Top

We have updated our Privacy Policy Please take a moment to review it. By continuing to use this site, you agree to the terms of our updated Privacy Policy.

Quite Ugly One Morning

On sale

20th September 2004

Price: £13.99

Select a format

Selected: Audiobook Downloadable / ISBN-13: 9781405501965

Disclosure: If you buy products using the retailer buttons above, we may earn a commission from the retailers you visit.

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?

A post-Thatcherite nightmare of frightening plausibility, QUITE UGLY ONE MORNING is a wickedly entertaining and vivacious thriller, full of acerbic wit, cracking dialogue and villains both reputed and shell-suited.

What's Inside

Read More Read Less

Reviews

TLS
A sharp, funny novel, with strong characters and some smart dialogue
ESQUIRE
a great title and a thrillingly unpleasant murder mytery.
THE SCOTSMAN
A wicked satire...excellent plotting and a goodly amount of acidic one-liners
Esquire
A great title and a thrillingly unpleasant murder mystery
Publishers Weekly
Christopher Brookmyre's wild and wildly funny debut crime novel
ESQUIRE
Thrillingly unpleasant
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
TLS
A sharp, funny novel, with strong characters and some smart dialogue