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From the NUMBER 1 bestselling author of LIFE AFTER LIFE, SHRINES OF GAIETY and NORMAL RULES DON'T APPLY<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie. Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and the Germans (more real than the Luxemburgers).<BR><BR>But strange things are happening. Why is Effie being followed? Why is everyone writing novels? Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog?<BR><BR>'Sends jolts of pleasure off the page...Kate Atkinson's funniest foray yet...it is a work of Dickensian or even Shakespearean plenty' SCOTSMAN<BR><BR>'A brilliant and profoundly original writer' DAILY TELEGRAPH

From the incomparable author of LIFE AFTER LIFE and DEATH AT THE SIGN OF THE ROOK, a story of nightclub owners and socialites, gangsters and dancing girls set in 1920s Soho.<BR><BR>'Seduction, betrayal, and larger-than-life characters that will have you hooked until the last page' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH<BR><BR>Atkinson on her finest form. A marvel of plate-spinning narrative knowhow, a peak performance of consummate control.' OBSERVER<BR><BR>'Brilliant' RICHARD OSMAN<BR>____<BR><BR>1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time.<BR><BR>At the heart of this glittering world is notorious Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children, including the enigmatic eldest, Niven whose character has been forged in the crucible of the Somme. But success breeds enemies, and Nellie's empire faces threats from without and within. For beneath the dazzle of Soho's gaiety, there is a dark underbelly, a world in which it is all too easy to become lost.<BR><BR>With her unique Dickensian flair, Kate Atkinson brings together a glittering cast of characters in a truly mesmeric novel that captures the uncertainty and mutability of life; of a world in which nothing is quite as it seems.<BR>_____<BR><BR>'This is the perfect novel for uncertain times.' THE TIMES<BR><BR>'I can think of few writers other than Dickens who can match it' SUNDAY TIMES<BR>'Kate Atkinson is simply one of the best writers working today, anywhere in the world' GILLIAN FLYNN<BR><BR>'This book is one to savour, for the energy, for the wit, for the tenderness of characterisation that make Atkinson enduringly popular' GUARDIAN<BR><BR>'As vividly filthy, populous, dangerous as anything described by Dickens, but writing is closer to Thackeray's...Atkinson is a novelist of unrivalled immediacy, authority, and skill.' FINANCIAL TIMES

The third Jackson Brodie novel, winner of Richard & Judy's Best Read: literary crime from the number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.<BR><BR>'An exhilarating read. Her wry humour, sharp eye for the quirks of human behaviour and subtle characterisation are a constant joy' Daily Mail<BR><BR>In a quiet corner of rural Devon, a six-year-old girl witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison. <BR><BR>In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie, wise beyond her years, works as a nanny for a G.P. But her employer has disappeared with her baby, and Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried. Across town, Detective Chief Inspector Louise Monroe is also looking for a missing person, unaware that hurtling towards her is a former acquaintance - Jackson Brodie - himself on a journey that becomes fatally interrupted.

England 1926: In einem Land, das sich noch immer vom Ersten Weltkrieg erholt, ist London zum Mittelpunkt eines neuen, ausgelassenen Nachtlebens geworden. In den Clubs von Soho tummeln sich Adelige neben Starlets, ausländische Würdenträger neben Gangstern, und Mädchen verkaufen Tänze für einen Schilling. Im Zentrum dieser glitzernden Welt steht die berüchtigte Nellie Coker. Rücksichtslos und ehrgeizig kontrolliert sie die wichtigsten Clubs der Stadt. Doch der Erfolg schafft Feinde: Nellies Imperium wird von außen und innen bedroht. Da sind ihre sechs Kinder, die alle eigene Ziele verfolgen, rivalisierende Straßengangs, ein Mafioso mit guten Manieren und schlechten Absichten ... Und da ist Inspektor John Frobisher. Seine Mission: herauszufinden, was mit den vielen Mädchen geschieht, die im Sohoer Nachtleben spurlos verschwinden. Mithilfe einer jungen Bibliothekarin, die er in Nellies Clubs einschleust, beginnt er, der Königin von Soho das Leben schwer zu machen.

'The stand-out read of the summer. It's a masterclass in brilliant writing and whether you've read the earlier books in the series or not, you'll enjoy it.' Independent<BR><BR>'Like all good detectives, he is a hero for men and women alike.' The Times<BR><BR>'Laced with Atkinson's sharp, dry humour, and one of the joys of the Brodie novels has always been that they are so funny.' Observer<BR><BR>Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village in North Yorkshire, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son Nathan and ageing Labrador Dido, both at the discretion of his former partner Julia. It's a picturesque setting, but there's something darker lurking behind the scenes.<BR><BR>Jackson's current job, gathering proof of an unfaithful husband for his suspicious wife, seems straightforward, but a chance encounter with a desperate man on a crumbling cliff leads him into a sinister network-and back into the path of someone from his past. Old secrets and new lies intersect in this breathtaking new literary crime novel, both sharply funny and achingly sad, by one of the most dazzling and surprising writers at work today.<BR>_________<BR><BR>What readers are saying:<BR><BR>***** 'A glorious tapestry of storytelling.'<BR>***** 'An intelligently written, gripping book with characters you fall in love with.'<BR>***** 'Sheer genius, with the characteristic thread of humour.'<BR><BR><BR>Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, March 2024

On a beautiful summer day, crowds lined up outside a theater witness a sudden act of extreme road rage: a tap on a fender triggers a nearly homicidal attack. Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, new millionaire, is among the bystanders. <BR><BR> The event thrusts Jackson into the orbit of the wife of an unscrupulous real estate tycoon, a washed-up comedian, a successful crime novelist, a mysterious Russian woman, and a female police detective. Each of them hiding a secret, each looking for love or money or redemption or escape, they all play a role in driving Jackson out of retirement and into the middle of several mysteries that intersect in one sinister scheme. <BR><BR> Kate Atkinson "writes such fluid, sparkling prose that an ingenious plot almost seems too much to ask, but we get it anyway," writes Laura Miller for Salon. With a keen eye for the excesses of modern life, a warm understanding of the frailties of the human heart, and a genius for plots that turn and twist, Atkinson has written a novel that delights and surprises from the first page to the last.