Kate Atkinson Death at the Sign of the Rook Paperback Book

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTHE NEW JACKSON BRODIE NOVEL, FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SHRINES OF GAIETYHow delicious to have Jackson Brodie back, this time in a story that starts off in Agatha Christies world but soon becomes a landscape that could only have been crafted from the pen of the incomparable Kate Atkinson Ian RankinChristie would be proud . . . I defy you not to snort with laughter as the novel progresses to its farcical denouement. Atkinson is brilliant ObserverWelcome to Rook Hall. The stage is set. The players are ready. By nights end, a murderer will be revealed. Exdetective Jackson Brodie is staving off a bad case of midlife malaise when he is called to a sleepy Yorkshire town, and the seemingly tedious matter of a stolen painting. But one theft leads to another, including the disappearance of a valuable Turner from Burton Makepeace, home to Lady Milton and her family. Once a magnificent country house, Burton Makepeace has now partially been converted into a hotel, hosting Murder Mystery weekends. As paying guests, a vicar, an exarmy officer, impecunious aristocrats, and old friends converge, we are treated a fiendishly clever mystery one that pays homage to the masters of the genrefrom Agatha Christie to Dorothy Sayers. Brilliantly inventive, with all of Atkinsons signature wit, wordplay and narrative brio, Death at the Sign of the Rook may be Jackson Brodies most outrageous and memorable case yet. Sharp, droll and knowing as ever, Atkinson has huge fun... | Kate Atkinson Death at the Sign of the Rook Paperback Book