One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night
Author: Christopher Brookmyre
The occasion: high school reunion.The place: an oil rig converted into a tourist resort.The outcome: carnage.Gavin is creating a unique ‘holiday experience’; every facility any tourist who hates abroad will ever want will all be available on a converted North Sea oil rig. To test the facilities he’s hosting a reunion for his old school (none of his ex-classmates can rememb….Read More
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