Death at the sign of the rook / Kate Atkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkinson, Kate, author.

Series:

Atkinson, Kate. Jackson Brodie series ; 6.

A Jackson Brodie book ; [6]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brodie, Jackson (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Police--England--Yorkshire--Fiction.

Private investigators--Fiction.

Art thefts--Investigation--Fiction.

Yorkshire (England)--Fiction.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Novels.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Physical Description:

317 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, 2024.

Summary:

"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!" - (dust jacket).

"The sixth Jackson Brodie mystery. Jackson and a familiar cast of characters must solve a string of art thefts"-- Provided by publisher.

"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!"-- Dust jacket flap.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780385547994

0385547994

9780385694995

0385694997

9780593466339

0593466330

OCLC:

1411220423