Christopher Brookmyre, One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night

http://www.brookmyre.co.uk/

As the publicity says:

The occasion: high school reunion.

The place: an oil rig converted into a tourist resort.

The outcome: carnage.

Dress Casual. Bring your own bullets.

Not a Jack Parlabane mystery which was a bit of disappointment, but very funny and riveting nonetheless. What I like about Brookmyre’s work is his ability to pick up on the detail of group dynamics – whether a school reunion or a ‘bonding exercise’. I also liked the ackowledgement of the cliches of the action movie genre with which this plot nominally accords. Great fun.