Want You Gone (Jack Parlabane) - Softcover

“The Last Hack by Christopher Brookmyre is the most compelling thriller I’ve read all year. I could not put it down once I started, and now that I’m done, I find myself oddly afraid of my laptop.”―John Gilstrap, author of Final Target and the Jonathan Grave thriller series
“The Last Hack is a dialogue-fueled, action-packed thrill ride of a tale. This book has it all―including two great leads―Jack Parlabane, a down-on-his-luck reporter, dogged in pursuit of a good story, but haunted by a deadly debt which could cost him more than a career, and Sam Morpeth, a young lady weighed down with family burdens and responsibilities who finds herself in the center of a web of deadly deceit. Each on their own are compelling characters strong enough to fuel any story. Team them together and the result is pure literary dynamite. If you have not read Christopher Brookmyre before (and I confess I had not) The Last Hack will make you a fan for life―you'll want to read the other novels in the Parlabane series and anything else he puts in print. He's a cocktail of Ian Rankin blended with a dash of Robert Crais and a splash of Michael Connelly. The guy is seriously that good. The Last Hack is a must-read for anyone who loves not just thrillers but a good story well told. The plot is Kentucky Derby fast; the dialogue is tough, gritty, funny, raw; and the characters all come off the page as Elmore Leonard real. Get the book, open a bottle of whatever you're drinking, sit back and enjoy the thrill ride of the summer.”―Lorenzo Carcaterra, author of Sleepers and The Wolf

“The Last Hack is terrific. Hackers are almost old news but Brookmyre puts a fresh twist on it, focusing on his great characters. He puts them in the deepest, most perilous, inescapable situations possible and somehow manages to get them out in surprising and completely convincing ways. Tech fans needn’t worry. There are enough digital machinations to satisfy the faculty at MIT.”―Joe Ide, author of IQ
“As soon as I finished The Last Hack, I immediately changed all my passwords, and I'll never look at a USB drive the same way again. It's at once terrifying and tremendous fun, with superb characterization, gripping moral complexity, and no shortage of clever villainy.”―Chris Pavone, New York Times bestselling author of The Expats

“The Last Hack is a revelation. I loved the two central characters and the plot reminded me why the computer is the scariest tool since the invention of the buzzsaw.”―Thomas Perry, New York Times bestselling author of The Old Man
“The Last Hack is vintage Brookmyre―equal parts adrenaline and empathy, a plot that opens out like a Japanese flower dropped in hot water, and characters so real you want to reach through the page and save them.”―Diana Gabaldon
“Sam's hacking ploys are cool in the extreme. An enjoyable departure from its predecessors, Brookmyre's eighth Jack Parlabane novel works exceptionally well as cybercrime fiction, but it's the human element that makes it tick.”―Kirkus Reviews
“A compelling thriller . . . and Sam is a delightfully complex and engaging character.”―Booklist
“One of the defining characteristics of Chris Brookmyre’s Jack Parlabane novels is the development of his protagonist. While other crime luminaries rest comfortably in stasis, Parlabane, like a great white shark, keeps moving. This makes him one of the more fascinating characters in crime fiction . . . Brookmyre’s plot is full of surprising twists and turns . . . An engrossing read.”―Herald Scotland

“Brookmyre is a master of creating tension both on and offline . . . I was up all night reading this book, and while I was satisfied with the conclusion, I would be even more pleased to see Buzzkill in action again in her own series, or at least appearing in another Jack Parlabane thriller.”―Mystery Scene