A Particularly Nasty Case

The ‘outrageously funny’ debut thriller, from the author of This is Going to Hurt

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A Particularly Nasty Case

By: Adam Kay

Narrated by: Andy Serkis

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'Moving and outrageously funny' DAWN FRENCH
'Viciously funny - I'm still laughing' IAN RANKIN
'A work of fiendishly plotted genius' LUCY FOLEY

When a toxic hospital consultant dies of a heart attack, fellow doctor Eitan Rose smells foul play. Nobody else does though, including some quite crucial players like the police and the coroner.

But Eitan just won't let it drop, and his friends and colleagues become increasingly concerned about his mental health as his chaotic investigation and equally chaotic life spiral out of control. Is he making a career-ending mistake, or could there genuinely be a killer stalking the wards?

A deathly funny mix of mystery, murder and medicine, A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE is the brilliantly original debut novel from Adam Kay, BAFTA-winning author of multi-million global bestseller THIS IS GOING TO HURT.

Praise for A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE

'Brilliant. It will make you laugh and weep' Reverend Richard Coles
'Amazing. I was gripped right up to the last minute' Joanna Lumley
'Wild and funny and filthy and hilarious' Russell T Davies
'Very funny, very rude and very moving' Kate Mosse
'Will have you snorting with laughter' The Sun
'A compulsive page-turner shot through with brilliant comedy' Frank Skinner
'A great addition to the genre' Literary Review
'Biting and bleakly comic' Observer
'A thrilling, twisting mystery that kept me guessing until the very end' Chris Whitaker

Readers love A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE

'Best thing I've read in years' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
'A rollercoaster of a read. Entertaining and thought-provoking' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
'Brilliant, funny and dark' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
'A must-read, hard to put down' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
'Loved it. Very well-written and incredibly funny' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
'Outstanding. Brilliant characters, insightful and poignant' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Critic reviews

'Brilliant, hilarious, ingenious and imaginative. It will make you laugh and weep'

'Amazing: so clever and funny. Medical knowledge twines the plot together like poison ivy, and I was gripped right up to the last minute'

'A thrilling, twisting mystery that kept me guessing until the very end. Of course it's impossibly funny, but it's also deeply moving and often heartbreaking'

'Olympic-level black humour and blindsiding plot twists'

'Multilayered, deeply compassionate, righteously angry and uproariously funny - absolutely brilliant'

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I loved Adam Kay’s previous books, but I could not finish this one. Being an NHS clinician myself I laughed in places, but the story line was too crazy and I struggled to sympathise with privileged cocaine snorting Ethan in his life struggles. The annoyingly sounding narrator was the famous final nail in the coffin. I genuinely do not care who the killer was.