Want You Gone

A thriller combining its author’s storytelling verve with a bravura display of technical know-how. (Thriller of the Month) * Sunday Times *Chris Brookmyre has scaled new heights of invention. * TLS *One of the most ingenious thrillers I’ve read in a long time. * Washington Post *Want You Gone is vintage Brookmyre - equal parts adrenaline and empathy, a plot that opens out like a Japanese flower dropped in hot water, and characters so real you want to reach through the page and save them. * Diana Gabaldon *A sharp and funny writer * Carl Hiaasen *Entertaining… nothing is allowed to sap the pace of the action. * Scotsman *This book’s a rush. * Peterborough Telegraph *[A] fast-paced, action-packed, twisty thriller … expect tension, suspense, impeccable plotting and scary possibilities. * Choice *The most compelling thriller I’ve read all year * John Gilstrap *Pure literary dynamite * Lorenzo Carcaterra, author of Sleepers and The Wolf *Brookmyre is a master of creating tension… I was up all night reading this book. * Mystery Scene *It storms along with revelations aplenty. Brookmyre takes all the plot strands and twists them one way then the other. * Crime Fiction Lover *Pacey, gripping, absorbing, enthralling and all the other superlatives you can throw its way, Chris Brookmyre’s Want You Gone is an absolute treat from beginning to end. * Chris High *

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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