Quite Ugly One Evening

Quite Ugly One Evening is a zeitgesty 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

'A truly masterful and mind-blowing murder mystery that will crash through your every expectation and blow it to smithereens' Janice Hallett


'Give it all the awards now because this is the most original crime novel of the year' Mark Billingham

'Astonishing. Clever. Bewildering and unique. Only Chris Brookmyre could have pulled this off. He's a genius' Stuart Turton

'An unputdownable delight' Denise Mina

'The most original thriller you'll read this year.... Inventive, emotional and exhilarating' Chris Whitaker

'Chris Brookmyre is a magician... So clever, witty and rewarding' Ian Rankin

'A mind-boggling murder mystery' The Times

'One of the finest crime fiction writers in the world' Abir Mukherjee

'A fast-paced thriller, lovely characters' Marian Keyes

'A twisty spiralling rabbit hole of a book' Ruth Ware