Oh my! Buried presents a hit-and-run, shootings, bombings, sexual and physical abuse of women, and torture---all in grand, graphic, and gory detail. The violence is over the top, even for the genre and has an intimacy about it that is upsetting to me. While I found many things to like about this book, I will have to think long and hard before reading another Masterton novel. Further, I'm not sure who I know that I could recommend this one to.

Buried – Another Katie McGuire MasterclassThe Katie McGuire series is rapidly becoming one of the best police procedural thriller series around today. Graham Masterton has a real ear for the genuine Irish burr which he has always used to full effect throughout the previous outing of Katie McGuire and continues with this one. Detective Superintendent Katie McGuire is feisty principle character, a red headed dynamo who is not afraid to take on corruption, bullying and downright lies – and that is

Unfortunately this series is getting very unrealistic this one would have made a decent short story but as a full length book I don't think it worked. The characters that were developing nicely in previous books are now decidedly 'iffy' Katie started out as a very well put together guard but is now a very flaky vigilante and Johns poor mother who died in book 1 but came back to life around book 3 now has Alzheimer's!!! Add to that an ending that wasn't actually an ending I doubt I will read any

This is my first reading of a novel by Graham Masterton, and therefore my first in the Katie Maguire series which is now 6 volumes old. Well, it gave me much to chew on. There are two parallel story lines, one the discovery of a family buried beneath the floorboards of their home in the distant past with all the marks of a "political" murder. The other concerns a present day Cork hoodlum who appears to be beyond the law, involved with smuggling cigarettes from international sources, a hidden org...

I wish you could give half stars in this rating system. I have given 3 stars but this was really a 2.5 star novel.I left writing a review for this novel as I wanted to think about it.I found this novel below par for one of Graham Masterton's novels, and as such it took me a long time to read. Masterton's novels, while entertaining, I feel are hard to read due to the visceral violence & cloying sense of corruption. Now I like a bit of gore as much as the next person, but the in depth description

The sixth entry in the Katie Maguire series is another excellent crime novel. The discovery of murder victims who have been hidden under the floorboards for a century and Maguire's pursuit of a slippery and very nasty gangster provide two fascinating plots. When Masterton wrote horror books, he never held back, and he has carried on that fine tradition following his switch to the crime genre. I love Masterton's style, whatever the genre. He write easy to read, fast flowing prose and doesn't worr...

I just couldn't get into this. Too gory and graphic for my taste.

I started this without knowing it was a series. In fact I just assumed it was a horror novel. And while horrific at times it was a really good police procedural set in Ireland. I am now on the hunt for the earlier ones. PS: there was numerous mentions of what I think were past events in previous books so if you are non-spoiler types don't read out of order. PPS: you will be tempted to start talking like an Irish policeman (or criminal) while reading... just don't.

Largely a well written and good read, let down by a couple of points. These include something mid-book going predictably wrong, something happening to a 'new face' that happened in a previous book, and the case being cleared up by Kate going solo / rogue. In the main I loved it but it lacked the structure and final twist of the earlier books.

I read this quickly. It's definitely my least favourite in the Katy Maguire series so far. I have book seven on a bookcase but I'm not sure I'm going to read it. I think the series has run its course now. Don't get me wrong I absolutely love Graham Masterton's books he's one of my favourite authors.. Two stars from me. Sorry Graham.

Another brilliant book by Graham Masterton, his books never lose your interest from start to finish, and one thing I love about them, is that although the Katie Magure books are a series, each book is finished off properly, and do not just come to a sudden halt, leaving you disappointed, I spent a good part of the book with my hand clamped over my mouth and my heart racing, a truly brilliant author who I can't recommend enough, if you like Crime Fiction books, then these are the ones to read.,

Interesting story but graphic violence was overdone. Skipped those descriptions.

Not my favorite in the series....

A fantastic read! I found with this book I couldn't just read "one more page" and just leave it! I had to keep reading to see what happens next. Kate Maguire is a gutsy cop that does not back down from anything in fact she just keeps pushing boundaries. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series.

DisappointedI have read a lot of Graham Masterton and mostly found them gripping and interesting .However this one dragged for me , and I was puzzled as to why .Without giving the plot away I couldn't understand why McGuire dragged her feet when two people she "loved" we're being tortured and in fear of their lives.The plot is unbelievable and I am not keen to read another Katie McGuire book. She gets on my nerves.

4 and 1 / 2 stars**For the faint of heart—There is graphic violence and torture in this novel.Detective Superintendent and her team start this novel with two cases. Little do they know that it is going to turn into a matter of three cases. Four people and their two dogs are found under the floorboards of an old building that is being renovated. The people are almost mummified and Katie suspects that the bodies are very old. The forensic anthropologist confirms this and that the bodies are ninety...

Katie Maguire is a police officer in Ireland, dealing with what seems to be the worst of the worst. A murdered family is found under the floorboards of their home, ninety years after they were killed. At the same time Maguire and the Garda are trying to bring down local kingpin Bobby Quilty, more so after a young detective is killed during the investigation. You can tell that Masterton made his name as a horror writer from the occasional stomach churning descriptions of people's deaths. This was...

I had to take a point off for the main character doing something not normal for her, but I really liked it overall. 4.5 out of 5 for me.

It's still a good read, like all the ones in the series. But, for the first time, Katie comes off as incompetent as a police officer, not to mention a little shallow. Maybe it is just a difference in how US and Irish cops operate. Not to give too much away, but I imagine that if a US cop was kidnapped and the other cops knew the location, the lack of guards, and that one of their own was being brutalized, I seriously doubt they would wait days to do something. However, that's exactly what Katie

The more it went on the more I just wanted to finish it. Started off great but by the end I felt it just waffled from one scene to the next with a very flimsy plot line. By the end I was bored unfortunately.