Quite Ugly One Evening

Breathtaking, Succession-meets-The Traitors. Absolutely brilliant M. W. Craven

This is Brookmyre at his best.Daily Mail

A hilarious mix of farce and furyThe Times

An Atlantic voyage. A family at war. A secret worth killing over.

Reporter 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 shows renewed relevance, hes not there to stoke controversy: hes there to solve a murder.

Already in deep water with his employer, Jack desperately needs a win, and solving this decades-old mystery could be it. Problem is, hes in the middle of the Atlantic, and someone onboard has already killed once to keep their secret.

And thats 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 hes getting off this ship is in handcuffs - or in a body bag.

Quite 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

Theres nothing he cant do Mick Herron

Chris Brookmyre is a storytelling mastermind Chris Whitaker