advise reading on an empty stomach if you don’t fancy seeing your lunch again.)