Halfhead

Name: Halfhead
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Stuart B. MacBride
ISBN: 9780007398690

Author: Stuart B. MacBride

Narrator: Angus King

Unabridged: 11 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Hemlock Press

Published: 10/24/2011

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Urban, Suspense & Thriller, Crime

Synopsis

Terrifying serial killer thriller set in the gritty Glasgow of the near future, from the bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. There are worse things than the death penalty… They call them halfheads: convicted criminals, surgically mutilated and lobotomized by the State, then sent out to do menial jobs in the community so everyone will know what happens when you break the law. There are no appeals, no reprieves, and no one ever comes back. Until now. Dr Fiona Westfield, one of the most prolific serial killers Glasgow has ever seen, is waking up. Surrounded by blood and death and darkness. William Hunter has risen through the ranks since putting Westfield away; now he’s Assistant Network Director, in charge of police actions. But a routine murder investigation is about to embroil him in an appalling conspiracy. The vast connurb blocks on Glasgow’s deprived south side are ready to explode. Eleven years ago the VR riots killed millions – now someone wants to start them all over again. And Will is being dragged back into a past he desperately wants to forget…

Reviews

Goodreads review by Siobhan on August 15, 2018

Stuart MacBride is one of my favourite crime writes – in fact, I often imagine Stuart MacBride and Sharon Bolton engaging in fisticuffs for the number one spot – and I gladly dive into any new book he releases. The Logan McRae series is my favourite – partly because I live in Aberdeen and I love goi......more

Goodreads review by Dreadlocksmile on September 07, 2009

First published in 2009, ‘Halfhead’ is the seventh novel to be published for the Scottish author Stuart MacBride. Set in the not too distant future, MacBride’s brutally dark vision of Glasgow throws together echoes of Ridley Scott’s classic sci-fi vision of the future - ‘Blade Runner’ with an even m......more

Goodreads review by Robin on May 20, 2012

Oodles of violence, tons of gougings, beheadings, mutilations, boiled hearts, burnings, eviscerations. Lobotomies, necrophilia, brain removals, child murders. Hardly any character comes through this without Tom and Jerry levels of violence inflicted on them. I didn't find this shocking or gripping,......more

Goodreads review by Joshua Jonah on October 21, 2022

Interesting concept, poorly executed with an over convoluted story line......more

Goodreads review by Paul on January 04, 2018

I just finished this half an hour ago. LOVED IT!!!! Macbride's Logan Macrae series is dark and gritty but Logan absolutely plays by the rules and is treated like a dogsbody. His other work really takes the handcuffs off and cranks up the violence tenfold. This was a perfect example of this. Some of th......more

Quotes

‘Slick, gruesome and brutally intelligent, this is bare knucklesthriller-writing.’ Michael Marshall ‘Compelling’ SFX Praise for Stuart MacBride: ‘Riveting and gruesome’ Telegraph ‘Grim, gritty and great fun’ Daily Sport ‘Stuart MacBride goes straight for the jugular with a tight, thrilling novel’ Glasgow Herald ‘The action is fercious and the pace unrelenting’ Northern Echo