# When Will There Be Good News?

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- Book: [When Will There Be Good News?](https://www.bookquiver.com/kate-atkinson/when-will-there-be-good-news) ([When Will There Be Good News?.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kate-atkinson/when-will-there-be-good-news.md))
- Authors: [Kate Atkinson](https://www.bookquiver.com/kate-atkinson)
- Publisher: Black Swan
- ISBN: 978-05-5277-245-7
- Pages: 480
- Published: 2025-01-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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 . 'An exhilarating read. Her wry humour, sharp eye for the quirks of human behaviour and subtle characterisation are a constant joy' Daily Mail 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. 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.