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Title	:	The Sacred Art of Stealing (Angelique De Xavier #2)
Author	:	Christopher Brookmyre
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 413 pages
Published	:	October 3rd 2002 by Abacus (first published 2002)
Categories	:	Mystery. Crime. Fiction. Humor

The Sacred Art of Stealing (Angelique De Xavier #2) Paperback | Pages: 413 pages

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Oh, this was great! Paul recommended it, but warned that many of the Scottish cultural references would go over my head. Sure enough, I think I missed about half of it (resulting in a late-night karate lecture on the Celtics vs. Rangers issues) but I really loved the book anyway, and I think Zal is now my favorite fictional character. I can't wait to read the upcoming sequel! (Okay, it's out in the UK, but I can't seem to get my hands on a copy.)

This is a sequel to _A Big Boy Did it and Ran Away_ (the one with the gamer (Ray) who runs into his old friend Simon Darcourt, who has become a terrorist, and together with Angelique (a police officer) Ray takes him down). In this one, Angelique is dealing with the aftermath of having taken down a terrorist, and being alternately idolized and rebuked by her department. On her 30th birthday, they call her in to end a standoff at a bank robbery. Instead, she's taken hostage by the robbers, and discovers a very odd robbery with an even odder ringleader, with whom she discovers she shares an alarming attraction. Things only get weirder from there. :)

Part of the attraction of the book (other than the usual Brookmyre humor and cutting insight into everyday people) is the way Zal outthinks not only the other characters in the book, but the reader. I have to admit, I'm one of those people who can usually guess who done it by the middle of a book, and I loved how every time I thought I understood the situation, I was one step behind Zal. That was some good writing.

As with all Brookmyre, it is not for the faint of stomach. That said, read it! :D

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Original Title:	The Sacred Art of Stealing
ISBN:	0349115540 (ISBN13: 9780349115542)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Angelique De Xavier #2
Characters:	Angelique de Xavia, Zal Innez, Raymond Ash

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My only regret is that I didn't realise that this was the second book, and by the time I knew it was too late, I was hooked. Brookmyre is very good at creating plots with more twists and turns in them than a road in the alps.The characters are great too, some you can love and others you can hate, cheering loudly when they get what you think they deserve.The whole bank job is brilliant and had me laughing out loud, can't wait for the next.

I enjoyed the story but at times found Brookmyre's writing style annoying. I'm not sure what to even point to about it, there were just times when despite being invested in the plot I found getting through the text a slog.

Oh, this was great! Paul recommended it, but warned that many of the Scottish cultural references would go over my head. Sure enough, I think I missed about half of it (resulting in a late-night karate lecture on the Celtics vs. Rangers issues) but I really loved the book anyway, and I think Zal is now my favorite fictional character. I can't wait to read the upcoming sequel! (Okay, it's out in the UK, but I can't seem to get my hands on a copy.)This is a sequel to _A Big Boy Did it and Ran

Now this a Christmas story! I'm literally reading these books back to back.... devour is more like it.I literally cant get enough of Christopher Brookmyre!

I love Christopher Brookmyre. This book is a romp from start to finish. Even the bad guy is fun, rather than a scary psychopath.my only criticism, and I'm not sure it is a criticism, is that some of the middle bits read more like a romance than a comedy/suspence/detective novel, or whatever genre this is supposed to be. But i love romance, so that's not much of a criticism!

I love Christopher Brookmyre. This book is a romp from start to finish. Even the bad guy is fun, rather than a scary psychopath.my only criticism, and I'm not sure it is a criticism, is that some of the middle bits read more like a romance than a comedy/suspence/detective novel, or whatever genre this is supposed to be. But i love romance, so that's not much of a criticism!

This is, loosely, a follow-on from A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away. Same locale, and the focus here in on the wonderfully named Angelique de Xavia, who played a large part in the previous book.Do you need to have read Big Boy to get everything here? No, you'd be able to piece together the necessary inferences about what happened, but it would somewhat spoil things should you then want to go back and read the prequel.Anyway, what I wrote in my review of that book still stands.Quite the high