Christopher Brookmyre

Novelist Christopher Brookmyre was born in Glasgow on 6 September 1968 and educated at Glasgow University. He has worked for the film magazine Screen International, and as sub-editor for The Scotsman and the Edinburgh Evening News.

His first novel, Quite Ugly One Morning (1996), a satire on the former Conservative government's NHS reforms, won the inaugural Critics' First Blood Award (for Best First Crime Novel of the Year) and was the first in a series of novels featuring investigative journalist Jack Parlabane. Parlabane also featured in Boiling a Frog (2000), which won the 2000 Sherlock Award for Best Comic Detective. The Sacred Art of Stealing (2002), is the story of the love between a bank robber and a disaffected policewoman. His latest novel is Be My Enemy (2004).

He lives in Glasgow.

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A Snowball in Hell Christopher Brookmyre Starring a feisty, mixed-race Glaswegian female police officer and her illusionist-cum-bank robber lover, whom we met in The Sacred Art of Stealing, this is one heck of a tale. Complex, violent and humorous, it is a satire on reality... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2009 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)

A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil Christopher Brookmyre Less grisly and more serious than his previous tales so newcomers to this wonderful author will have a few surprises when you tackle his backlist, but tackle them you must for he is very special. Those familiar with Brookmyre will... Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2007 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)

All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye Christopher Brookmyre One of the cleverest, funniest, slickest and inventive crime writers around. Every book is a satirical gem. This one stars a bored Scottish housewife whose dream of rubbing shoulders with James Bond suddenly becomes reality, not literally, but for her... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/04/2006 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)

Be My Enemy Christopher Brookmyre A fast, action-packed, page-turning novel of corporate bonding that plummets into mayhem in a complicated plot that is set in and around an historic mansion. It’s classic Brookmyre; humorous, thrilling stuff. You really have to read this man, a star... Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 27/01/2005 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)