{"product_id":"death-at-the-sign-of-the-rook-by-kate-atkinson","title":"Death at the Sign of the Rook By Kate Atkinson","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1035917173\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"nntjmc-w07t7h-sc2ie5-rnz1tc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\" data-testid=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"contentContainer\" class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE #1\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE NEW JACKSON BRODIE NOVEL, FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SHRINES OF GAIETY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''How \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003edelicious\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto have Jackson Brodie back, this time in a story that starts off in Agatha Christie''s world but soon becomes a landscape that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ecould only have been crafted from the pen of the incomparable Kate Atkinson''\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Christie would be proud . . . I defy you not to snort with laughter as the novel progresses to its farcical denouement. Atkinson is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebrilliant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e''\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e*****\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWelcome to Rook Hall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stage is set. The players are ready. By night’s end, a murderer will be revealed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEx-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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut one theft leads to another, including the disappearance of a valuable Turner from Burton Makepeace, home to Lady Milton and her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce a magnificent country house, Burton Makepeace has now partially been converted into a hotel, hosting Murder Mystery weekends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs paying guests, a vicar, an ex-army officer, impecunious aristocrats, and old friends converge, we are treated a fiendishly clever mystery; one that pays homage to the masters of the genre―from Agatha Christie to Dorothy Sayers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBrilliantly 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e****\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSharp, droll\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eknowing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as ever, Atkinson has \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ehuge fun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with the set-up; the supporting cast is terrific, and the rueful Brodie, ever more mindful of the passing years, feels like an old friend.'' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDelicious\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e character studies… \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003efine writing, wit, originality\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand eccentricity – even as it induces a warm glow’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTelegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnother\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebrilliant addition\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto her impressive oeuvre, Atkinson masterfully blends intricate plotting with rich character development, delivering a mystery that is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eboth intellectually stimulating and emotionally engaging\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGlamour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The set-up is a delight, paying homage to traditional \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAgatha Christie-style\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e murder mysteries – the characters are well-drawn, their stories unfolding alongside each other until gradually the strands unite, keeping the reader guessing how they will ultimately tie together. 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