The third Jackson Brodie novel, winner of Richard & Judy's Best Read - literary crime from the number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.
Kate Atkinson won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her four bestselling novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie became the BBC television series Case Histories, starring Jason Isaacs. Her 2013 novel Life After Life won the South Bank Sky Arts Literature Prize, was shortlisted for the Women's Prize, voted Book of the Year for the independent booksellers associations on both sides of the Atlantic. It also won the Costa Novel Award, as did her new novel A God in Ruins (2015). She was appointed MBE in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours List, and was voted Waterstones UK Author of the Year at the 2013 Specsavers National Book Awards.
A former detective stuck on a train hears a terrifying sound. So does a teenager watching TV. And decades ago, Joanna Mason's family encountered something shocking on a country lane. It all ties together in the latest thriller from Atkinson. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
The latest Atkinson mystery finds detective Jackson Brodie back in the English countryside, where he becomes caught up in a missing person's case that forces old memories and past mistakes to the forefront of his mind. Told from a mainly female perspective, both that of detective chief Louise Monroe and victim Joanna Mason, the story is delivered perfectly by narrator Ellen Archer. She is fully and completely aware of the undertones in most of her characters' voices, and when she captures them, she creates a stirring experience for her audience. As Brodie, Archer is slightly less effective, only because she opts for a straightforward, dry tone that is less flashy. But her portrayal of Reggie, a 16-year-old Scottish boy, is amazingly astute and shaded. A Little, Brown hardcover (Reviews, July 28). (Sept.) Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
By becoming a crime writer she has - in a way that other "literary"
types may wish to note - become a better literary writer than ever:
funny, bracingly intelligent and delightfully prickly . . .
Kate Atkinson is that rarest of beasts, a genuinely surprising
novelist * Guardian *
Atkinson's genius is her sure control of plot . . .
immaculately - even lovingly - paced, and it is a measure of
Atkinson's talent that I read it in one sitting. * Sunday Telegraph
*
'An exhilarating read. Her wry humour, sharp eye for the quirks of
human behaviour and subtle characterisation are a constant
joy...with writing of this quality, there is good news on every
page' * Daily Mail *
An intricately crafted tale of coincidence and fate, love and
longing. From the get-go, Atkinson's pitch-perfect ear for
dialogue is apparent ' * Independent *
'A masterclass in plot daring, an extended riff on coincidence, and
a piercing evocation of love and loss in many forms. One of the
fiercest, funniest, most affecting reads of the year' *
Guardian *
'Atkinson's world is full of bizarre accidents and meaningless
murders, but she celebrates love, laughter and literature so
wholeheartedly that I cheered aloud...Everybody should read
her' * Telegraph *
'One of those rare fictions that defies categorisation.....contains
startling moments of truth, and its insights into human nature are
simply superb' * Sunday Times *
The good news, of course, is that here is another Jackson Brodie
thriller from the brilliant Kate Atkinson. The even better news is
that . . . it's the most enthralling to date * Mirror *
'Another faultless display by Kate Atkinson . . . Like the
other titles in the Jackson Brodie series, this one plays with the
tenets of the crime genre without ever sacrificing the essence of
wit and nuance which make Atkinson's novels such jubilant reads' *
Scotland on Sunday *
'Unputdownable, Atkinson's books are like Agatha Christie
mysteries that have burst at the seams-they're taut and intricate
but also messy and funny and full of life' * Time *
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