Author(s): Christopher Brookmyre

Crime Thriller Mystery

How long are you young? According to Jane Fleming, it's as long as you believe you can still take what you want from life, still chase your hopes, still change. But now she's forty-six, three years a grandmother, and coming to accept that she no longer meets the criteria. Jane has always played by the rule, acted selflessly and responsibly, done her duty as wife and mum, never hurt anybody, never cheated, never lied, never broken the law, never even had a parking ticket. However, she's about to put all of that right in a very big way . . . Proto-hacker Lex Richardson is less worried about getting old than whether she'll live to do so if she continues to work for the taciturn, solitary and seldom less than sinister Bett. A scientist has gone missing after developing an idea of such potential humanitarian benefit that no end of powerful individuals are going to want him dead, and Lex's outfit has been charged with getting between him and his pursuers. First published 2005.