Very clever and uplifting - good linkage all the way through with a couple of unexpected small surprises. For me a slow start which soon gained pace - a very addictive memorable book. ( )

An amazing amount of fun.

Local jokes, local scenery (I live in Glasgow), characters you actually care about, several points where I laughed out loud and still more misleading back-story, twists, turns, muddied trails, double-crosses and red herrings than in many books that view themselves as "serious" thrillers.

Pure dead brilliant, as they say. ( )

A good, fast-moving read. Brookmyre tells a solid heist story with some nice twists and turns and a big dollop of ill-starred romance, and he has a good eye for an engaging character. The writing style is wry and darkly funny without dropping into "humour" territory. He also conjures a brilliant evocation of Glasgow, both its good and bad aspects, that makes me want to go back and see the place again. ( )

My favourite Brookmyre. Nods to Elmore Leonard's 'Out of sight' and similarly you end wanting the next episode in this unlikely romance between a cop and robber. ( )