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
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
I’ve loved Chris Brookmyre’s writing for years and his Jack Parlabane character is a really strong mix of ironic and hard bitten journalist/detective. Parlabane works hard to keep up with the times, but knows that... More
I read and review a lot of traditional UK and USA based crime and it is always a pleasure to read something that is just that little bit different. Chris Brookmyre brings a real freshness and punch to this highly... More
I HATE CHRISTOPHER BROOKMYRE!! He writes a terrific book and then, having devoured it, I have to wait soooo long for him to publish another. When it arrives, like WANT YOU GONE, I have to read it straight away / all... More
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