Publisher's Synopsis
"This is not a novel for those with weak stomachs but it is achingly funny, a Scottish version of Straw Dogs with sharp political observation." Sunday Times "Hiaasen is one of America's finest satirists. Brookmyre is Britain's." Observer "Praise for THE SACRED ART OF STEALING": so intelligent it should have its own Mensa category." Daily Record For investigative journalist Jack Parlabane, these are worrying times: it's been almost three years since anyone tried to kill him and he fears he's losing his touch. But then comes an assignment in the Scottish countryside that will more than make up for lost time... It was a junket, a freebie. A "teambuilding" weekend in the Highlands for lawyers, advertising execs, businessmen - and Jack Parlabane, specially solicited for his renowned scepticism. Amid the flying paintballs and flowing Shiraz, even the most cynical admit the organisers have pulled some surprises - stalkers in the forest, power cuts in the night, mass mobile-phone thefts, disappearing staff, disappearing guests... And that's before they discover the first body. Thereafter, "finding out who your colleagues really are" is not so much an end product as the key to reaching Monday morning alive.
