Jack Parlabane Books In Order

Publication Order of Jack Parlabane Books

Born on 6 September 1968, Chris Brookmyre is a Scottish author whose blend of politics, comedy, actions and social comments have in turn led him to be referred to as the pattern noir author. Despite the fact that Christ Brookmyre was born in Glasgow, he was raised in the town of Barrhead. After completing his primary school education at St. Luke’s High School, Brookmyre was admitted to St. Luke’s High School and then, later on, joined Glasgow University. Ever since he was young, Chris Brookmyre has always been an ardent supporter of St. Mirren FC. Currently, Brookmyre is married to anesthetists, whom they have a son with. As a soccer fan, Chris Brookmyre has normally featured on SportScene a BBC result program that is normally aired during the soccer league.

Chris Brookmyre penned down his first novel, One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night before he turned 30 years. Ever since he became a full-time author, Chris Brookmyre has won several awards such as the Bollinger Woodhouse Prize, which he won in the year 2006. As the winning author during, the Bollinger Woodhouse Awards, the Gloucestershire, old spot pig was named after him. In the year 1996, Christopher Brookmyre was named as the winner during the critics first blood award. Quite Ugly One Morning, Chris Brookmyre debut’s novel was the novel that won him the award. Apart from penning down novels, Christopher Brookmyre has also penned down several fictional short stories, with the most popular one being Bamport Centra. Bamport Centra was shortlisted for the Macmillan Short Dagger Award. Some of the works by Chris Brookmyre that have either won or shortlisted for literary awards include Be My Enemy and Boiling a Frog. Be My Enemy, and Boiling a Frog won two Sherlock Awards in the year 2000 and 2004.

One of the most recent works by Chris Brookmyre titled Where the Bodies are Buried won the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award in the year 2007. Where Bodies are Buried was also shortlisted for a Theakston’s Old Peculiar Awards in the year 2012. The first five books that Chris Brookmyre penned down revolved around the life of one, Jack Parlabane, an investigative journalist. Due to the author’s exceptional style, he received numerous writer’s accolades and awards as well. The first novel in the book series, Quiet Ugly One Morning introduced the author to the protagonist, Jack Parlabane. Jack Parlabane is an investigative journalist, who is based in Scotland. The name of this first novel was derived one of the song’s that was featured on Mr. Bad Example, Warren Zevon’s album that was released in the year 1991. Quiet One Ugly One Morning is centered in an investigative journalist, Jack Parlabane, who after returning to Scotland from Los Angeles, is involved in one of the biggest murder cases in Scotland, the killing of a gambling medic.

The main character in the Parlabane book series, Jack Parlabane crosses paths with several characters in the book series including Darren, a hit man, and a lesbian constable detective. In the year 2003, the novel was adapted into a screenplay that featured James Nesbitt as Jack Parlabane The film adaptation was created by Clerkenwell films for the critically acclaimed ITV Network. The feature film was dramatized and directed by Stuart Hepburn, and SamMiller respectively. The main distinction between the novel and the film was that the main character in the novel was used in the novel was a Glaswegian accent was not used in the film. James was selected to be the main character in the film instead of Douglas Henshall, a renowned Scottish author. Previously Douglas Henshall had voiced a radio adaptation of the novel and was believed to be a strong contender for the lead role in the film adaptation.

Other renowned actors who were featured in the movie include Annette Crosbie, Eddie Marsa, Mark Benton and Daniela Nardini. The film was released in the year 2004. The second book in the Jack Parlabane book series is Quiet Ugly One Morning, which previously was titled Country of the Blind. As the second book in the series, Quiet Ugly One Morning is a continuation of the first installment. In this book, we meet once again to Jack Parlabane, a man who is about to be married and is living in domestic bliss. Once he is married, Jack Parlabane promises to leave the exceedingly dangerous life of an investigative journalist. However, it does not take long before Jack breaks up his promise when a blogger is found dead. After the killing, the police ruled that this was a burglary case and place three people behind bars whom they believe were involved in the burglary. A few days before the killing took place, Mclannes paid one Nicole Carrow, who is a professional lawyer a visit.

After Thomas’s arrest, he turns up at the police station. Within several hours after visiting the police and presenting a letter, where she had indicated that she could prove the innocence of her client, someone makes an attempt on her life. Jack is exceedingly intrigued by the claims that the solicitor had made and in turn, decides to look into the investigations. However, it does not take long before Jack realizes that another person is the judge and the intentions of this person are not good at all. The new addition to the case has political connections, thereby ends up revealing an intricate web of corrupt agenda. Quite Ugly One Morning has been described as intriguing, blackly humorous and fast moving as well. This novel was followed by another best seller, Boiling a Frog. With that said, before Chris Brookmyre became an author, he worked as a journalist. Ever since he joined the literary world, he has continued to pen down more novels, with the most recent addition to his book collection being Flesh Wounds.

Flesh Wounds is a part of another brilliantly written book series from Chris Brookmyre that has continued to wow readers throughout the world. The new series follows the life of one Jasmine Sharp who works as a private detective and one Catherine Mcleod who works as a police investigator. In the year 2013, Chris Brookmyre released the novel, Bedlam.