A Snowball in Hell by Christopher Brookmyer

A Snowball in Hell both reunites and bring togethercharacters are brought together by Angelique and
characters from two of Christopher Brookmyer'snumerous twists and turns that help to keep you
previous books, The Sacred Art of Stealing and A Bigguessing what happens next.
Boy Did It and Ran Away, namly Simon Darcout, ZalThe first two thirds of the book can seem a bit slow
Innez and Angelique De Zavier. While not it's notat times and suffer from slightly long winded rants
essential to have read the previous titles it wouldagainst a wide range of protagonists. The final third
probably make the opening chapters of this bookthough flies by in a storm of ups, downs and
easier to get into as numerous back references aremis-direction to build to a thrilling conclusion which
made which could leave you thinking you havekeeps surprising to the end.
missed something.The two previous books featuring these characters
This is a book very much influenced by the currentboth had moments that made me laugh out loud,
world, something that becomes clear as it takes insomething that was missing from A Snowball In Hell
religious terrorism, reality TV, the shallow world ofbut it was still an enjoyable read and the ending was
celebrity and the popularity of the instant voyeurismtruly gripping. If you are new to Brookmyer it might
available on the internet 24/7.be worth reading the other titles first so you are
As you would expect from a plot that involves themore familiar with the characters but whether you
terrorist without a moral cause, Simon Darcourt, thedo or not this is well worth sticking with, particularly
body count increases as the story unfolds but it'sfor anybody with a dislike of I'm a Celebrity Big
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As the tension mounts the story moves back andbe found on the sphericalsquare website.
forth between Simon and Zal until the two