Chris Brookmyre on Quite Ugly One Evening

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.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.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 _two_ murders, otherwise the only way he's getting off this ship is in handcuffs - or in a body bag.Chris Brookmyre was a journalist before becoming a full-time novelist with the publication of his award-winning debut _Quite Ugly One Morning_, which established him as one of Britain's leading crime writers.

His 2016 novel _Black Widow_ won both the McIlvanney Prize and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award.

Brookmyre's novels have sold more than two million copies in the UK alone.