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A Snow Ball In Hell (2000)

by Christopher Brookmyre(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0316027642 (ISBN13: 9780316027649)

languge

English

genre

Humor

series

Angelique De Xavier

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 "serving society". Simon takes it upon himself to start killing off minor media celebrities whilst also broadcasting their fates on Youtube. His posts go viral and the amount of public interest and viewership are a mainstream broadcasters dream. Simon becomes a media sensation, and his kidnapping / killings are increasingly audacious and sensational.The authorities it seems are powerless to apprehend or cease the broadcastings of Simon Darcourt.A call is made to Angelique De Xavier, a burnt out an... moreti-terrorist operative, who is the last (and only)person to have apprehended Darcourt many many years ago. Reluctant to be drawn into the hunt for Darcourt, she finds herself powerfully compelled to do so when her family are endangered. She needs help, and finds herself drawn to call upon a long lost lover, with a criminal background and a series of associated skills which will be pivotal in Angeliques hunt for Darcourt.Angelique has to balance her conflicts over her love for a criminal, her reticence about police/government authority, fear for the safety of her family and her overriding hatred for Simon Darcourt. A ruthless, brutal and seriously convoluted game of cat and mouse ensues in a manner which is both gripping and compelling.
review 2: This is a very fast moving adventure story about a serial killer who decides that those empty headed floozies who seek fame at any cost need to be taught a lesson. Many of the 'celebrities' he describes sound very familiar and the protaganist's highly cynical justification of his actions actually start to sound remarkably convincing. Despite the prolific use of profanity, it is intelligently written, the vocabulary used throughout is stimulating and the dark humour woven through the story makes some of the more shocking aspects palatable. less

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