A review by martyfried
Shatter The Bones by Stuart MacBride

4.0

I like this series, but it's starting to get a little old. I've read the 6 previous books, so maybe I just need a break, and your mileage may vary. The humor is good, but it's losing its appeal, and the fact that the protagonist is basically an incompetent clown who somehow manages to solve crimes through persistent but crazy investigation gets to me sometimes. How many times can he try to arrest someone, often the same person, and get beat up and lose the guy through being dumb or inattentive before it gets old? I find myself saying "Not again!" too often.

The crimes are pretty gruesome, so humor is appreciated, though; it just needs more variety. And the plots were good in this one; neither I nor the characters in the book guessed who the villains were. They only figured it out by chance, and McRae was as surprised as I was.

I'm sure I'll read more, but not right away. Besides, I have lots of other books in my pile.