{"product_id":"death-at-the-sign-of-the-rook","title":"Atkinson Kate: Death at the Sign of the Rook [2024] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDISCOVER THE NEW JACKSON BRODIE NOVEL, FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SHRINES OF GAIETY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'How \u003cb\u003edelicious \u003c\/b\u003eto have Jackson Brodie back, this time in a story that starts off in Agatha Christie's world but soon becomes a landscape that \u003cb\u003ecould only have been crafted from the pen of the incomparable Kate Atkinson.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIan Rankin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*****\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to Rook Hall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stage is set. The players are ready. By night's end, a murderer will be revealed. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEx-detective 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.\u003cbr\u003eAs paying guests, a vicar, an ex-army officer, impecunious aristocrats, and old friends converge, we are treated a fiendishly clever mystery; one that pays homage to the masters of the genre-from Agatha Christie to Dorothy Sayers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliantly inventive, with all of Atkinson's signature wit, wordplay and narrative brio, Death at the Sign of the Rook may be Jackson Brodie's most outrageous and memorable case yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e****\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR KATE ATKINSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Atkinson proves quite unique in her ability to fuse emotional drama and thriller...Imagine a Richard Curtis film scripted by Raymond Chandler' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKate Atkinson is an international treasure: She creates characters with the ease of Agatha Christie, makes narratives out of mysteries and mystery out of narrative' \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sharp humour, together with a number of unexpected twists makes this a typically pacey and intelligent read' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Spot on characterizations, pitch perfect observations of contemporary culture and a sharp, wisecracking narrative voice'\u003ci\u003e Time Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atkinson, Kate","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48894081139027,"sku":"9780857526571","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/atkinson-kate-atkinson-kate-death-at-the-sign-of-the-rook-2024-hardback-9780857526571-1056298692.jpg?v=1767987315","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/death-at-the-sign-of-the-rook","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}