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  <title><![CDATA[Cold Granite]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stuart MacBride]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun Sep 16 14:25:23 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not so good with reviews. I know what I like and that's about as far as I can get. I usually don't care about the artsy fartsy side of reviews. A book that I love can be full of mistakes and flaws, but I don't really care because I enjoyed it.<br/><br/>I more than enjoyed Cold Granite. Stuart ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6288835">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42587874">
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Cold Granite, by Stuart MacBride.  A.<br/>Casstte book, (available on CD as well) purchased from Isis.<br/>Logan McRae is the protagonist in this police procedure set in Scotland.  Children are disappearing.  At first there is no trace of them.  Then, some bodies turn up where the children are mur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42587874">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55636945">
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 10 21:05:28 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 14 20:23:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bought this book under sad circumstances i.e. I was going offshore to work. Purchased the book in the heliport shop simply because it was set in Aberdeen (where I was flying out of) and I was reading Ian Rankin at the time. <br/><br/>Loved it so much more then any Rebus I had previously read. Loga...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55636945">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35952095">
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 22 11:53:24 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 22 11:53:53 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[MacBride, Stuart.  COLD GRANITE.  (2005).  ****.  My wife, Betsy, met Mr. MacBride when we were attending the recent Bouchercon in Baltimore.  She was impressed by his comments on one of the panels and thought she’d give his book a try.  When she finished it, she told me I had to read it.  It was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35952095">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33338532">
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  <date_added>Sat Sep 20 06:33:38 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 20 06:37:52 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[As a fan of detective fiction, I wasnt very impressed with this book. However my husband did enjoy it. It is the first book in a series by this author. It stars the detective Logan and is set in Aberdeen. This particular book portrays the cold snowy northern city very well and has some plus points t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33338532">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5106968">
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    <location><![CDATA[Oakland, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 25 13:37:01 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 25 13:39:39 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[COLD GRANITE (Police Procedural-Scotland-Cont) - VG<br/>MacBride, Stuart – 1st in series<br/>Harper Collins, 2005- Hardcopy<br/>DS Logan McRae nearly died in the line of duty and is now back after a yearlong recovery.  However, his first day back isn't the gentle return he'd expected as the bod...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5106968">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54246797">
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  <read_at>Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 28 10:29:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 03 19:23:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good Scottish police procedural with a host of terrific precinct characters I wouldn't mind passing time with again. A bit overlong at 455 pages with some not-quite-credible moments, but a great atmosphere in the wintry city of Aberdeen (perpetual rain turns to perpetual snow and ice), interest...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54246797">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50051443">
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 22 08:08:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 22 08:10:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first in a series with protagonist Logan McCrae.  He is a youngish Detective Sargent who works out of Aberdeen, Scotland.  Does a great job of getting the feel of the culture, people and environment of NE Scotland, and weaves the story well.  I would definitely read more, but warning on this one...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50051443">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47976560">
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    <name><![CDATA[jcg]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Mar 02 02:10:03 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 02 02:10:03 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Entertaining read. For a first novel it's very accomplished. Good characters, good story, good interweaving of the various plot elements, good dialogue, good pacing, no unnecessary backstory. Hope to read more Stuart MacBride in the future.]]></body>
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    <review id="49936628">
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    <name><![CDATA[Christopher]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Mar 23 23:24:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyed it.  A good first book in a mystery series set in Scotland.  Not quite as good as Rankin or Robinson but a very respectable first novel.  Will read book 2 and hope that the series stays as good.]]></body>
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    <review id="71549528">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_updated>Mon Sep 21 16:21:54 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you love police procedurals - you will enjoy this book.  It is the first in the Logan McRae series and takes places in Aberdeen, Scotland. Very well written - especially considering it is the debut novel for the author. ]]></body>
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    <review id="40900296">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Dec 25 17:46:06 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 09 07:35:48 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was getting tired of constantly pushing myself to find meaning or life-altering sentences in the books I'd been reading. I needed something completely engaging and light, an honest-to-goodness page turner. That's why I like this Stuart MacBride fellow. Pure entertainment, with a sense of humor. Mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40900296">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44616473">
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    <location><![CDATA[Manchester, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 28 04:43:49 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 04 04:55:45 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A real page turner, fast plotting and sharp characters. One or two phrases did begin to grate, I realise that car windows steam up, but reading about the car heaters being turned on every time someone got in a car was too much!]]></body>
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    <review id="57668366">
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  <read_at>Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[First sentence: &quot;Dead things had always been special to him.&quot;]]></body>
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    <review id="35003258">
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm on a Scots mystery/thriller kick.  Although I've not yet begun Rankin, the King of Scots crime.  And I may not have to, if the hits keep coming from lesser known writers.  MacBride's first is good - can't wait to see if the second will be better.  An unflattering portrait of Aberdeen, but a grea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35003258">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67354127">
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    <name><![CDATA[Debbie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 14 04:55:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 14 04:56:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read for Mystery Book Club 4/2008]]></body>
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    <review id="63129487">
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    <name><![CDATA[David]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 12 04:11:58 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 12 04:12:54 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good opening story]]></body>
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    <review id="65320477">
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