Author: Christopher Brookmyre
Publisher: Abacu
Keywords: frog, boiling
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2006-05-04
List price: $16.50
ISBN-10: 0349114137
ISBN-13: 9780349114132

Jack Parlabane, the investigative journalist who is not averse to breaking the law for the sake of a good story, has finally been caught on the petard of his own self-confidence and is experiencing accommodation courtesy of Her Majesty. The fledgling Scottish parliament is in catatonic shock after experiencing its first dose of Westminster sleaze. The Catholic Church of Scotland is taking full advantage of the politicians’ discomfort and is riding high in the polls as the voice of morality. Behind the scenes the truth is obscured by the machinations of the spin doctors and in prison, awa

Author: Christopher Brookmyre
Publisher: Abacu
Keywords: books, abacus
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2006-05-04
List price: $14.45
ISBN-10: 0349116849
ISBN-13: 9780349116846

Back when they were students, just like everybody else, Ray Ash and Simon Darcourt had dreams about what they’d do when they grew up. In both their cases, it was to be rock stars. Fifteen years later, their mid-thirties are bearing down fast, and just like everybody else, they’re having to accept the less glamorous hands reality has dealt them. Nervous new father Ray takes refuge from his responsibilities by living a virtual existence in online games. People say he needs to grow up, but everybody has to find their own way of coping. For some it’s affairs, for others it’

Author: Christopher Brookmyre
Publisher: Abacu
Keywords: enemy
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2004-09-02
List price: $14.45
ISBN-10: 0349116814
ISBN-13: 9780349116815

It was a junket, a freebie. A ’team-building’ weekend in the highlands for lawyers, advertising execs, businessmen, even the head of a charity. Oh, and a journalist, specially solicited for his renowned and voluble scepticism - Jack Parlabane. Amid the flying paintballs and flowing Shiraz even the most cynical admit the organisers have pulled some surprises - stalkers in the forest, power cuts in the night, mass mobile phone thefts, disappearing staff, disappearing guests: there’s nothing can bring out people’s hidden strengths or break down inter-personal barriers quit