- Journalists, Children of the rich, Fiction, Murder
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Contemporary, classical in form, cool and plot-driven.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Christopher Brookmyre
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, Time Warner AudioBooks, Abacus
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780349111704
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First sentence
“Inspector McGregor wished there was some kind of official crime scenario checklist, just so that he could have a quick glance and confirm that he had seen it all now.”
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