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The murder of a media moghul in his country mansion appears to be the result of him disturbing a gang of would-be thieves. The robbers are swiftly caught, but when they are unexpectedly moved to a different prison they escape.
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Contemporary, classical in form, cool and plot-driven.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Christopher Brookmyre
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 380
- Publisher
- Distributed by Publishers Group West, Little Brown Company, Grove Press
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780753122662
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“If Nicole Carrow was being absolutely honest with herself, her most substantial reason for believing Thomas McInnes was innocent was that he had made her a nice cup of tea.”
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