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Pub Date Feb 12 2026 | Archive Date Apr 30 2026

Pan Macmillan | Macmillan


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From Stuart MacBride, the Sunday Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Logan McRae series.

Move Over Miss Marple . . .


The great and the not-so-good are gathered at Skirivour Castle Hotel, in the heart of the Highlands, for the wedding of the year – but they weren’t expecting Detective Sergeant Roberta Steel to crash their party. And get horribly, horribly drunk.

The whole valley’s been cut off by a massive thunderstorm and the phone lines are down, so when the father-of-the-bride’s body is discovered – decoratively impaled on a stag’s head in the hotel lobby – it’s up to DS Steel to find out whodunit. Which isn’t easy when you’ve got a monstrous hangover and only a world-weary sergeant and a halfwit police constable for backup.

With no witnesses and every wedding guest a suspect, Roberta will need to use every one of her little grey cells if she’s going to catch the killer and get out of there alive.

Praise for Stuart MacBride:

‘MacBride is a damned fine writer’ – Peter James, author of Picture You Dead

‘Dark and brilliantly written’ – Linwood Barclay, author of I Will Ruin You

‘Crime fiction of the highest order’ – Mark Billingham, author of The Last Dance

From Stuart MacBride, the Sunday Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Logan McRae series.

Move Over Miss Marple . . .


The great and the not-so-good are gathered at Skirivour Castle Hotel, in the...


Advance Praise

"MacBride is a masterful storyteller with a terrific eye for detail and razor-sharp wit." —Karin Slaughter, author of After that Night

"Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me . . . always fast, hard, authentic – and different." —Lee Child, author of Killing Floor


Praise for Stuart MacBride:

"MacBride is a damned fine writer." —Peter James, author of Picture You Dead

"Dark and brilliantly written." —Linwood Barclay, author of I Will Ruin You

"Crime fiction of the highest order." —Mark Billingham, author of The Last Dance

"MacBride is a masterful storyteller with a terrific eye for detail and razor-sharp wit." —Karin Slaughter, author of After that Night

"Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me . . . always...


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ISBN 9781035087709
PRICE £16.99 (GBP)
PAGES 240

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Roberta Steel shows up to a Tory wedding her wife is attending, no RSVP and gets very very drunk. Her hangover gets even worse when the father of the bride is found impaled on a stag head in the lobby and they can't get any backup during the storm.

I prefer books to have some closure and while the mystery of who killed him was good, the ending left me wanting more. Robbie's insults and personality are probably better in smaller doses but at some point, I am surprised they were not dealing with people just trying to escape from her, forget the dead bodies.

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