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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 Action & Adventure Modern Detectives Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Scary Fiction

Critic Reviews

A lean, nasty, fun little page-turner that unfolds in a world where such abilities can come in handy
A sharp, funny novel, with strong characters and some smart dialogue
A great title and a thrillingly unpleasant murder mystery
A wicked satire...excellent plotting and a goodly amount of acidic one-liners
Christopher Brookmyre's wild and wildly funny debut crime novel
Thrillingly unpleasant
A sharp, funny novel, with strong characters and some smart dialogue
A wicked satire...excellent plotting and a goodly amount of acidic one-liners
a great title and a thrillingly unpleasant murder mytery.
All stars
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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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