{"product_id":"9780349145822","title":"Quite Ugly One Evening","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The plot is breathtaking, the setting beautiful and the characters are written with genuine depth. And smack bang in the middle of this \u003ci\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e-meets-\u003ci\u003eThe Traitors\u003c\/i\u003e novel is Brookmyre's most iconic character: the monumental Jack Parlabane. Irrepressible, acerbic and positively rubbing this hands with glee. Absolutely brilliant'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eM. W. Craven\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brookmyre at his twisted best... Laugh out loud and perfectly conceived. What a bloody triumph' Helen Fields \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Atlantic voyage. A family at war. A secret worth killing over.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReporter Jack Parlabane thrives on chasing stories in unlikely places, and where could be less likely than a fan convention on a cruise liner celebrating a contentious Sixties TV series? But unlike the media family exploiting their show's renewed relevance, he's not there to stoke controversy: he's there to solve a murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlready in deep water with his employer, Jack desperately needs a win, and solving this decades-old mystery could be it. Problem is, he's in the middle of the Atlantic, and someone onboard has already killed once to keep their secret.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd that's not even the tricky part. No, the tricky part is definitely the dead body locked in a stateroom with him, covered in his blood. Now Jack has to solve \u003ci\u003etwo\u003c\/i\u003e murders, otherwise the only way he's getting off this ship is in handcuffs - or in a body bag.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuite Ugly One Evening \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a zeitgesty locked-room mystery that sees the return of rogue journalist Jack Parlabane thirty years after his first appearance in \u003ci\u003eQuite Ugly One Morning\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Chris Brookmyre:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Chris Brookmyre is a genius' Richard Osman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In the pantheon of great crime writers' Elly Griffiths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'There's nothing he can't do' Mick Herron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Chris Brookmyre is a storytelling mastermind' Chris Whitaker\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abacus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57117373137269,"sku":"9780349145822","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9780349145822.jpg?v=1777553708","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9780349145822","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}