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Also by Stuart MacBride:

Blood, Rust, And Steel, August 2026
Hardcover / e-Book
Stuart MacBride Novella 2026, May 2026
Hardcover
This House of Burning Bones, February 2026
Trade Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
This House of Burning Bones, August 2025
Hardcover / e-Book
All That’s Dead, September 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
Now We Are Dead, January 2019
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Blood Road, September 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Now We Are Dead, February 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
A Dark So Deadly, June 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
Logan McRae (10) ? In the Cold Dark Ground, March 2017
Paperback
The Missing And The Dead, January 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
Birthdays For The Dead, February 2013
Paperback / e-Book
Close To The Bone, January 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Bloodshot, September 2008
Paperback
Bloodshot, August 2007
Hardcover

BLOOD, RUST, AND STEEL
By: Stuart MacBride

The Brand-New Roberta Steel Novel From Bestselling Author Stuart MacBride

Macmillan UK
August 2026
On Sale: August 18, 2026
Featuring: Roberta Steel
612 pages
ISBN: 1035064987
EAN: 9781035064984
Kindle: B0FRSJCR1K
Hardcover / e-Book
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Mystery Police Procedural | Mystery Woman Sleuth

Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Val McDermid, Blood, Rust and Steel is darkly funny and gripping Scottish crime at its very best.

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. But 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 . . .