Where the Bodies are Buried
Chapters (49)
- Also by Christopher Brookmyre
- COPYRIGHT
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- The Loneliness and the Scream
- Jasmine Screws Up
- Whodunit
- The Presence of Absence
- Machinery
- The Long View
- A Whole Child Ago
- Motives
- Baby Steps and Dainty Feet
- Higher Powers
- Asylum
- This Dark Place
- View from a Dead End
- The Mercy of the Court
- Run to Ground
- Explosive Information
- The Abandoned
- Played
- Witness
- Identity
- Fire-Damaged
- Lost in the Swamp
- Darken the Memory
- Naming the Sins
- Stolen Glances
- Beyond the Visible Spectrum
- The Biggest Gang in Glasgow
- Infrared and Sonic Boom
- That Golden Rule
- Quiet Little Voices
- Clarity
- Listening to Fear
- Locust in Flight
- Phantoms
- Secret Trades
- Names on a Page
- Two Porcupines Making Love
- Sins of the Father
- Old School
- A One-Way Trip to the Campsies
- Family (i)
- Family (ii)
- Forgiveness
- Four Words
Also by Christopher Brookmyre
QUITE UGLY ONE MORNING
COUNTRY OF THE BLIND
NOT THE END OF THE WORLD
ONE FINE DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
BOILING A FROG
A BIG BOY DID IT AND RAN AWAY
THE SACRED ART OF STEALING
BE MY ENEMY
ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL SOMEBODY LOSES AN EYE
A TALE ETCHED IN BLOOD AND HARD BLACK PENCIL
ATTACK OF THE UNSINKABLE RUBBER DUCKS
A SNOWBALL IN HELL
PANDAEMONIUM
COPYRIGHT
Published by Hachette Digital
ISBN: 978-0-7481-1857-1
All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Copyright © 2011 Christopher Brookmyre
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Contents
Copyright
Also by Christopher Brookmyre
Acknowledgements
The Loneliness and the Scream
Jasmine Screws Up
Whodunit
The Presence of Absence
Machinery
The Long View
A Whole Child Ago
Motives
Baby Steps and Dainty Feet
Higher Powers
Asylum
This Dark Place
View from a Dead End
The Mercy of the Court
Run to Ground
Explosive Information
The Abandoned
Played
Witness
Identity
Fire-Damaged
Lost in the Swamp
Darken the Memory
Naming the Sins
Stolen Glances
Beyond the Visible Spectrum
The Biggest Gang in Glasgow
Infrared and Sonic Boom
That Golden Rule
Quiet Little Voices
Clarity
Listening to Fear
Locust in Flight
Phantoms
Secret Trades
Names on a Page
Two Porcupines Making Love
Sins of the Father
Old School
A One-Way Trip to the Campsies
Family (i)
Family (ii)
Forgiveness
Four Words
Dedication
In memory of Gerry Haetzman
Acknowledgements
My thanks to: Marisa and Jack for their understanding and indulgence; Andrew Torrance and Steve T for their technical insight; and Frightened Rabbit for the soundtrack in my head.
The Loneliness and the Scream
It didn’t seem like Glasgow.
There was a mugginess in the air despite its being a clear night, not a wisp to obscure the moon and stars. Not like last night, when the clouds had rolled in on top of a sunny day like a lid on a pan, holding in the warmth, keeping hot blood on a simmer. It was warm on the street at nine o’clock that morning, and now, past eleven, it felt as though every molecule of air was drunk and tired. If a clear night wasn’t cooling it down, then the next clouds were going to bring thunderstorms.