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Quite Ugly One Morning

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20th June 2024

Price: £10.99

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780349108858

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This is story of murder, corruption and sin. And that’s just the hero.

Every great story begins with something unspeakable . . . the first Jack Parlabane thriller, from multi-award-winning author Chris Brookmyre.


Yeah, yeah, the usual. A crime. A corpse. A killer. Heard it. Except this stiff happens to be a Ponsonby, scion of a venerable Edinburgh medical clan, and the manner of his death speaks of unspeakable things.

Why is the body displayed like a slice of beef? How come his hands are digitally challenged? And if it’s not the corpse, what is that awful smell?

Quite Ugly One Morning is a wickedly entertaining and vivacious thriller, full of acerbic wit, cracking dialogue and villains both reputed and shell-suited, and heralds the arrival of a crime fiction legend, journalist Jack Parlabane.

‘A lean, nasty, fun little page-turner’
New York Times

‘Brookmyre is always a class act’
The Observer

‘A sharp, funny novel’
TLS

‘A wicked satire’
Scotsman

Reviews

Scotsman
A wicked satire...excellent plotting and a goodly amount of acidic one-liners
Esquire
A great title and a thrillingly unpleasant murder mystery
Scotsman
A wicked satire...excellent plotting and a goodly amount of acidic one-liners
New York Times
A lean, nasty, fun little page-turner that unfolds in a world where such abilities can come in handy
ESQUIRE
a great title and a thrillingly unpleasant murder mytery.
TLS
A sharp, funny novel, with strong characters and some smart dialogue
ESQUIRE
Thrillingly unpleasant
Esquire
A great title and a thrillingly unpleasant murder mystery
THE SCOTSMAN
A wicked satire...excellent plotting and a goodly amount of acidic one-liners
TLS
A sharp, funny novel, with strong characters and some smart dialogue
Publishers Weekly
Christopher Brookmyre's wild and wildly funny debut crime novel
Publishers Weekly
Christopher Brookmyre's wild and wildly funny debut crime novel
New York Times
A lean, nasty, fun little page-turner that unfolds in a world where such abilities can come in handy
TLS
A sharp, funny novel, with strong characters and some smart dialogue