When Will There Be Good News?

When Will There Be Good News?

First edition
Author Kate Atkinson
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Jackson Brodie
Genre Crime Fiction
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date
Aug 2008
Media type Print, audio & ebook
Pages 352
ISBN 0-385-60801-2
Preceded by One Good Turn
Followed by Started Early, Took My Dog

When Will There Be Good News? is a 2008 crime novel by Kate Atkinson and won the 2009 'Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year' at the British Book Awards.[1] It is the third to involve retired private detective Jackson Brodie and is set in and around Edinburgh. It begins though in Devon where six-year-old Joanna witnesses the brutal murder of her mother, sister and brother and barely escapes with her own life.

Main characters

The main narrative is set thirty years later in Edinburgh and is told from the viewpoint of three main characters:

Reception

Reviews were generally positive:

Television adaptation

The novel was adapted for television for the BBC in 2011 as the final two episodes of the first series of Case Histories.

Cast

References

External links

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