false 3289281 13 This is the third in Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series about a rather hapless private detective/former cop and his latest troubles. On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason's family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna's life is changed forever...<BR><BR>On a dark night thirty years later, ex-detective Jackson Brodie finds himself on a train that is both crowded and late. Lost in his thoughts, he suddenly hears a shocking sound...<BR><BR>At the end of a long day, 16-year-old Reggie is looking forward to watching a little TV. Then a terrifying noise shatters her peaceful evening. Luckily, Reggie makes it a point to be prepared for an emergency...<BR><BR>These three lives come together in unexpected and deeply thrilling ways in the latest novel from Kate Atkinson, the critically acclaimed author who Harlan Coben calls "an absolute must-read." 3325741 book 24 9 2008 When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel total:1736|5:407|4:826|3:393|2:88|1:22| 1736 6716 2908 537 5 14 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 20:59:51 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 21:57:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 6 false false Sat Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 03:00:29 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 08:56:58 -0700 2008
Now before you get upset with me for revealin...more...]]> 4 9 false false Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 11:16:16 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 09:59:32 -0700 2008 Kate Atkinson returns to form in the third book in her Jackson Brodie series. With her usual mix of strong mystery plot elements and finely drawn relationships, "When Will There Be Good News" fairly hums along, and it works even better in this case because Jackson Brodie, the former ...more...]]> 5 4 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 20:34:25 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 23:42:52 -0800 2008
My heart was aching for the main characters to come through and survive; for the good to prevail; for some things to go right. ...more...]]> 4 7 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 16:19:44 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 09 22:44:54 -0800 2008 Case Histories) just get more and more depressing. This latest is simply brutal. And yet…I loved reading it, in spite of how bleak it is, in spite of the fact that the plot relies on some ra...more...]]> 5 5 false false Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 12:03:19 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 12:09:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 5 false false Tue Aug 05 17:13:48 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 19:25:18 -0700 2008 1 3 false false Wed Dec 10 20:36:16 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 20:40:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 06:58:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 06:49:24 -0700 2009 Case Histories, but my library didn't have it in, so I settled on this one. It wasn't until I started to read reviews that I realized this is actually a continuation of the series (apparently following the life of detective Jackson Brodie, t...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 03:56:11 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 04:51:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Mar 16 10:17:50 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 10:14:38 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 10:17:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 18 18:11:18 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 28 15:28:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 13:35:20 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 13:37:12 -0700 2008 Atkinson, Kate – 3rd in Jackson Brodie series
Doubleday, 2008, UK Hardcover – ISBN: 9780385608015

First Sentence: The heat rising up from the tarmac seemed to get trapped between the thick hedges t...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 07 14:20:36 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 20 06:52:10 -0800 2009 two of her chil...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 13:17:42 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 13:25:58 -0700 2008 When Will There Be Good News? is nothing short of a delightful read. Atkinson gives us a sumptuous combination of wonderful well-developed characters, an engaging plot line, and the prose that I am quickly coming to expect of her - clean, subtle, and smart.

The novel is narrated alternat...more...]]> 4 1 false true Sat Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 08:10:33 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 08:27:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 13:35:50 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 10:01:14 -0700 2008
I am so in love with this book right now.

10/6/08 So now I've finished. Kate Atkinson knows how to write novels, plain and simple. Nothing of hers has ever disappointed me. Her books defy easy categorization. I simply did not want to put t...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 06:09:13 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 06:41:34 -0800 2009
I loved the previous Jackson Brodie book by Kate Atkinson, and really admired the way the author wove together all her disparate characters and plots into a seamless whole by the end. (I hav...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 15:12:36 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 15:12:53 -0800 2009 Coincidence as defined by Webster "the occurrence of events that happen at the same time by accident but seem to have some connection." Kate Atkinson is a perfectionist when it comes to coincidence...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 08:13:49 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 08:16:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3289281