A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away

The first book in the Angelique De Xavier series, from multi-award-winning author Chris Brookmyre.

We all make life choices. Some cause more mayhem than others.

Back when they were students, just like everybody else, Ray Ash and Simon Darcourt had dreams about what theyd do when they grew up. In both their cases, it was to be rock stars. Fifteen years later, their mid-thirties are bearing down fast, and just like everybody else, theyre having to accept the less glamorous hands reality has dealt them.

Nervous new father Ray takes refuge from his responsibilities by living a virtual existence in online games. People say he needs to grow up, but everybody has to find their own way of coping.

For some its affairs, for others its the bottle, and for Simon its serial murder, mass slaughter and professional assassination.

PRAISE FOR CHRIS BROOKMYRE

In the pantheon of great crime writers
Elly Griffiths

Keeps you guessing until the very end
The Times

Offers a brilliantly scathing portrayal of humanity
Time Out