{"product_id":"death-at-the-sign-of-the-rook-a-jackson-brodie-book-hardcover","title":"Death at the Sign of the Rook: A Jackson Brodie Book - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Atkinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER (\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, UK) - The highly anticipated return of \"irresistible\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times) \u003c\/i\u003eprivate eye Jackson Brodie in the newest installment of the bestselling series hailed as \"unputdownable\" by \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"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 Kate Atkinson.\"-Ian Rankin, author of the \u003ci\u003eInspector Rebus \u003c\/i\u003eNovels \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to Rook Hall. The stage is set. The players are ready. By night's end, a murderer will be revealed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his sleepy Yorkshire town, ex-detective Jackson Brodie is staving off boredom and malaise. His only case is the seemingly tedious matter of a stolen painting. But Jackson soon uncovers a string of unsolved art thefts that lead him down a dizzying spiral of disguise and deceit to Burton Makepeace, a formerly magnificent estate now partially converted into a hotel hosting Murder Mystery weekends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs paying guests, impecunious aristocrats and old friends collide, we are treated to Atkinson's most charming and fiendishly clever mystery yet, one that pays homage to the masters of the genre--from Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers to the modern era of \u003ci\u003eKnives Out\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOnly Murders in the Building\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKATE ATKINSON\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world's foremost novelists whose most recent novel was the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eShrines of Gaiety\u003c\/i\u003e, set in the aftermath of the First World War. She won the Whitbread Book of the Year prize with her first novel, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Scenes at the Museum\u003c\/i\u003e. Her three critically lauded and prize- winning novels set around the Second World War are \u003ci\u003eLife After Life\u003c\/i\u003e, a worldwide bestseller, \u003ci\u003eA God in Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e (both winners of the Costa Novel Award) and \u003ci\u003eTranscription\u003c\/i\u003e. Her bestselling literary crime novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie, \u003ci\u003eCase Histories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Good Turn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhen Will There Be Good News?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStarted Early, Took My Dog\u003c\/i\u003e, became a BBC television series starring Jason Isaacs. Jackson Brodie later returned in the novel \u003ci\u003eBig Sky\u003c\/i\u003e. Kate Atkinson was awarded an MBE in 2011 and is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.4 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751984005408,"sku":"9780385547994","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ad1bd8ed1017f158cc05de6551e4ab60.webp?v=1779984898","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/death-at-the-sign-of-the-rook-a-jackson-brodie-book-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}