When Will There Be Good News?

by Kate Atkinson

If you enjoyed One Good Turn, you’ll be pleased with Kate Atkinson’s latest. It features the same plot device of introducing several seemingly unrelated characters whose stories eventually converge.

Featured characters include:

Jackson Brodie, former private investigator and character in Case Histories and One Good Turn

Dr. Joanna Hunter, survivor of an attack on her family when she was a child

Reggie Chase, orphan and mother’s helper for Dr. Hunter

Detective Chief Inspector Louise Monroe, currently working on a case similar to Hunter’s (and becoming obsessed with said case)

A train wreck, a killer released from jail, and another killer on the loose will bring these characters together in interesting and not always obvious ways.

Though it starts out slowly, this is a novel worth reading. Once the action picks up, it’s hard to put down this book!

10/11/08