{"product_id":"quite-ugly-one-evening","title":"Quite Ugly One Evening","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349145839\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\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' M. W. Craven\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Brookmyre at his twisted best... Laugh out loud and perfectly conceived. What a bloody triumph' Helen Fields\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Atlantic voyage. A family at war. A secret worth killing over.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859807314053,"sku":"PR433808","price":43.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTG87BYYAJ8W.jpg?v=1789109315","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/quite-ugly-one-evening","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}