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