TY - JOUR T1 - Books: <em>His Bloody Project. Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae</em> JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 179 LP - 179 DO - 10.3399/bjgp17X690353 VL - 67 IS - 657 AU - Roger Jones Y1 - 2017/04/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/67/657/179.abstract N2 - Graeme Macrae Burnet Contraband, 2015, PB, 288pp, £8.99, 978-1910192146This well-imagined account of a very bloody project indeed, executed in a remote crofting community in Wester Ross in 1869, was a surprise shortlisted contender for the 2016 Man Booker Prize. It is published by Contraband, a new Scottish imprint for crime and thrillers, but His Bloody Project is more a novel about a crime than a crime novel. We know right away that Roddy Macrae committed three brutal murders in Culduie, a tiny village near Applecross, and are invited to share the perplexities, ambiguities, … ER -