Fallen Angel

Chris Brookmyre has been all over the place of late. He's written SF, historical murder mysteries and now this, a novel with at least one toe in actual events. It's basically a story about unpleasant people being unpleasant to one another, but Brookmyre is a good enough writer to keep you reading and turning the pages long after you should have switched the light out. He handles the multiple viewpoints and different time periods smartly, drip feeding enough information that none of the twists and turns feel unearned. It's clearly a book informed by the Madeleine McCann tragedy, which has inspired Brookmyre to launch a jeremiad against conspiracy theorists and truthers. Personally, while I'm all for that, I did think that this stance was slightly undermined by the revelations at the end, but your mileage might vary. Not quite top tier Chris Brookymre in the end, but still very very readable and enjoyable.