History Literature / BeMyEnemy

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This novel provides examples of:

* BigBad: The Architect.

* KickTheDog: Mathieson's treatment of the young maid.

* {{Mooks}}: Most of the swordsmen fall into this category.

* OppositesAttract: [[spoiler:Emily and Rory.]]

* SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX: invoked by most characters at some point to show they're not sexist/racist/English-hating/man-hating/Tory-hating/leftie-hating/etc.
* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}

* TookALevelInBadass: Rory Glenn.
* VisionaryVillain: The Architect and Shiats.
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* {{Badass}}: Most notably Tim "Death's Dark Vale" Vale. [[spoiler:He's a former secret agent.]] But also Jack Parlabane himself. And Gerard.

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Novel by Scottish author ChristopherBrookmyre.

* CanYouHearMeNow: The stranded guests want to call 999... but someone's mysteriously stolen all their SIM cards! Except for several years, {{Mobile Phone}}s have let you dial emergency numbers without a SIM card.

* {{Scotland}}

* CompleteMonster: Maurice Shiats.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Sir Lachlan gets a quiet, non-action-oriented one of these when [[spoiler:he fires the cook, Peter Mathieson, for groping and humiliating a female employee, despite the fact that Sir Lachlan, who has invested everything in turning his ancestral castle into a hotel, has no real stand-in for Mathieson, is desperately short staffed already and knows that this weekend is a make-or-break deal for his business]].

* NightmareFuel: Tim Vale's idea of how to construct an exercising machine. [[spoiler:The fact that he and Parlabane roast people alive with their improvised flame thrower is exceedingly nasty as well.]]

* CanYouHearMeNow / DidNotDoTheResearch: The stranded guests want to call 999... but someone's mysteriously stolen all their SIM cards! Except for several years, {{Mobile Phone}}s have let you dial emergency numbers without a SIM card.

* CanYouHearMeNow / DidNotDoTheResearch: The stranded guests want to call 999... but someone's mysteriously stolen all their SIM cards! Except for several years, [[MobilePhone]]s have let you dial emergency numbers without a SIM card.

* VisionaryVillain: The Architect and Shiats. [[YourMileageMayVary Unless they're just using it as an excuse to justify themselves.]]

Parlabane gets an invitation to a fun-filled weekend at an old, remote Scottish castle turned hotel, where a newly formed event firm is launching its first-ever team-building programme. Dreading what kind of company he'll be in at such an event, Parlabane brings his old friend Tim Vale as his photographer, so that he will at least have one ally when the buzz words, the trust exercises and the general silliness commence.