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Quite Ugly One Morning

By: Christopher Brookmyre
Narrated by: David Tennant
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 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.©1996 Christopher Brookmyre (P)2004 Time Warner AudioBooks Action & Adventure Modern Detectives Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Scary Fiction
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David Tennant that story what could go wrong. bloody nothing. perfection. the best bloody ever.

bloody brilliant

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A good story ruined by the awful music between scenes... what's that about??? Horrible experience.

I didn't sign up for a bad musical 😟

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David Tennant as narrator was excellent. not impressed by the bad language storyline was ok

Quite Ugly One Morning

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I think the story was excellent with spatterings of Scottish humour throughout. Unfortunately the music was dreadful and almost had me turning it off. Sometimes it came into and over the narrator narrating. The story stands alone without the loud and obnoxious sounds between each chapter. I’m going to try another and hope it’s not more of the same.

Great story, pity about the sound affects

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Great fun!! Chris Brookmyre is a talented author who I found with his Ambrose Parry collection, and this his first work is great!

Great narrator and very interesting listen!

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A great quick detective/journo mystery with a very likeable and snarky main character. Loved the dark and grim humour, loved Tennant’s narration. Look forward to getting into the rest of the Parlabane series.
The music is a bit annoying but it’s worth getting past it.

Great quick read

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This is my new favourite series. The music is perfectly placed and adds to the fun. Highly recommended!

Hilarious and addictive series!

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Great book, I've read it a few times but Tennent really brings it home. So well done.

Tenant slays

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Great story. Interrupted at irritating intervals by weird, seemingly pointless, musical interludes. Would have been far easier to listen to without them.

Cracking Tale

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I read this book years ago. I listened to it recently. It's fantastic. The plot is clever, the characters interesting and it's very funny. The narration is also excellent.

Great listen

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