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  • 'The stand-out read of the summer. It's a masterclass in brilliant writing and whether you've read the earlier books in the series or not, you'll enjoy it.' Independent

    'Like all good detectives, he is a hero for men and women alike.' The Times

    'Laced with Atkinson's sharp, dry humour, and one of the joys of the Brodie novels has always been that they are so funny.' Observer

    Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village in North Yorkshire, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son Nathan and ageing Labrador Dido, both at the discretion of his former partner Julia. It's a picturesque setting, but there's something darker lurking behind the scenes.

    Jackson's current job, gathering proof of an unfaithful husband for his suspicious wife, seems straightforward, but a chance encounter with a desperate man on a crumbling cliff leads him into a sinister network-and back into the path of someone from his past. Old secrets and new lies intersect in this breathtaking new literary crime novel, both sharply funny and achingly sad, by one of the most dazzling and surprising writers at work today.
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    What readers are saying:

    ***** 'A glorious tapestry of storytelling.'
    ***** 'An intelligently written, gripping book with characters you fall in love with.'
    ***** 'Sheer genius, with the characteristic thread of humour.'

Festive Spirits
Festive Spirits
Kate Atkinson
Transcription
Transcription
Kate Atkinson
A God in Ruins
A God in Ruins
Kate Atkinson
Life After Life
Life After Life
Kate Atkinson
Pricksongs & Descants
Pricksongs & Descants
Robert Coover
Started Early, Took My Dog
Started Early, Took My Dog
Kate Atkinson
When Will There Be Good News?
When Will There Be Good News?
Kate Atkinson
One Good Turn
One Good Turn
Kate Atkinson
Case Histories
Case Histories
Kate Atkinson
Not The End Of The World
Not The End Of The World
Kate Atkinson
Emotionally Weird
Emotionally Weird
Kate Atkinson
Human Croquet
Human Croquet
Kate Atkinson
Behind The Scenes At The Museum
Behind The Scenes At The Museum
Kate Atkinson
Penguin Modern Classics

Penguin Modern Classics

1270 Books
Jackson Brodie

Jackson Brodie

5 Books
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Features

The books that got us reading differently

Which author has changed your mind about certain genres and subjects? Here we celebrate our favourite 'gateway' reads.
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Recommendations

Where to start reading Kate Atkinson

From crime to historical fiction, stories of espionage to time-travel, there is a book for everyone from one of our most unique and versatile writers, whose career turns 25 this year. Here's where to start.
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Recommendations

What we're reading in June

From a powerful manifesto for change from student activist Greta Thunberg to the latest Jackson Brodie thriller, these five books filled us awe and excitement in June. Find out why they’re our must-reads for the month.
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Extracts

Jackson Brodie is back: extract from Big Sky

Introducing Big Sky, the fifth novel in the Jackson Brodie series from bestselling author Kate Atkinson. Private investigator Brodie has returned to his seaside village in Yorkshire, but despite the picturesque surrounds, there's something darker lurking behind the scenes, where old secrets and new lies are bound to intersect.
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News

Kate Atkinson returns with Big Sky, a new Jackson Brodie novel

The first Jackson Brodie mystery since 2010's Started Early, Took My Dog, Big Sky will be published on 18 June 2019.
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Features

Kate Atkinson on Transcription

Kate Atkinson tells Sarah Shaffi how the curious case of 'perfect spy' Jack King inspired her book, Transcription.
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Extracts

Read the opening chapter of Transcription by Kate Atkinson

Introducing Transcription, the magnificent new novel from bestselling, award-winning Kate Atkinson, author of a Life After Life and A God In Ruins.
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Transcription, a new novel from Kate Atkinson, to be published in September 2018
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Recommendations

Clock-stopping books about time travel

From dark and foreboding classics to children's books that explore the cosmos, here are our favourite tales of time travel where characters get a chance the course of history.
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Features

Kate Atkinson on Life After Life

Kate Atkinson talks about her Costa Novel Award-winning book, Life After Life
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Features

Jackson Brodie the maverick

His name may sound like one of the American country singers he turns to for inspiration, but his soul is pure Yorkshireman
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Podcasts

Kate Atkinson on The Penguin Podcast

Kate Atkinson brings an antique silver hare, a Halifax Bomber and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony to the Penguin Studio to talk about her latest book A God In Ruins with host Richard E Grant.
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Extracts

A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson

A God in Ruins is the follow-up to Kate Atkinson’s Costa Novel Award-winning Life After Life. In this extract from chapter one, we join Teddy before he embarks on his final flight as a WW2 bomber, and return to Sylvie’s beloved Fox Corner, the setting for Teddy and Ursula’s childhood

Kate Atkinson is one of the world's foremost novelists. She won the Costa Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her three critically lauded and prizewinning novels set around World War II are Life After Life, A God in Ruins (both winners of the Costa Novel Award), and Transcription. She was appointed MBE for services to literature in 2011. Her bestselling literary crime novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie are Case Histories, One Good Turn, When Will There Be Good News? Started Early, Took My Dog and Big Sky. The Jackson Brodie novels became a BBC television series starring Jason Isaacs.

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