
Published: 25/01/2018
From the award-winning, million-selling author of Black Widow comes 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.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780349141336
Number of pages: 512
Weight: 400 g
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 34 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"A thriller combining its author's storytelling verve with a bravura display of technical know-how." - Thriller of the Month, Sunday Times
"Entertaining... nothing is allowed to sap the pace of the action." - Scotsman
"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
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“Good build up poor ending”
I found this book had a very good plot base, very well written, however the ending is rather poor, it's a big build up for a character that's mentioned a handful of times throughout the book.
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