This has to be one of coolest books you can read at the moment especially if you are a Brookmyre fan. Non-religious people will love the cruel observations about organised religion (CB does a similar thing specifically to Catholicism in Boiling a Frog) and his comments on the media feeding frenzy are also spot on. The character of Steff Kennedy is much more sympathetic and funny than Parlabane and at a recent book signing in Edinburgh Brookmyre promised he would definitely be thinking about reintroducing the characters of Steff and Maddy now he has exhausted Parlabane. Something to look forward to then!!