Changes

I've been a bit naive in my thinking on Scottish independence: I thought it was a part of a country deciding that it wanted to go it alone. I'd never fully appreciated the extent to which voter's feelings were based on what they were wanting to escape from (ties to the vile English) as what they wanted to achieve. MacBride illustrates this perfectly to the extent that one of my long term plans has changed. My husband is Scottish by birth and we'd always thought that if Scotland did achieve independence we might well move there in the hope that we would, at some point in the not-too-distant future, become European citizens again. I don't have the advantage of Scottish birth and I now think I would be reluctant to brave the anti-English feelings.

As well as reading the book, I listened to an audio recording (which I paid for myself) narrated by Steve Worsley. He was superb, with one of the best ranges of voices which I've encountered. I was never in doubt as to which character I was listening to and whilst some narrators come between the reader and the book, Worsley never does. In fact he makes it more accessible. I've listened to other recordings from this series and Worsley is consistently good throughout.

The book reads well as a standalone, but you might understand more of the complex relationships within the police if you read [[Stuart MacBride's Inspector Logan McRae Novels in Chronological Order|earlier books in the series]]. It's no burden!

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