Quite Ugly One Morning (Jack Parlabane) (Abacus Books)

by Christopher Brookmyre

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The first book in the Jack Parlabane series, from author Christopher 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?

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.

  • ISBN10 0349108854
  • ISBN13 9780349108858
  • Publish Date 3 July 1997 (first published 20 October 1977)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 11 March 2022
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
  • Imprint Abacus
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 320
  • Language English