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When Will There Be Good News?

Three lives come together in unexpected and deeply thrilling ways in the latest novel from Atkinson, the critically acclaimed author who Harlan Coben calls "an absolute must-read."

Annotation:
Kate Atkinson, a writer appreciated for her magical humor and imaginative storytelling, concocts a richly nuanced and subtle murder mystery. In her sixth novel, she mixes together several stories and lots of allusions--to other writings, popular music, movies; she also brings back Detective Jackson Brodie, featured in CASE HISTORIES and ONE GOOD TURN. Loaded with characters struggling with complex pasts and a plot line that never settles down, WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? offers much more than a great detective story. Selected by the New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of 2008 and as one of the 2008 Best Books of the Year by Publishers Weekly.

Praise

"WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? is full of red herrings and wild goose chases, too many by the conventional standards of mystery fiction, yet that would appear to be the point. A great, looping web of chance and intention connects all of the novel's characters, but as with any intricate piece of crochetwork, all of it is woven from a single strand." - Laura Miller 09/23/2008

"[T]his latest Brodie book nearly bursts at the seams. It shows off an imagination so active that WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? can barely contain it." - Janet Maslin 09/21/2008

"Atkinson, now three books into her life of crime, keeps transmuting stock elements...into literary gold. It says something about the amount of garbage we have to wade through that when a novel as beautifully written as WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? comes along, it stands out like a blinding supernova. Make no mistake: An artist is at work here." - Elisabeth Vincentelli 09/25/2008