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Detective Catherine McLeod was always taught that in Glasgow, they don't do whodunit. They do score-settling. They do vendettas. They do petty revenge. They do can't-miss-whodunit. It's a lesson that has served her well, but Glasgow is also a dangerous place to make assumptions. Either way she looks at it, she recognises that the discovery of a dead drug-dealer in a back alley is merely a portent of further deaths to come. Elsewhere in the city, aspiring actress Jasmine Sharp is reluctantly - and incompetently - earning a crust working for her uncle Jim's private investigation business. When Jim goes missing, Jasmine has to take on the investigator mantle for real, and her only lead points to Glen Fallan, a gangland enforcer and professional assassin whose reputation is rendered only slightly less terrifying by having been dead for twenty years. Cautiously tracing an accomplished killer's footsteps, Jasmine stumbles into a web of corruption and decades-hidden secrets that could tear apart an entire police force - if she can stay alive long enough to tell the tale. (Large Print Edition)
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"Glasgow's mean streets come alive, and author Brookmyre puts his readers in the shoes of the people who walk them. Surely Where the Bodies are Buried is one of the best novels of the year."--John Lutz, "New York Times" bestselling and Edgar award-winning author
"Sharp, crafty, hard-edged and full of heart--"Where the Bodies Are Buried" is a gripping read."--Meg Gardiner, Edgar Award-winning author of "China Lake" and "Ransom River"
"[An] offbeat tale of ruthless mobsters in Glasgow. . . . A brainy, barbed noir, this book takes its time setting the scene and establishing its characters. Most of its violence occurs off the page. But with its contrasting characters (it's easy to envision a series built around the endearing Jasmine), local color and language and skillfully orchestrated sense of bad things to come, the novel maintains a solid grip on the reader. Brookmyre isn't as well-known in the States as fellow Scottish mystery writers Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Denise Mina, but this first-rate effort may change that."--"Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"
"[A] smartly written mainstream detective story . . . Brookymre deftly twists one case around the other."--Marilyn Stasio, "New York Times Book Review"
"[Brookmyre] is a Scottish writer popular in the United Kingdom but not so much in the United States--an unfortunate reality that this funny, tragic and satisfying novel should help to alter. . . . Brookmyre's style is slangy and assured but never aloof."--"Chicago Tribune"
"Tough Scottish humor . . . leavened with Elmore Leonard-like flourishes.. . . finely controlled yet exuberant mayhem."--"The Christian Science Monitor"
"Brookmre is off in a new direction in this straight-ahead crime thriller . . . [For] fans of Lynda La Plante's "Prime Suspect" series and HBO's The Wire."--"Library Journal"
"Brookmyre introduces Det. Insp. Catherine McLeod and PI Jasmine Sharp in her solid first entry in a new Glasgow crime s
Glasgow s mean streets come alive, and author Brookmyre puts his readers in the shoes of the people who walk them. Surely Where the Bodies are Buried is one of the best novels of the year. John Lutz, "New York Times" bestselling and Edgar award-winning author
"Sharp, crafty, hard-edged and full of heart"Where the Bodies Are Buried" is a gripping read."Meg Gardiner, Edgar Award-winning author of "China Lake" and "Ransom River"
[An] offbeat tale of ruthless mobsters in Glasgow. . . . A brainy, barbed noir, this book takes its time setting the scene and establishing its characters. Most of its violence occurs off the page. But with its contrasting characters (it s easy to envision a series built around the endearing Jasmine), local color and language and skillfully orchestrated sense of bad things to come, the novel maintains a solid grip on the reader. Brookmyre isn t as well-known in the States as fellow Scottish mystery writers Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Denise Mina, but this first-rate effort may change that. "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"
[A] smartly written mainstream detective story . . . Brookymre deftly twists one case around the other. Marilyn Stasio, "New York Times Book Review"
[Brookmyre] is a Scottish writer popular in the United Kingdom but not so much in the United Statesan unfortunate reality that this funny, tragic and satisfying novel should help to alter. . . . Brookmyre's style is slangy and assured but never aloof. "Chicago Tribune"
Tough Scottish humor . . . leavened with Elmore Leonard-like flourishes.. . . finely controlled yet exuberant mayhem. "The Christian Science Monitor"
Brookmre is off in a new direction in this straight-ahead crime thriller . . . [For] fans of Lynda La Plante s Prime Suspect series and HBO s The Wire. "Library Journal"
Brookmyre introduces Det. Insp. Catherine McLeod and PI Jasmine Sharp in her solid first entry in a new Glasgow crime series. . . . Corruption, betrayal, and gallows humor fuel the noir plot, while family problems lend emotional depth. "Publishers Weekly"
Brookmyre, well known in Great Britain for mixing black comedy into his thrillers, has veered toward a semiconventional procedural here, but he spikes his tale with internal police intrigues, bent coppers, and assorted ne er-do-wells. . . . Well sketched, and almost every character is supplied some cynical, funny dialogue. . . . It s Brookmyre s sense of the city and its no-nuance criminals that makes this one a winner. "Booklist"
Where the Bodies Are Buried is mainstream Glasgow noir, and it proves [Brookmyre] to be just as excellent at the gritty, serious end of the genre as he was dispensing manic humor. "The Times" (London)
A strident blast of the trumpet to wake up crime fiction readers everywhere. Val McDermid
Premier-league crime writing. Mark Billingham
[Brookmyre s] writing is as sharply observed and mordantly funny as ever. . . . There are plenty of back-doubles and plot twists in this fast-paced read. "The Guardian"
Brookmyre is one of those fascinating individuals who sees and knows exactly what nicely toned written text looks like, jovially chooses to ignore it, and lowers the bar to a level of utterly brutal and fantastic indecency that is an absolute pleasure to read. Edinburgh STV
A pacy, witty thriller that marks a new chapter for [Brookmyre]. The Scotsman"
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"Glasgow's mean streets come alive, and author Brookmyre puts his readers in the shoes of the people who walk them. Surely Where the Bodies are Buried is one of the best novels of the year."--John Lutz, "New York Times" bestselling and Edgar award-winning author
"Sharp, crafty, hard-edged and full of heart--"Where the Bodies Are Buried" is a gripping read."--Meg Gardiner, Edgar Award-winning author of "China Lake" and "Ransom River"
"[An] offbeat tale of ruthless mobsters in Glasgow. . . . A brainy, barbed noir, this book takes its time setting the scene and establishing its characters. Most of its violence occurs off the page. But with its contrasting characters (it's easy to envision a series built around the endearing Jasmine), local color and language and skillfully orchestrated sense of bad things to come, the novel maintains a solid grip on the reader. Brookmyre isn't as well-known in the States as fellow Scottish mystery writers Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Denise Mina, but this first-rate effort may change that."--"Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"
"[A] smartly written mainstream detective story . . . Brookymre deftly twists one case around the other."--Marilyn Stasio, "New York Times Book Review"
"[Brookmyre] is a Scottish writer popular in the United Kingdom but not so much in the United States--an unfortunate reality that this funny, tragic and satisfying novel should help to alter. . . . Brookmyre's style is slangy and assured but never aloof."--"Chicago Tribune"
"Tough Scottish humor . . . leavened with Elmore Leonard-like flourishes.. . . finely controlled yet exuberant mayhem."--"The Christian Science Monitor"
"Brookmre is off in a new direction in this straight-ahead crime thriller . . . [For] fans of Lynda La Plante's "Prime Suspect" series and HBO's The Wire."--"Library Journal"
"Brookmyre introduces Det. Insp. Catherine McLeod and PI Jasmine Sharp in her solid first entry in a new Glasgow crime s
Glasgow s mean streets come alive, and author Brookmyre puts his readers in the shoes of the people who walk them. Surely Where the Bodies are Buried is one of the best novels of the year. John Lutz, "New York Times" bestselling and Edgar award-winning author
"Sharp, crafty, hard-edged and full of heart"Where the Bodies Are Buried" is a gripping read."Meg Gardiner, Edgar Award-winning author of "China Lake" and "Ransom River"
[An] offbeat tale of ruthless mobsters in Glasgow. . . . A brainy, barbed noir, this book takes its time setting the scene and establishing its characters. Most of its violence occurs off the page. But with its contrasting characters (it s easy to envision a series built around the endearing Jasmine), local color and language and skillfully orchestrated sense of bad things to come, the novel maintains a solid grip on the reader. Brookmyre isn t as well-known in the States as fellow Scottish mystery writers Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Denise Mina, but this first-rate effort may change that. "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"
[A] smartly written mainstream detective story . . . Brookymre deftly twists one case around the other. Marilyn Stasio, "New York Times Book Review"
[Brookmyre] is a Scottish writer popular in the United Kingdom but not so much in the United Statesan unfortunate reality that this funny, tragic and satisfying novel should help to alter. . . . Brookmyre's style is slangy and assured but never aloof. "Chicago Tribune"
Tough Scottish humor . . . leavened with Elmore Leonard-like flourishes.. . . finely controlled yet exuberant mayhem. "The Christian Science Monitor"
Brookmre is off in a new direction in this straight-ahead crime thriller . . . [For] fans of Lynda La Plante s Prime Suspect series and HBO s The Wire. "Library Journal"
Brookmyre introduces Det. Insp. Catherine McLeod and PI Jasmine Sharp in her solid first entry in a new Glasgow crime series. . . . Corruption, betrayal, and gallows humor fuel the noir plot, while family problems lend emotional depth. "Publishers Weekly"
Brookmyre, well known in Great Britain for mixing black comedy into his thrillers, has veered toward a semiconventional procedural here, but he spikes his tale with internal police intrigues, bent coppers, and assorted ne er-do-wells. . . . Well sketched, and almost every character is supplied some cynical, funny dialogue. . . . It s Brookmyre s sense of the city and its no-nuance criminals that makes this one a winner. "Booklist"
Where the Bodies Are Buried is mainstream Glasgow noir, and it proves [Brookmyre] to be just as excellent at the gritty, serious end of the genre as he was dispensing manic humor. "The Times" (London)
A strident blast of the trumpet to wake up crime fiction readers everywhere. Val McDermid
Premier-league crime writing. Mark Billingham
[Brookmyre s] writing is as sharply observed and mordantly funny as ever. . . . There are plenty of back-doubles and plot twists in this fast-paced read. "The Guardian"
Brookmyre is one of those fascinating individuals who sees and knows exactly what nicely toned written text looks like, jovially chooses to ignore it, and lowers the bar to a level of utterly brutal and fantastic indecency that is an absolute pleasure to read. Edinburgh STV
A pacy, witty thriller that marks a new chapter for [Brookmyre]. The Scotsman"
Chris's latest novel, out now in paperback, is a thrilling new direction for him that readers and critics alike love
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- PublisherWindsor
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1445857480
- ISBN 13 9781445857480
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