Quite Ugly One Morning Av Christopher Brookmyre

<p><b>This is story of murder, corruption and sin. And that''s just the hero.<br><br>Every great story begins with something unspeakable . . . the first Jack Parlabane thriller, from multi-award-winning author Chris Brookmyre.</b><br><br>Yeah, yeah, the usual. A crime. A corpse. A killer. Heard it. Except this stiff happens to be a Ponsonby, scion of a venerable Edinburgh medical clan, and the manner of his death speaks of unspeakable things.<br><br>Why is the body displayed like a slice of beef? How come his hands are digitally challenged? And if it''s not the corpse, what is that awful smell?<br><br><i>Quite Ugly One Morning</i> is a wickedly entertaining and vivacious thriller, full of acerbic wit, cracking dialogue and villains both reputed and shell-suited, and heralds the arrival of a crime fiction legend, journalist Jack Parlabane. <br><br>''A lean, nasty, fun little page-turner''<br><i><b>New York Times </b><br></i><br>''Brookmyre is always a class act''<br><i><b>The Observer</b></i><br><br>''A sharp, funny novel''<br><i><b>TLS</b></i><br><br>''A wicked satire''<br><i><b>Scotsman</b></i></p>