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Be My Enemy
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
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Summary
It was a junket, a freebie. A 'team-building' weekend in the highlands for lawyers, advertising execs, businessmen, even the head of a charity. Oh, and a journalist, specially solicited for his renowned and voluble scepticism - Jack Parlabane.
Amid the flying paintballs and flowing Shiraz even the most cynical admit the organisers have pulled some surprises - stalkers in the forest, power cuts in the night, mass mobile phone thefts, disappearing staff, disappearing guests: there's nothing can bring out people's hidden strengths or break down interpersonal barriers quite like not having a clue what's going on and being scared out of your wits.
However, when the only vehicular access for thirty miles is cut off, it seems that events are being orchestrated not just for pleasure....
And that's before they find the first body. Thereafter, 'finding out who your colleagues really are' is not so much an end product as the key to reaching Monday morning alive.
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- janice
- 07-12-20
entertaining mystery with comic gems
Great story exciting clever dry humour excellent narrator. Loved it! Team building will never look the same again.
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- Ann D
- 08-02-16
Erm . . . Speechless, in a good way!
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I have never read or listened to anything like this before. I don't want to include spoilers here, so it's difficult to say too much. The story is very unusual. During the first half, not much happens, yet it remains compelling. During the second half, too much happens, a good deal of which requires a fair degree of suspension of belief, yet it remains compelling! This is my second book by this author, the first being Black Widow which was much more conventional. Brookmyre is clearly an excellent writer. In both books, there is nothing sloppy or cliched. I'm off to read more from him.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-12-22
Great story
Great story, well read. a convoluted crime thriller with bangs and hilarity ensuing amid the chaos!!
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- Stephen
- 09-12-16
Love this author's work!
This is the third book that I've gone through of this author &and I'm just about to buy another. I love the style of writing, and the humour. Don't get me wrong it's a serious book but written with humour. The main character is hilarious. He's pretty much an anti hero with a dour, dry & sarcastic wit. Simply, brilliant.
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8 people found this helpful
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- Gra
- 31-01-20
Macabely funny
Slow start but well worth the wait. The best Jack Parlabane I’ve listened to yet.
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- Jules Blunt
- 17-07-24
Complicated but worth persevering
The narration was fab. As was the writing which was at times humorous and others bleak and bloody.
Recommended!
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- Lucy C
- 29-07-19
Not his best book
I found it a bit ‘home alone’ - listened to the end because the characters were interesting but it was a bit lacking in plot.
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- Ian
- 16-07-21
Entertaining as always.
Slow burner but when it got into its comically ridiculous stride it was very entertaining.
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- Dan Evans
- 19-11-17
another great book
love this series, so many good moments! lots of plot twists, great characters and amazing dialogue
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- Anonymous User
- 08-12-20
Stick with it
I honestly thought of returning this book for the first half as I found it didn’t suit my tastes. It seemed childish, however I laughed out loud in the street as the book developed and just kept taking the dog out for walks till I finished it.
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