Want You Gone
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Published:25th Jan '18
Should be back in stock very soon
The eighth book in the Jack Parlabane series, from author Christopher Brookmyre.
The award-winning, million-selling author of Black Widow brings a twist-filled story of secrets and lies.
What if your deepest secret was revealed?
Sam Morpeth is growing up way too fast, left to fend for a younger sister when their mother goes to prison and watching her dreams of university evaporate. But Sam learns what it is to be truly powerless when a stranger begins to blackmail her.
Who would you turn to?
Meanwhile, reporter Jack Parlabane has finally got his career back on track, but his success has left him indebted to a volatile, criminal source. Now that debt is being called in, and it could cost him everything.
What would you be capable of?
Thrown together by a vindictive and mysterious mutual enemy, Sam and Jack are about to discover they might be each other's only hope.
A thriller combining its author's storytelling verve with a bravura display of technical know-how. (Thriller of the Month) * Sunday Times *
Chris Brookmyre has scaled new heights of invention. * TLS *
One of the most ingenious thrillers I've read in a long time. * Washington Post *
Want You Gone is vintage Brookmyre - equal parts adrenaline and empathy, a plot that opens out like a Japanese flower dropped in hot water, and characters so real you want to reach through the page and save them. * Diana Gabaldon *
A sharp and funny writer * Carl Hiaasen *
Entertaining... nothing is allowed to sap the pace of the action. * Scotsman *
This book's a rush. * Peterborough Telegraph *
[A] fast-paced, action-packed, twisty thriller . . . expect tension, suspense, impeccable plotting and scary possibilities. * Choice *
The most compelling thriller I've read all year * John Gilstrap *
Pure literary dynamite * Lorenzo Carcaterra, author of Sleepers and The Wolf *
Brookmyre is a master of creating tension... I was up all night reading this book. * Mystery Scene *
It storms along with revelations aplenty. Brookmyre takes all the plot strands and twists them one way then the other. * Crime Fiction Lover *
Pacey, gripping, absorbing, enthralling and all the other superlatives you can throw its way, Chris Brookmyre's Want You Gone is an absolute treat from beginning to end. * Chris High *
- Short-listed for CrimeFest e-Dunnit Awards 2018 (UK)
- Long-listed for Bloody Scotland Crime Book of the Year Award 2017 (UK)
- Long-listed for Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2018 (UK)
ISBN: 9780349141336
Dimensions: 198mm x 128mm x 34mm
Weight: 400g
512 pages