Cold Granite / Stuart MacBride / 386 pages / Irish/Scottish Challenge

Detective Sergeant Logan McRae is just off medical leave from a knifing that was so bad his colleagues refer to him as Lazarus.  Children are being murdered, mutilated, and trashed, and McRae is determined to catch the monster responsible.  The plot has multiple twists and turns, an abundance of suspects, an interfering newspaper reporter, and an inside informant.  This page turner is reminiscent of Ian Rankin.  The story is set in Scotland and the DI constantly snacks on pocketed sweets.