Author: kateatkinson
Hailed as “the best mystery of the decade” (Stephen King): In Edinburgh, private eye Jackson Brodie follows the trail of three seemingly unrelated cases — and discovers surprising connections. “Sharp, observant prose” (The Washington Post).
Iconoclastic detective Jackson Brodie returns in a triumphant new novel about secrets, sex, and lies. Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son and an aging Labrador, both at the discretion of his ex-partner Julia. It’s picturesque, but there’s something darker lurking behind the scenes. Jackson’s current job, gathering … behind the scenes. Jackson’s current job, gathering proof of an unfaithful husband for his suspicious wife, is fairly standard-issue, but a chance encounter with a desperate man on a crumbling cliff leads him into a sinister network — and back…
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Life After Life comes “another beautifully crafted book” (Kirkus Reviews starred review): During WWII, Juliet worked for MI5 — but now, 10 years later, she just wants to be a radio producer for the BBC. But it’s not so easy to leave the past behind…
Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective — a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town. Both appear miserable and better off without each other — or so decides Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself as much as Kelly. Suddenly burdened with a small child, Tracy soon … learns her parental inexperience is actually the least of her problems, as much larger ones loom for her and her young charge. Meanwhile, Jackson Brodie, the beloved detective of novels such as…
A stunning, award-winning novel by the author of Life After Life: A British veteran grapples with his experience of World War II and its aftermath. “Atkinson’s finest work… Her genre-defying writing continues to surprise and dazzle” (The Guardian).
On a beautiful summer day, crowds lined up outside a theater witness a sudden act of extreme road rage: a tap on a fender triggers a nearly homicidal attack. Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, new millionaire, is among the bystanders.The event thrusts Jackson into the orbit of the wife of an unscrupulous real estate tycoon, a washed-up comedian, a successful crime novelist, a … novelist, a mysterious Russian woman, and a female police detective. Each of them hiding a secret, each looking for love or money or redemption or escape, they all play a role in driving Jackson out of…
In this “remarkable” read (The New York Times Book Review) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Life After Life, young Ruby narrates her existence from the moment of conception, examining her dysfunctional Yorkshire family and its secrets. “What a triumph! What joy!” (The Boston Globe).
What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a … repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war. Does…