description: 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. 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? A post-Thatcherite nightmare of frightening plausibility, QUITE UGLY ONE MORNING is a wickedly entertaining and vivacious thriller, full of acerbic wit, cracking dialogue and villains both reputed and shell-suited.
language: English
title: Quite Ugly One Morning
titlecomplete: Quite Ugly One Morning
characters: Stephen Lime, Sarah Slaughter, Jack Parlabane
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Comedy, Scotland, Mystery Thriller, Humor, Contemporary, Crime, Audiobook
ratings_count: 8474
places: Edinburgh, Scotland
series: Jack Parlabane
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Critics’ First Blood Award
category: Best First Crime Novel of the Year in
publisher: Time Warner Books Uk