Quite Ugly One Morning

Author: Christopher Brookmyre

Thriller / suspense

Published on 3 July 1997 by Little, Brown Book Group (Abacus) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Jack Parlabane' series.

Paperback | 304 pages
197 x 128 x 22 | 212g

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