| 词条 | The Missing and the Dead |
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| name = The Missing and the Dead | orig title = | translator = | image = The Missing and the Dead.jpg | caption = | author = Stuart MacBride | cover_artist = | country = Scotland | language = English | series = Logan 'Lazarus' McRae | genre = Detective fiction | publisher = Harper Collins | release_date = 2015 | media_type = Print | pages = 581 | isbn = 978-0-00-749460-6 | oclc = | preceded_by = 22 Dead Little Bodies | followed_by = In the Cold Dark Ground }} The Missing and the Dead is the ninth instalment[1] in the bestselling Detective Sergeant McRae series of crime novels[2] set in Aberdeenshire from Stuart MacBride. PlotActing Detective Inspector Logan McRae manages to catch Graham Stirling who has kidnapped Stephen Bisset and tortured him. Unfortunately the only way to get Stirling to talk is to break a few rules regarding procedure.... With Professional Standards breathing down his neck, Logan is sent on a "development opportunity"[3] babysitting a rural patch of north-east Aberdeenshire as a police Sergeant. A child's body found in a swimming pool, a hopeful mother of a dead girl and Detective Chief Inspector Steele messing things up really do not help Logan settle into his new job. The dead girl's mother (Helen) even moves into Logan's police house whilst he is supposed to be finding out who the dead girl is and who killed her. Added to this is the prospect of fighting off the son and daughter of Stephen Bisset who want answers from Logan, Graham Stirling being released and twisting the story of Stephen Bisset's death means that Samantha (Logan's girlfriend) is kidnapped while still comatose from the fire in Logan's flat in a previous story.[4][5] The original cover featured an open-air swimming pool called Tarlair on the Banffshire coast. MacBride said that he scouted the location and when he saw how dilapidated the swimming pool was, he declared that he "just had to find a body in there."[6] MacBride also went on several drugs raids with Police Scotland and also spent some time with their traffic unit in the area.[7] Critical receptionShirley Whiteside, writing in The Independent, was positive about the book and states that "MacBride has written another riveting page-turner. Although seamed with his usual pitch-black humour it is not as macabre as some of McRae's previous outings but is more emotional and affecting."[8] Laura Wilson, writing in The Guardian, was impressed by the slower pace of the novel stating that {{cquote|The result is some slackening of tension – MacBride’s novels are usually fairly humming with it – but so skilful is the storytelling, and so strong the characterisation, that this window on to the world of some old friends proves both intriguing and engrossing.[9]}} Jane Jakeman, writing in The Independent, said "This is a big, fat book, with the story unrolling over nearly 600 pages, but the multiple plots move fast and MacBride convincingly conveys the dilapidated atmosphere of the police station – surely the most realistic in this fictional survey, with its peeling walls and ancient banter."[10] References1. ^{{cite web|title=Ten Things To Do This Week 12-18 Jan|url=https://www.scotsmagazine.com/articles/ten-things-to-do-this-week-12-18-jan/|website=The Scots Magazine|accessdate=10 May 2016}} {{Stuart MacBride}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Missing and the Dead}}2. ^{{cite news|last1=Hendry|first1=Steve|title=Best-selling crime author Stuart MacBride on secrets of new novel|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/best-selling-crime-author-stuart-macbride-1058537#SZoIj5xX97JbFd2Z.97|accessdate=2 May 2016|work=dailyrecord|date=9 May 2010}} 3. ^{{cite news |last1=Saeed |first1=Saeed |title=Stuart MacBride on his acclaimed Logan MacRae series of crime-fiction novels |url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/books/stuart-macbride-on-his-acclaimed-logan-macrae-series-of-crime-fiction-novels-1.66882 |accessdate=9 November 2018 |work=The National |date=7 March 2015}} 4. ^{{cite news|last1=Whiteside|first1=Shirley|title=The Missing and the Dead by Stuart MacBride, book review: Banished, but not for long|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-missing-and-the-dead-by-stuart-macbride-book-review-banished-but-not-for-long-9969142.html|accessdate=9 May 2016|work=The Independent|date=10 January 2015}} 5. ^{{cite news|last1=Wilson|first1=Laura|title=The best crime novels – review roundup|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/02/best-crime-novels-review-roundup-charlotte-williams-stuart-macbride|accessdate=9 May 2016|work=The Guardian|date=2 January 2015}} 6. ^{{cite news |title=A derelict swimming pool? I knew I'd put a body there |url=https://search.proquest.com/news/docview/1672330593/8D7D4EF9E7994A5CPQ/52?accountid=55837 |accessdate=7 November 2018 |work=Sunday Mail |date=12 April 2015|subscription=yes}} 7. ^{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Joshua |title=Murder and mayhem in Banff {{!}} Press and Journal |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/north-east/464811/crime-writer-brings-murder-and-mayhem-to-quiet-banff/ |accessdate=9 November 2018 |work=Press and Journal |date=21 January 2015}} 8. ^{{cite news |last1=Whiteside |first1=Shirley |title=Banished, but not for long |url=https://search.proquest.com/news/docview/1644308181/BEA419DE26FC4A4APQ/60?accountid=55837 |accessdate=11 November 2018 |work=The Independent |date=11 January 2015|subscription=yes}} 9. ^{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Laura |title=The best crime novels – review roundup |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/02/best-crime-novels-review-roundup-charlotte-williams-stuart-macbride |accessdate=12 November 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=2 January 2015}} 10. ^{{cite news |last1=Jakeman |first1=Jane |title=Police procedural crime fiction |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/police-procedural-crime-fiction-the-men-and-women-that-discover-whodunnit-9965416.html |accessdate=12 November 2018 |work=The Independent |date=8 January 2015}} 2 : 2015 British novels|Novels set in Aberdeenshire |
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