Big Sky

"Jackson Brodie, the renowned detective known for his universal appeal, returns in 'Big Sky,' a novel that has topped the Sunday Times bestseller list. Renowned for her wit, Kate Atkinson delivers a story brimming with humor, a signature of her Brodie series, that is both entertaining and engaging.

Now residing in a tranquil coastal town in North Yorkshire, Jackson shares his life with his often rebellious teenage son Nathan and their elderly Labrador, Dido, under the terms set by his former partner, Julia. Beneath the town's serene exterior, however, darker elements are at play. Jackson's seemingly simple task of finding evidence against a cheating husband for a suspicious wife takes a complicated turn when a fateful meeting on a deteriorating cliff plunges him into a dangerous web of connections. This encounter resurrects figures from his past, stirring up old secrets and intertwining them with new deceit.

Atkinson crafts a novel that is both poignantly humorous and deeply moving, reaffirming her status as one of today's most inventive and unpredictable authors in the crime literary landscape."