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CB REVEALS ALL ON 2008 BOOKS

Christopher Brookmyre has two books on the way in 2008.

First up is the paperback of ATTACK OF THE UNSINKABLE RUBBER DUCKS, published in June.

Click here to read what the man himself had to say about ... RUBBER DUCKS when it came out in hardback, or here to read an extract.

This is followed in August by the new novel A SNOWBALL IN HELL, which features the return of a few old friends...

Here's what Chris had to say about SNOWBALL... when he dropped in to his UK publisher in London on March 6th:

Here's what will appear on the jacket for A SNOWBALL IN HELL:

Each society gets the serial killers it deserves ...

How sick are you of our vapid celebrity culture, reality TV shows and tawdry talent contests? Not as sick as Simon Darcourt - but let's face it, nobody is as sick as Simon Darcourt. A deranged but inventive killer with a genuinely wicked sense of humour, he is busy creating his own celebrity talent show, one that is generating more publicity than its contestants have ever had in their lives. The catch is that those lives won't be very long.

With the police losing the ratings war, they turn to Angelique de Xavia, a cop who has crossed this psycho's path before. Having given the best years of her life to a thankless career, concluding unfinished business may be the only motivation keeping her in the job. However, the police are not the only people who want Darcourt, and ruthless measures are engaged against Angelique as leverage in determining his final destination. Now she's faced not only with tracking down her quarry and spiriting him from under the noses of her fellow cops, but the even more daunting task of ensuring she doesn't end up dead once she's served her purpose.

Scared and alone, Angelique knows she's got a snowball's chance of pulling this off, which is why she's going to need a little magic ...

A viciously dark satire, a breathlessly exhilarating thriller and a most unlikely romantic comedy: this is Christopher Brookmyre at the very top of his game.

Chris went on to talk about the latest film news when he was in on March 6th:

And he explained about the title of SNOWBALL... having changed while he was writing it:

We'll bring you the cover and an extract from A SNOWBALL IN HELL soon.

A TALE ETCHED... ON OLD PECULIER LONGLIST

A TALE ETCHED IN BLOOD AND HARD BLACK PENCIL has been named on the longlist for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2008.

Vote for the winner via the Waterstone's website, and you could win a trip to the Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate in July, where the winner will be announced.

Click here for further details.