Quite Ugly One Evening

<p><b>An Atlantic voyage. A family at war. A secret worth killing over.</b><br><br>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 show's renewed relevance, he's not there to stoke controversy: he's there to solve a murder.<br><br>Already 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.<br><br>And 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 <i>two</i> murders, otherwise the only way he's getting off this ship is in handcuffs - or in a body bag.<br><br><b><i>Quite Ugly One Evening </i></b><b>is a zeitgesty locked-room mystery that sees the return of rogue journalist Jack Parlabane thirty years after his first appearance in <i>Quite Ugly One Morning</i>. </b><br><br><b>Praise for Chris Brookmyre:</b><br>'Chris Brookmyre is a genius' - Richard Osman<br><br>'In the pantheon of great crime writers' - Elly Griffiths<br><br>'There's nothing he can't do' - Mick Herron<br><br>'Chris Brookmyre is a storytelling mastermind' - Chris Whitaker</p>