Jaggy Splinters
Chris Brookmyre
Jun 2012 · Hachette UK
3.9star
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Everyone's favourite unorthodox journalist, Jack Parlabane, goes undercover to investigate the mysterious and lucrative world of alternative medicine: in particular the practice of homeopathy. Are there unexplained forces that can be harnessed to heal us, or is it all a load of sugar? Meanwhile a sinister tale of restorative justice and the occult takes an even darker turn; two body-snatchers find more than they bargained for when raiding a morgue; and a contract killer finds that fatherhood has sent him on the straight and narrow . . . sort of.
Fast paced and wickedly entertaining, Jaggy Splinters is a dark, twisted and hilarious collection of short stories from bestselling author Chris Brookmyre.
Fast paced and wickedly entertaining, Jaggy Splinters is a dark, twisted and hilarious collection of short stories from bestselling author Chris Brookmyre.
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3.9
34 reviews
James Peacock
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April 6, 2014
I am a huge fan of Christopher Brookmyre, but even at £1.99 this is not outstanding value. There's only one piece in here that I hadn't read before and most of them can be read free on Chris's own website. None of this changes the high quality of the writing; Brookmyre is one of the best crime writers in Britain today, his style, while instantly recognisable, is constantly inventive, with a cinematic quality such that it amazes me that his work has never been adapted for the big screen.
A Google user
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September 21, 2012
Having been a big fan of the author I found this book to be a disappointment.
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Margaret holmes-middleton
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December 29, 2013
Great short storys ...the dalogue is soòooooo scottish its a joy to hear in my head....so good x x
About the author
Chris Brookmyre was a journalist before becoming a full-time novelist with the publication of his award-winning debut Quite Ugly One Morning, which established him as one of Britain's leading crime writers. His 2006 novel All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye won the Everyman Bollinger Wodehouse Prize, and his 2016 novel Black Widow won both the McIlvanney Prize and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award. He also co-writes historical crime fiction with his wife, Marisa Haetzman, under the pen name Ambrose Parry..
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