The Last Hack, Christopher Brookmyre
The Last Hack, Christopher Brookmyre
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The Last Hack
A Jack Parlabane Thriller

Author: Christopher Brookmyre

Narrator: Angus King, Avita Jay

Unabridged: 14 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/04/2017

Synopsis

From a top international crime writer comes an unstoppable thriller about an old-school journalist facing down obsolescence, a desperate teenager, and a heist that will take this unlikely pair to the most treacherous corners of the Internet.There are no women on the Internet. It is one of the cardinal rules of hacking, and not since Lisbeth Salander famously violated it in Stieg Larsson’s Millenium series has the maxim been so compellingly broken as in The Last Hack, the new Jack Parlabane thriller from one of the smartest minds in crime fiction, Christopher Brookmyre.Sam Morpeth has had to grow up way too fast. Left to fend for a younger sister with learning difficulties when their mother goes to prison, she is forced to watch her dreams of university evaporate. But Sam learns what it is to be truly powerless when a stranger begins to blackmail her online. Meanwhile, reporter Jack Parlabane seems to have finally gotten his career back on track with a job at a flashy online news start-up, but his success has left him indebted to a volatile source on the wrong side of the law. Now that debt is being called in, and it could cost him everything. Thrown together by a common enemy, Sam and Jack are about to discover they have more in common than they realize—and might be each other’s only hope.

About Christopher Brookmyre

Christopher Brookmyre was a journalist before publishing his award-winning debut, Quite Ugly One Morning. He is the author of the Jack Parlabane thriller series and the acclaimed Jasmine Sharp and Catherine McLeod novels. He has won many awards for his work, including the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Book of the Year, the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, and the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award.

About Angus King

Angus King is a Scottish voice actor with roles in a number of television commercials, corporate videos, and video games. His extensive audiobook narration credits include Last Days of Christmas by Christopher Brookmyre, The Incident by Kenneth MacLeod, and Gallowglass by Gordon Ferris, among many others.

About Avita Jay

Avita Jay, a graduate of Drama Studio London, is an audiobook narrator and a British actress with significant stage experience. She has appeared in several television shows, including L8tr and The East London Story: Slap or Die.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Meredith (Trying to catch up!) on June 19, 2017

SO DAMN GOOD! The Last Hack is an intricately plotted, clever, multilayered suspense thriller jam packed with twists and turns. There’s tons of action and many surprises. This is by far one of best thrillers I have read this year. “There are no girls on the internet” In person, 19 year old Sam......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on June 06, 2020

As I continue my random ramble through this series I’ve picked up the latest book, #8. I’ve missed a whole chunk of this series but I’ve picked up enough to know that this Scottish investigative journalist has a chequered past, a dark sense of humour and penchant for breaking and entering. As this c......more

Goodreads review by Rob on April 24, 2017

First class techno thriller I read and review a lot of traditional UK and USA based crime and it is always a pleasure to read something that is just that little bit different. Chris Brookmyre brings a real freshness and punch to this highly entertaining cybercrime novel "Want You Gone"Samantha Morpe......more

Goodreads review by Nigel on April 16, 2017

In brief - Another excellent Parlabane story - tense and twisty. 4.5/5 happily rounded up. In full I found the opening of this book intriguing. We quickly have three apparently disparate threads. A teenage carer appears to be having problems with social services. Jack Parlabane is looking for work as......more

Goodreads review by Janni_B on March 30, 2017

Chris Brookmyre is a brilliant writer and this time we are led into the world of hackers, cyber-crime, fraud and corporate espionage. The book starts with what looks like two separate stories, one told by Sam Morpeth, a teenage girl who is becoming overwhelmed with the responsibility of looking after......more

Quotes

“Narrators King and Jay create a host of distinguishing character voices to turn Brookmyre’s taut thriller into compulsive and thrilling listening…With a bevy of English, Scottish, and American accents, the narrators prove delightfully agile…An excellent experience for thriller readers uncertain of whether to try audio and a delight for those who already know how wonderful this genre can be on audio.” Booklist (starred audio review)

“Equal parts adrenaline and empathy, a plot that opens out like a Japanese flower dropped in hot water, and characters so real you want to reach through the page and save them.” Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Tremendous fun, with superb characterization, gripping moral complexity, and no shortage of clever villainy.” Chris Pavone, New York Times bestselling author

“A revelation…The computer is the scariest tool since the invention of the buzzsaw.” Thomas Perry, New York Times bestselling author

“A thrilling roller coaster of a techie-heist tale..Brookmyre clearly relishes wordplay and one-liners as much as he enjoys crafting a finely-tuned thriller.” Boston Globe

“One of the most ingenious thrillers I’ve read in a long time…Think a techie version of True Grit. Brookmyre is a pro at slowly injecting ever more anxiety into scenes where the suspense sweat-o-meter is already hovering in the red zone.” Washington Post

“A deadly race against the clock. Jack and Sam learn to trust each other, mostly, but numerous plot twists surprise them and the reader. Sam is a fully developed character in a tech world that Jack and the reader now truly appreciate.” Library Journal

“Brookmyre has produced another compelling thriller, and Sam is a delightfully complex and engaging character.” Booklist

Awards

  • Boston Globe Best Books of the Year
  • Bloody Scotland Crime Novel of the Year
  • Booklist Pick
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