Places in the Darkness

By: Chris Brookmyre

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Paperback | 19 July 2018 | Edition Number 1

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416 Pages

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2.8 x 12.6 x 19.6

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LONGLISTED FOR THE MCILVANNEY PRIZE FOR CRIME WRITING 2018

"This is as close to a city without crime as mankind has ever seen."

Ciudad de Cielo is the 'city in the sky', a space station where hundreds of scientists and engineers work in earth's orbit, building the colony ship that will one day take humanity to the stars.

When a mutilated body is found on the CdC, the eyes of the world are watching. Top-of the-class investigator, Alice Blake, is sent from Earth to team up with CdC's Freeman - a jaded cop with more reason than most to distrust such planetside interference.

As the death toll climbs and factions aboard the station become more and more fractious, Freeman and Blake will discover clues to a conspiracy that threatens not only their own lives, but the future of humanity itself.

About the Author

Chris Brookmyre was a journalist before becoming a full-time novelist with the publication of his award-winning debut Quite Ugly One Morning, which established him as one of Britain's leading crime authors. His Jack Parlabane novels have sold more than one million copies in the UK alone, and Black Widow won both the McIlvanney Prize and the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award.

Industry Reviews

As smart as it is gripping, this is a terrifically engaging story from start to nerve-shredding finish - Big Issue

Excellent hardboiled noir . . . absolutely gripping - SciFiNow

An ingenious crime story - Scotsman

Places in the Darkness is another corker of a murder mystery, [Brookmyre's] new setting - with which he's clearly having a whale of a time - giving him the opportunity to wow us with an even twistier twist than usual - Guardian

A fascinating, fast-paced but thoughtful blend of science fiction and techno-thriller

Brilliant

Ingenious

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