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A Litter of Bones
DCI Logan Crime Thrillers · Book 1 · 2019
A boy’s disappearance takes DCI Jack Logan from Glasgow to the Highlands and back toward the case that damaged his life. Ten years after he helped put a child killer away, the new investigation raises the possibility that the man in prison was never the real culprit.
From the publisher’s blurb
“A missing child. A tormented detective. A ticking clock.”Read the full description at Canelo publisher description
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What makes it funny?
MysteryFile’s reviewer singles out a moment when Logan prepares a pretext for breaking down a door. Sinead simply opens it: he has forgotten that local people may leave their houses unlocked. Readers in mystery book groups also praise the series for team banter amid its grim cases.
The comedy at work
Logan’s professional authority does not spare him practical embarrassment. His colleague’s simple solution punctures his dramatic plan, giving the reader a brief release from the investigation’s tension.
Try this if…
The appeal is a dark police mystery with room for colleagues to make each other look foolish. Series readers value the laughs alongside a murder plot; the child-killer investigation still supplies the main stakes.
Good to know
Child abduction and serial child murder are central to the setup. MysteryFile’s reviewer also warns of animal torture. The series follows a continuing police team, and readers recommend beginning here.
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Sources & further reading
- A Litter of Bones by J.D. Kirk, Penguin Random House / Canelo
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