SHORTLISTED FOR THE MCILVANNEY PRIZE FOR CRIME WRITING 2018"This is as close to a city without crime as mankind has ever seen."Ciudad de Cielois the'city in the sky',a space station where hundreds of scientistsand engineers work in earth's orbit,building the colony ship that willone day take humanity to the stars.When a mutilated body is found on the CdC,the eyes of the world are watching. Top-of the-class investigator,Alice Blake,is sent from Earth to team up with CdC's Freeman - a jaded cop with more reason than most to distrust such planetside interference. As the death toll climbs and factions aboard the station become moreand more fractious,Freeman and Blake will discover clues to aconspiracy that threatens not only their own lives,but the future ofhumanity itself.'Excellent hardboiled noir...absolutely gripping'SciFiNow'An ingenious crime story'ScotsmanAs smart as it is gripping,this is a terrifically engaging story from start to nerve-shredding finish Big Issue'Places in the Darknessis another corker of a murder mystery,(Brookmyre's) new setting - withwhich he's clearly having a whale of a time - giving him theopportunity to wow us with an even twistier twist than usual'Guardian
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Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9780356506272Number of pages: 416Weight: 320 gDimensions: 196 x 126 x 28 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
As smart as it is gripping,this is a terrifically engaging story from start to nerve-shredding finish - Big Issue
Excellent hardboiled noir . . .absolutely gripping - SciFiNowAn ingenious crime story - ScotsmanPlaces in the Darkness is another corker of a murder mystery,(Brookmyre's) new setting - with which he's clearly having a whale of a time - giving him the opportunity to wow us with an even twistier twist than usual - GuardianA fascinating,fast-paced but thoughtful blend of science fiction and techno-thrillerBrilliantIngeniousChris Brookmyre
He may get frequently compared to notorious Floridian crime supremo Carl Hiaasen but Glaswegian Christopher Brookmyre is very much his own man. The creator of high-octane,deliciously brash thrillers usually featuring no-nonsense investigative journalist Jack Parlabane,Brookmyre is also an accomplished satirist,at home skewering political and institutional authority.
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