Blood, Rust and Steel - The Brand New Roberta Steel Novel From Sunday Times Bestselling

All good things must come to an end . . . Acting Detective Inspector Roberta Steel has never been shy, but she''s finally retiring. After thirty years of policing Aberdeen''s underbelly, she''s all set for her twilight years to feature gardening gloves, afternoon tea, crosswords puzzles, and shouting at the telly. So when a body turns up in a wheelie bin, it looks like an excellent way to round off her career and go out with a bang. Only the Northeast of Scotland isn''t finished with her yet: There''s a violent protest to stop; far-right populist politicians, and sketchy government spooks; a by-election; drugs, dogs, and baby-doll nighties; and a desperate ex-colleague, begging her for help. With only her Queen Street Irregulars for backup, and the top brass desperate to get shot of her, these final few weeks might just be the death of her . . . Praise for Stuart MacBride: ''Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me . . . always fast, hard, authentic - and different'' - Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series ''Dark and brilliantly written'' - Linwood Barclay, author of I Will Ruin You ''MacBride is a damned fine writer'' - Peter James, author of Picture You Dead

About the author

Stuart MacBride

Product details

• Authors: Stuart MacBride, MacBride Stuart
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 21.05.2026
• EAN: 9781035064984
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3506498-4
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Thriller / suspense fiction, Narrative theme: Politics, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Relating to late adulthood / old age, Aberdeen and Deeside