- Fiction, suspense, Weapons industry, Fiction, Employees
Ross Bell is forced to disappear before he is 'persuaded' to part with the secrets of his research. His firm is desperate to find him and believe that his mother, who had teenage dreams of fast cars, extreme action and James Bond, holds the key.
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Classical in form, contemporary, unpretentious and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Christopher Brookmyre
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 416
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, Not Avail, Abacus
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780349117454
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