Stuart MacBride

I like them
I think his books are referred to as Scottish Noir. I find them entertaining page turners but imagine the dark humour and ‘interesting’ key characters may not be for e everyone. Marmite maybe ?

I like them as well, but the attitude of some gay characters are not to everyone`s taste.

Hello girl, you can’t mean Sarge ?

We’ve both read many of them and enjoyed all.
PS MrJ hates Marmite!

Yes, but they are very dark gritty, and probably not for anyone who prefers a gentle Agatha Christie type of story. I enjoy them very much.

So far, we all acknowledge, gritty dark and very enjoyable

Love them!

My husband reads them, he seems to enjoy them. Stuart McBride is one of his go to authors for crime.

Stuart McBride is one of the Tartan Noir authors. I like his novels but they are not for the faint hearted.

Think I'll avoid them. I don't need "dark and gritty" at the moment.

Love his books. He’s one of my favourite crime writers.

Sparkle fizz, have you read Ellie Griffiths, the Ruth Galloway series? They are not dark and gritty, despite murder being a theme. Smashing likeable quirky characters, great humour and set in Norfolk. Lovely

I love the Ellie Griffiths books. Read them in order. In addition to the crime there is a lovely love story that keeps you guessing.

I find them a bit too gritty and brutal sometimes but my husband likes them.
I love Ellie Griffiths and Peter Robinson, Peter May’s books are good too- set in the Hebrides.

I am another fan. I also love James May's books as well as Quintin Jardine and Peter Robinson. I think I have read every book these authors have written and I now have a really good method of getting them for next to nothing via eBay.

I absolutely love his books and have read them all, except for the latest one. Crime books are my favourite genre and Tartan Noir in particular. The darker and gritter the better for me. I also recommend Val McDermid, James Oswald, Doug Johnstone, Ian Rankin and Denise Mina, to name but a few.

He is my absolute favourite!

Share please Charleygirl5 ?

Parsley3, I’m not sure Michelle Nelson would agree with your description of a lovely love story —. It’s endlessly interesting and the three key characters are all likeable, genuine and try to do what’s right. Whatever right is as Prince Charles may say

I used to enjoy his books, but after a while, they became more gritty than enjoyable. 'Scottish Noire' no longer for me.

Great fan of the Ellie Griffiths' Ruth Galloways and the regular cast of characters in those books, not only for the plots but for her unfolding complicated domestic life. I like the picture Ellie Griffiths paints of Ruth's cottage on the edge of the Norfolk Saltmarshes where she lives with her young daughter and ?

Also like Val McDermid 's Karen Pirie series.

Thanks folks I’ll try out an early one. I can cope with gritty.

I was given a bag of books, one of which was a Stuart McBride. I did read it to the end, but didn't enjoy it.

annodomini

I used to enjoy his books, but after a while, they became more gritty than enjoyable. 'Scottish Noire' no longer for me.

I felt like that about his later books annodomi

I like Elly Griffiths also the Washington Poe series by M W Craven.