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->''"No, no," said [=McGregor=], smiling grimly to himself. "I think a specimen as magnificent as this one should be preserved intact. Skinner," he barked, turning round. "This jobbie is state evidence and is officially under the jurisdiction of Lothian and Borders Police. Remove it, bag it and tag it."''\\

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->''"No, no," said [=McGregor=], smiling grimly to himself. "I think a specimen as magnificent as this one should be preserved intact. Skinner," he barked, turning round. "This jobbie is state evidence and is officially under the jurisdiction of Lothian and Borders Police. Remove it, bag it and tag it."''\\"''
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: DS Angelique de Xavia - often addressed as "Angel X" - gets special mention.
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* MagnificentBastard: Simon Darcourt. Most definitely Simon Darcourt.
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Christopher Brookmyre is a Scottish author who writes crime, romance, gothic horror, action adventure, slasher and political stories. Not necessarily in different novels.

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Christopher Brookmyre (born 6 September 1968) is a Scottish author who writes crime, romance, gothic horror, action adventure, slasher and political stories. Not necessarily in different novels.

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'''Novels include:'''

Jack Parlabane novels:

* ''Literature/QuiteUglyOneMorning''
* ''Literature/CountryOfTheBlind''
* ''Literature/BoilingAFrog''
* ''Literature/BeMyEnemy (or Fuck This for a Game of Soldiers)''
* ''Literature/TheAttackOfTheUnsinkableRubberDucks''

Angelique De Xavia novels:

* ''Literature/ABigBoyDidItAndRanAway''
* ''Literature/TheSacredArtOfStealing''
* ''Literature/ASnowballInHell''

Standalones (with a few nods to the Parlabane/De Xavia stories):

* ''Not the End of the World'' [[note]]though this gets a blink-and-you'll miss it character CallBack in ''Literature/ABigBoyDidItAndRanAway''[[/note]]
* ''Literature/OneFineDayInTheMiddleOfTheNight'' [[note]]shares one crucial supporting character with ''Literature/QuiteUglyOneMorning'' and another with ''Literature/BeMyEnemy''[[/note]]
* ''Literature/AllFunAndGamesUntilSomeoneLosesAnEye''
* ''Literature/ATaleEtchedInBloodAndHardBlackPencil''
* ''Literature/{{Pandaemonium}}''
* ''Bedlam'' [[note]]set in a standalone speculative fiction universe[[/note]]

Jasmine Sharpe/Cath [=McLeod=] novels:

* ''Literature/WhereTheBodiesAreBuried''
* ''Literature/WhenTheDevilDrives''
* ''Literature/FleshWounds''

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'''Novels include:'''

!!Novels include:
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Jack Parlabane novels:

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novels:
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''Literature/QuiteUglyOneMorning''
* ** ''Literature/CountryOfTheBlind''
* ** ''Literature/BoilingAFrog''
* ** ''Literature/BeMyEnemy (or Fuck This for a Game of Soldiers)''
** ''Literature/TheAttackOfTheUnsinkableRubberDucks''
* ''Literature/TheAttackOfTheUnsinkableRubberDucks''

Angelique De Xavia novels:

*
novels:
**
''Literature/ABigBoyDidItAndRanAway''
* ** ''Literature/TheSacredArtOfStealing''
** ''Literature/ASnowballInHell''
* ''Literature/ASnowballInHell''

Standalones
Stand alone books (with a few nods to the Parlabane/De Xavia stories):

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stories):
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''Not the End of the World'' [[note]]though this gets a blink-and-you'll miss it character CallBack in ''Literature/ABigBoyDidItAndRanAway''[[/note]]
* ** ''Literature/OneFineDayInTheMiddleOfTheNight'' [[note]]shares one crucial supporting character with ''Literature/QuiteUglyOneMorning'' and another with ''Literature/BeMyEnemy''[[/note]]
* ** ''Literature/AllFunAndGamesUntilSomeoneLosesAnEye''
* ** ''Literature/ATaleEtchedInBloodAndHardBlackPencil''
* ** ''Literature/{{Pandaemonium}}''
* ** ''Bedlam'' [[note]]set in a standalone speculative fiction universe[[/note]]

universe[[/note]]
*
Jasmine Sharpe/Cath [=McLeod=] novels:

*
novels:
**
''Literature/WhereTheBodiesAreBuried''
* ** ''Literature/WhenTheDevilDrives''
* ** ''Literature/FleshWounds''
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* ''TheAttackOfTheUnsinkableRubberDucks''

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* ''TheAttackOfTheUnsinkableRubberDucks''
''Literature/TheAttackOfTheUnsinkableRubberDucks''
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** Shouted Out to by Creator/CharlesStross in ''HaltingState''.

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** Shouted Out to by Creator/CharlesStross in ''HaltingState''.''Literature/HaltingState''.
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--'''''QuiteUglyOneMorning'''''

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* ''Literature/OneFineDayInTheMiddleOfTheNight'' [[note]]shares one crucial supporting character with ''QuiteUglyOneMorning'' and another with ''Literature/BeMyEnemy''[[/note]]

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* ''Literature/OneFineDayInTheMiddleOfTheNight'' [[note]]shares one crucial supporting character with ''QuiteUglyOneMorning'' ''Literature/QuiteUglyOneMorning'' and another with ''Literature/BeMyEnemy''[[/note]]
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* ''CountryOfTheBlind''

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* ''CountryOfTheBlind''''Literature/CountryOfTheBlind''
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->''"No, no," said [=McGregor=], smiling grimly to himself. "I think a specimen as magnificent as this one should be preserved intact. Skinner," he barked, turning round. "This jobbie is state evidence and is officially under the jurisdiction of Lothian and Borders Police. Remove it, bag it and tag it."''\\
--'''''QuiteUglyOneMorning'''''

Christopher Brookmyre is a Scottish author who writes crime, romance, gothic horror, action adventure, slasher and political stories. Not necessarily in different novels.

'''Novels include:'''

Jack Parlabane novels:

* ''QuiteUglyOneMorning''
* ''CountryOfTheBlind''
* ''Literature/BoilingAFrog''
* ''Literature/BeMyEnemy (or Fuck This for a Game of Soldiers)''
* ''TheAttackOfTheUnsinkableRubberDucks''

Angelique De Xavia novels:

* ''Literature/ABigBoyDidItAndRanAway''
* ''Literature/TheSacredArtOfStealing''
* ''Literature/ASnowballInHell''

Standalones (with a few nods to the Parlabane/De Xavia stories):

* ''Not the End of the World'' [[note]]though this gets a blink-and-you'll miss it character CallBack in ''Literature/ABigBoyDidItAndRanAway''[[/note]]
* ''Literature/OneFineDayInTheMiddleOfTheNight'' [[note]]shares one crucial supporting character with ''QuiteUglyOneMorning'' and another with ''Literature/BeMyEnemy''[[/note]]
* ''Literature/AllFunAndGamesUntilSomeoneLosesAnEye''
* ''Literature/ATaleEtchedInBloodAndHardBlackPencil''
* ''Literature/{{Pandaemonium}}''
* ''Bedlam'' [[note]]set in a standalone speculative fiction universe[[/note]]

Jasmine Sharpe/Cath [=McLeod=] novels:

* ''Literature/WhereTheBodiesAreBuried''
* ''Literature/WhenTheDevilDrives''
* ''Literature/FleshWounds''

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* AwesomeMcCoolname: DS Angelique de Xavia - often addressed as "Angel X" - gets special mention.
* {{Bulungi}}: Tiny African nation Sonzola gets a few references throughout the Brookmyreverse; most notably, it's where Angel X was born.
* TheCaper: ''Literature/TheSacredArtOfStealing'' has a brilliant heist involving clowns and banks. [[Film/TheDarkKnight And a bus, or am I getting confused?]]
* ContinuityNod: A lot, also between the different character series.
* LampshadeHanging: ''Literature/OneFineDayInTheMiddleOfTheNight'' has one character spending a lot of time dissecting ''Film/DieHard'' before the whole book dives into ''Die Hard'' territory.
* LukeIAmYourFather: ZigZagged all to hell in the Jasmine Sharpe/Cath [=McLeod=] novels.
* MagnificentBastard: Simon Darcourt. Most definitely Simon Darcourt.
* ShoutOut: repeatedly to Canadian author Robertson Davies' Cornish trilogy - two of Brookmyre's most memorable characters (Jack Parlabane and Simon Darcourt) are named after characters from this (though especially for the Darcourts, they do not resemble them closely) and the last part of the Cornish trilogy, ''The Lyre Of Orpheus'', is the favourite novel of Jane, the MamaBear protagonist of ''Literature/AllFunAndGamesUntilSomeoneLosesAnEye''.
** Shouted Out to by Creator/CharlesStross in ''HaltingState''.
* ViolentGlaswegian: The vast majority of petty criminals, bampots, numpties and hard men who make up most of the supporting cast of the average Brookmyre novel. With some exceptions, this rarely works out well for the ViolentGlaswegian.
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