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Crime Yarns of Varied Awesomeness

Be My Enemy by Christopher Brookmyre

Last One Out by Jane Harper

Never Flinch by Steven King

December 31, 2025 by thegirlwhogotoverit Leave a Comment

Way back in 1996, I picked up a book by Christopher Brookmyre based on a staff recommendation in a long-since-closed book store.  I’ve never regretted it, and I’ve gone on to read and reread all his books.  This Christmas, it was Be My Enemy (or Fuck This for a Game of Soldiers). Set at the opening weekend for a teambuilding retreat in the Scottish highlands, the novel unites an eclectic group of advertising execs, PR teams, one crime reporter (familiar from earlier books), and a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: christopher brookmyre, Jane Harper, Steven King

thegirlwhogotoverit's CBR17 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: christopher brookmyre, Jane Harper, Steven King ·
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Scottish black comedy madness.

May 28, 2015 by narfna 3 Comments

Okay, so biting the bullet on my next couple of reviews because I’m behind and don’t want to get even further behind by being paralyzed about what to say. Bottom line about One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night (which is apparently named after a Robbie Williams song–thanks, Kat!): super fun spoof of action films in book form. Great characters even though they could have been flimsy. Very funny. Features dialogue written in the Scottish dialect, which I thought was really fun (but […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: action films, British, christopher brookmyre, comedy, narfna, Satire, scottish, thriller, violent

narfna's CBR7 Review No:80 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: action films, British, christopher brookmyre, comedy, narfna, Satire, scottish, thriller, violent ·
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