Books by Christopher Brookmyre
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review 1: Brrokmyre introduces an entirely new set of characters in this first book of a trilogy. Detective Catherine McLeod is settling into her new position with the Glasgow police and Jasmine Sharp is lost at sea after dropping out of acting school when her mother dies and then being p...
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review 1: In book two of the series Catherine and Jasmine once again find themselves working on the same case - unbeknownst to one another - from different directions. Catherine gains a measure of respect for Jasmine's blossoming detective skills, tempered by resentment of her meddling in...
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review 1: Serial killer who realllly doesn't like celebrity culture, but loves attention in a big way. Magician thief and conflicted cop team up to catch him. Loved the magician storyline with the behind-the-scenes old school magic. The killer's set pieces were fantastic, so over the top. ...
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review 1: Coming from Quite Ugly One Morning, my second experience with Brookmyre's writing immediately hits a familiar note in the form of reluctant, unwilling heroine Jasmine Sharp, as her search for her missing uncle puts her right in the middle of Glasgow's fight against organized crim...
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review 1: I'm a huge fan of Christopher Brookmyre and I thoroughly enjoyed the first two books in this series. I felt this was the best of the three and a satisfying way to resolve some of the previous loose ends, red herrings and tantalising glimpses of the previous books. This recent div...
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review 1: Simon Darcourt is a redundant terrorist for hire, due to the thousands of individuals who are willing to perform the terror acts gratis, coupled with suicide. He changes his modus by continuing to use his skills of deception and lethality with chillingly brutal efficiency, whilst...
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review 1: Hmmm... after reading Brookmyre's excellent Parlabane novella "The Last Day of Christmas", I thought I'd dip in to some of his other stuff. I've flirted with his writing but never been committed and this one reminded me why. The story takes half the book to get going and there'...
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review 1: I have to admit that this one took some patience to get into. There are very long philosophical/scientific discussions, tons of characters thrown at you all at once and the action keeps switching back and forth between two seemingly unrelated story lines. Before you get to the ...