Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison. In a quiet corner of rural Devon, a six-year-old girl witnesses an appalling crime. Jackson and Josie Brodie have blue eyes, but their daughter Marlee has brown eyes. View Book WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories. View Book EMOTIONALLY WEIRD EMOTIONALLY WEIRD That one moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy’s humdrum world to be turned upside down. Her four bestselling novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie became the BBC television series Case Histories, starring Jason Isaacs.

She won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. View Book STARTED EARLY, TOOK MY DOG STARTED EARLY, TOOK MY DOGĪ day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a shocking impulse purchase. Kate Atkinson was born in York and now lives in Edinburgh.

People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident – a near-homicidal attack which changes the lives of everyone involved. It is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival. A former soldier and policeman, Jackson Brodie s tough-guy exterior. Meet Teddy Todd - would-be poet, heroic World War II bomber pilot, husband, father, and grandfather - as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. Set amidst the iconic landscapes of modern Edinburgh, Case Histories brings to life the jigsaw puzzles of Kate Atkinson s books.

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