Stuart MacBride Books in Order

Stuart MacBride is a Scottish author best known for the Logan McRae series and its related spin-off novels.

This page lists all Stuart MacBride books in order, including his series, short stories, and standalone novels, as well as books written under the pen name Stuart B. MacBride, organized primarily by publication order.

Latest Stuart MacBride Books

And the Corpse Wore Tartan
And the Corpse Wore Tartan (DS Roberta Steel #1), February 2026

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Logan McRae Series (Books in Order)

The Logan McRae series follows a Detective Sergeant, who later becomes an Inspector, based in Aberdeen as he investigates violent crimes within a troubled police force and the city’s criminal underworld.

Reading Order

  1. Cold Granite, 2005
  2. Dying Light, 2006
  3. Broken Skin, 2007 (also titled Bloodshot)
  4. Flesh House, 2008
  5. Blind Eye, 2009
  6. Dark Blood, 2010
  7. Shatter the Bones, 2011
  8. Close to the Bone, 2012
  9. The Missing and the Dead, 2014
  10. In the Cold Dark Ground, 2016
  11. The Blood Road, 2018
  12. All That’s Dead, 2019
  13. This House of Burning Bones, 2025

Logan and Steel Short Stories and Collections

DS Roberta Steel Series (Books in Order)

Set in the same universe as the Logan McRae novels.

Reading Order

Ash Henderson Series (Books in Order)

The Ash Henderson series follows a Detective Constable in the fictional Scottish town of Oldcastle who struggles with personal loss while investigating violent crimes in the area.

Books in Order

  1. Birthdays for the Dead, 2012
  2. A Song for the Dying, 2014
  3. The Coffinmaker’s Garden, 2021

Short Stories and Novellas

Short Story Collections and Anthologies

Picture Books

Standalone Novels

Writing as Stuart B. MacBride

Stuart MacBride Biography

Stuart MacBride is a Scottish crime author whose work includes the Logan McRae series and its spin-off, the Ash Henderson series, short stories, and standalone novels.
Official website: stuartmacbride.com

Stuart MacBride was born in Dumbarton, Scotland in 1969, and was raised in Aberdeen from an early age. Before he became a full-time writer, he worked as a graphic and web designer, computer programmer, actor, undertaker, and studio manager of a nationwide marketing company, experiences that later helped some of the settings and professions included in his novels.

He began writing in his twenties, focusing on “tartan noir”, a subgenre of crime fiction set in Scotland. His debut novel, Cold Granite, was published in 2005, and it introduced Detective Sergeant Logan McRae. It started a long-running series set largely in and around Aberdeen. The Logan McRae universe also includes a spin-off series featuring DS Roberta Steel.

In addition, Stuart MacBride has also written the Ash Henderson series, set in the fictional town of Oldcastle, as well as standalone crime novels and short stories and collections.

The author lives in north-east of Scotland.

Stuart MacBride Awards and Honors

Awards

  • Cold Granite – Barry Award for Best First Novel (2006)

Nominations and Shortlists

  • Cold Granite – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (2007)
  • Dying Light – Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel (2007)
  • Dying Light – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (2008)
  • Broken Skin – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (2009)
  • Dark Blood – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (2011)
  • Birthdays for the Dead – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (2013)
  • In the Cold Dark Ground – McIlvanney Prize (2016)
  • The Missing and the Dead – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (2016)
  • All That’s Dead – McIlvanney Prize (2019)
  • The Coffinmaker’s Garden – McIlvanney Prize (2021)

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  2. During this close down because of Covid 19 I started using the little libraries that are place on people’s lawns. I happened upon a Logan McRae character and Stuart MacBride author. Since then I have placed a hold on my library for just about all his books. Just into the Roberta Steel book and have that on hold as we are going into another lockdown. Books have kept me sane, at least I think so.

  3. @DOUGLAS ABBOTT he hasn’t published a new book this year, but The Coffinmaker’s Garden, the third book in the Ash Henderson series will be released next January.

  4. HI HAS STUART MACBRIDE PUBLISHT A NEW BOOK THIS YEAR

  5. I came across the Stuart MacBride novels by accident when I was browsing through books in a secondhand store. I wasn’t actually looking for anything to read but I was compelled to pick up ‘A Dark so Deadly’. Why? I have no idea as I have always preferred Historical books.

    On reading the first few lines I realized it was set in the north of Scotland. I was born a Geordie although I have spent most of my life in Australia, it immediately gripped my imagination and so I bought it for the hefty sum of two dollars.

    Since then I have read every book I could get my hands on from our local Library. Unfortunately I could not get them in any order so I treated each novel separately.

    I have almost run out of your books to read and cannot wait for your next book to hit the shelves.

  6. Boy what a job to find the list of Stuart MacBride’s books. Couldn’t find it on his own site, the BOOK icon took you to one or two books available to buy but not a list of all books written by him. Still I love his novels and hope that there will be a follow on for ‘In The Cold Dark Ground’.

  7. That’s fabulous!!! Just love Laz and Roberta . Best crime fiction I have read for ages and I really Must visit Aberdeen when I am next in the UK – preferably in the summer. Thanks for such great books!!!

    1. I’m not sure yet, but I know that the author signed a 3 book contract with Harper Collins, out of which 2 will be Logan McRae and one either standalone or part of Ash Henderson, we’ll see. So I’m thinking either 2017 or 2018 we’ll have the next Logan McRae book (here’s hoping for next year).

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