{"product_id":"9780349145822-quite-ugly-one-evening","title":"Quite Ugly One Evening","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJack Parlabane is back in this ingenious locked-room mystery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Parlabane is back in this gripping, devilishly entertaining locked-room mystery from award-winning author Chris Brookmyre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Breathtaking, \u003ci\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e-meets-\u003ci\u003eThe Traitors\u003c\/i\u003e. Absolutely brilliant'\u003c\/b\u003e M. W. Craven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is Brookmyre at his best.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A hilarious mix of farce and fury' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\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 gripping 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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57798689718646,"sku":"9780349145822","price":21.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41276907.jpg?v=1779254449","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349145822-quite-ugly-one-evening","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}