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Praise for Death at the Sign of the Rook

How delicious to have Jackson Brodie back, this time in a story that starts off in Agatha Christie's world but soon becomes a landscape that could only have been crafted from the pen of the incomparable Ka ...

Ian Rankin

Inventive, funny, gripping, lovely to be back with Jackson Brodie - I loved it!

Kate Mosse, number one bestselling author of The Ghost Ship

Delicious character studies . . . fine writing, wit, originality and eccentricity – even as it induces a warm glow

Telegraph

How delicious to have Jackson Brodie back, this time in a story that starts off in Agatha Christie's world but soon becomes a landscape that could only have been crafted from the pen of the incomparable Ka ...

Ian Rankin

Inventive, funny, gripping, lovely to be back with Jackson Brodie - I loved it!

Kate Mosse, number one bestselling author of The Ghost Ship

Delicious character studies . . . fine writing, wit, originality and eccentricity – even as it induces a warm glow

Telegraph

How delicious to have Jackson Brodie back, this time in a story that starts off in Agatha Christie's world but soon becomes a landscape that could only have been crafted from the pen of the incomparable Ka ...

Ian Rankin

Inventive, funny, gripping, lovely to be back with Jackson Brodie - I loved it!

Kate Mosse, number one bestselling author of The Ghost Ship

Delicious character studies . . . fine writing, wit, originality and eccentricity – even as it induces a warm glow

Telegraph

Books by Kate Atkinson

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Series by Kate Atkinson

Jackson Brodie

Jackson Brodie is a private investigator, originally from Yorkshire. A former soldier and policeman he now makes his money working from investigating infidelity and finding missing cats. Jackson's tough-guy exterior belies a deeply empathetic heart. He's unable to resist coming to the rescue and increasingly he becomes a magnet for the bereaved, the lost and the dysfunctional. His ability to connect comes from his own tragic childhood that still haunts him.

Jackson Brodie has appeared in four of Kate Atkinson's novels. Each can be read in isolation but are best enjoyed in order of publication: Case Histories, One Good Turn, When Will There Be Good News?, Started Early, Took My Dog.

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Why did Kate Atkinson write Death at the Sign of the Rook

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In the press

Kate Atkinson on Jackson Brodie and writing a murder mystery - Waterstones blog
Novelist Kate Atkinson: ‘I do feel a need to prove myself’ - Guardian