The past few years have seen Chris Brookmyre explore new territory with the “space noir” of Places In The Darkness and the Ambrose Parry historical crime novel The Way Of All Flesh. Now, with Fallen Angel he gives us a standalone about families and their secrets. But what you hold is not a rogueishly funny novel with doses of entertaining polemic, this is a pin-sharp psychological thriller. There’s no explosive, gleeful opening, but a description of a death which carries elements of rage and contempt, which set the tone for the whole book.
