After five long years, Jackson Brodie is back.The maverick hero of Kate Atkinson’s beloved series has captivated millions of readers since he first showed up in “Case Histories” two decades ago.

Death at the Sign of the Rook is an expansive novel that pokes fun of baroque, classic murder mysteries — but also delivers a fully satisfying, all-the-pieces-click-together ending.

Death at the Sign of the Rook is an expansive novel that pokes fun of baroque, classic murder mysteries — but also delivers a fully satisfying, all-the-pieces-click-together ending.

Waiting for the drama to begin, Jackson Brodie, Atkinson's veteran sleuth, no longer in the Force but operating as a private investigator, mutters "Dear God Almighty, if this goes on much longer I ...

Bestseller machine Kate Atkinson, whose novels include "Life After Life" and "Case Histories" (basis of the PBS series), returns to her Edinburgh detective Jackson Brodie with "Death at the Sign ...

Twenty years after his first appearance in “Case Histories,” Brodie makes a comeback in Atkinson’s new novel, “Death at the Sign of the Rook.” ...

Kate Atkinson’s rumpled detective Jackson Brodie is back, this time in a country-house mystery ‘Death at the Sign of the Rook’ harkens back to classic detective fiction Email to a Friend ...

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and ...

Death at the Sign of the Rook is an expansive novel that pokes fun of baroque, classic murder mysteries — but also delivers a fully satisfying, all-the-pieces-click-together ending.

Death at the Sign of the Rook is an expansive novel that pokes fun of baroque, classic murder mysteries — but also delivers a fully satisfying, all-the-pieces-click-together ending.