Want You Gone
Chris Brookmyre
Apr 2017 · Hachette UK
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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.
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.
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4.8
20 reviews
James Peacock
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3 May 2017
Wasn't sure about this one when I started. I've literally read everything Brookmyre has ever written and for 50 or so pages I didn't feel this was shaping up to be one of his best efforts. I should have known better. I read the last 150 pages in a single, feverish sitting, unable to put it down. I can't recommend this (or any of Chris Brookmyre's books) highly enough, just don't expect to get much sleep
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Jim O'Connor
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7 January 2018
The hacking stuff can be a bit hard going at times, but it's still quality Brookymyre. By the last quarter of the book I was so rapt I was snatching little chunks of it on my phone at every small opportunity
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8 June 2018
I love Jack and his exploits. This has a strong storyline and great
characters. The ending is great and I loved the time spent to tie off all
the subplot threads. Can't wait for the next one.
About the author
Chris Brookmyre was a journalist before becoming a full-time novelist with the publication of his award-winning debut Quite Ugly One Morning, which established him as one of Britain's leading crime writers. His 2006 novel All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye won the Everyman Bollinger Wodehouse Prize, and his 2016 novel Black Widow won both the McIlvanney Prize and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award. He also co-writes historical crime fiction with his wife, Marisa Haetzman, under the pen name Ambrose Parry..
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