Quite Ugly One Evening Jack Parlabane is back in this ingenious lockedroom mystery

<p><b>'Breathtaking, <i>Succession</i>-meets-<i>The Traitors</i>. Absolutely brilliant'</b> M. W. Craven<Br><Br><b>'This is Brookmyre at his best.' </b><i>Daily Mail</i></p><p><b>'A hilarious mix of farce and fury' </b><i>The Times</i></p><p><b>An Atlantic voyage. A family at war. A secret worth killing over.</b></p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><b><i>Quite Ugly One Evening </i></b><b>is a gripping 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></p>