Death at the Sign of the Rook

Death at the Sign of the Rook

Summary

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'Enjoy all the excitement of a 'Murder Mystery' weekend in the charmingly atmospheric surroundings of Rook Hall, a country house hotel located within Burton Makepeace House, one of England's premier stately homes...'

Jackson Brodie has been summoned by two siblings to the home of a deceased romantic novelist to investigate a missing painting - also the mother's carer, who conveniently went missing at the same time.

Lady Milton is living in very reduced circumstances at Burton Makepeace House. Her son has very modern ideas making money, few of which appeal to her. And now their prize painting by Turner has gone missing. Indeed so has her helper, Sophie - the only person she felt she could really talk to. Th person called to investigate this case is DC Reggie Chase.

As Jackson begins to investigate other thefts in the area, his research leads him to Lady Milton, Burton Makepeace & a reunion with Reggie. With a vicar who has lost his faith, a returned soldier trying to reinvent his life, an escaped prisoner on the loose, a huddle of doting spinsters AND a dead Nanny, the stage is set for a country house showdown like no other.

The highly anticipated return of Jackson Brodie, 'like all good detectives, a hero for men and women alike' The Times

©2024 Kate Atkinson (P)2024 Penguin Audio

About the author

Kate Atkinson

Kate Atkinson is one of the world's foremost novelists. Her most recent novel, Shrines of Gaiety, set in the aftermath of the First World War, is a Sunday Times bestseller. She won the Whitbread Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her three critically lauded and prize-winning novels set around the Second World War are Life After Life, an acclaimed 2022 BBC TV series, A God in Ruins (both winners of the Costa Novel Award) and Transcription. Her bestselling literary crime novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie, Case Histories, One Good Turn, When Will There Be Good News? and Started Early, Took My Dog, became a BBC television series starring Jason Isaacs. Jackson Brodie later returned in the novel Big Sky. Kate Atkinson was awarded an MBE in 2011 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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