----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Matkowski" <
jmatkowski1@comcast.net>
> Apparently this is the latest Brookmyre. It's just
now about to be
published
> in the U.S., and the discounted new tpb is cheaper
than any used copies.
> I've advance-ordered.
You're about a year behind over there, Joy. THE SACRED ART OF
STEALING is out here in October in tpb. I suppose A BIG BOY
DID IT AND RAN AWAY's publication was delayed because of
September 11 (terrorism is a main theme of the book and
couldn't have been more ill-timed). Beyond the opening
section, I don't recall if any of the book is set in Aberdeen
(one airport is much the same as another), but I might be
wrong. It isn't the sort of thing that sticks in my mind.
There's also a Rebus novel that takes him to Aberdeen for
part of the book, but I can't remember which one it is.
Somebody on the list will know.
I checked British books in print to see if Aberdeen came up
on any keyword searches for crime. Apart from an out of print
novel about squatters by an author I'd never heared of, it
didn't. I was kind of hoping that Edward Aarons had done an
Assignment - Aberdeen. He missed out there. I think one of
the Matt Helms is at least partly set in Scotland, but I
haven't read it yet.
Al
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