Death at the Sign of the Rook

Death at the Sign of the Rook

2024 • 321 pages

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•INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER• WELCOME TO ROOK HALL. THE STAGE IS SET. THE PLAYERS ARE READY. BY NIGHT’S END, A MURDERER WILL BE REVEALED. Ex-detective Jackson Brodie is staving off a bad case of midlife malaise when he is called to a sleepy Yorkshire town and the seemingly tedious matter of a stolen painting. But Jackson soon uncovers a string of unsolved art thefts that lead him down a dizzying spiral of disguise and deceit to Burton Makepeace, a formerly magnificent estate now partially converted to a hotel hosting Murder Mystery weekends. As paying guests, impecunious aristocrats and old friends collide, we are treated to Atkinson’s most charming and fiendishly clever mystery yet, one that pays homage to the masters of the genre—from Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers to the modern era of Knives Out and Only Murders in the Building. Brilliantly inventive, with all of Atkinson’s signature wit, wordplay and narrative brio, Death at the Sign of the Rook may be Jackson Brodie’s most outrageous and memorable case yet.

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6 primary books

#6 in Jackson Brodie

Jackson Brodie is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2004 with contributions by Kate Atkinson.

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Case Histories
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One Good Turn
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When Will There Be Good News?
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Started Early, Took My Dog
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Big Sky
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Death at the Sign of the Rook

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