{"product_id":"9780349145822","title":"Quite Ugly One Evening : Jack Parlabane is back in this ingenious locked-room mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Brookmyre, Chris \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/05\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 400 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780349145822,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Breathtaking, Succession-meets-The Traitors. Absolutely brilliant' M. W. Craven'This is Brookmyre at his best.' Daily Mail'A hilarious mix of farce and fury' The TimesAn Atlantic voyage. A family at war. A secret worth killing over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 two murders, otherwise the only way he's getting off this ship is in handcuffs - or in a body bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuite Ugly One Evening is a gripping locked-room mystery that sees the return of rogue journalist Jack Parlabane thirty years after his first appearance in Quite Ugly One Morning. Praise for Chris Brookmyre:'Chris Brookmyre is a genius' Richard Osman'In the pantheon of great crime writers' Elly Griffiths'There's nothing he can't do' Mick Herron'Chris Brookmyre is a storytelling mastermind' Chris Whitaker\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57625535807861,"sku":"9780349145822","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780349145822.jpg?v=1791105039","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780349145822","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}