Should We Expect Good News?
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AuthorAtkinson K.
THE ILLEGAL USE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, AND THEIR ANALOGS HARMS HEALTH, THEIR ILLEGAL CIRCULATION IS PROHIBITED AND ENTAILS LIABILITY ESTABLISHED BY LAW. Kate Atkinson entered the premier league of contemporary literature on her first attempt: her debut novel "Case Histories" won the prestigious Whitbread Prize, surpassing Salman Rushdie's "The Moor's Last Sigh," and the series of novels about private detective Jackson Brodie, beloved even by Russian readers ("Case Histories," "One Good Turn," "Should We Expect Good News?", "When Will There Be Good News?"), was called "the main detective project of the decade" by Stephen King. The total circulation of the series exceeded three million copies, and the BBC channel produced the series "Case Histories" starring Jason Isaacs based on its first books. The novel "Should We Expect Good News?" is set not in university Cambridge nor among crowds of tourists attending the Edinburgh Festival, although the Scottish capital again provides a picturesque backdrop to the events. The trigger was a horrific crime committed thirty years ago that shook quiet Devonshire and all of England; and now the convicted murderer, having served their sentence, is released. Meanwhile, Dr. Trapper and a small child go missing — however, it seems only her German Shepherd Sadie and sixteen-year-old babysitter Reggie are worried about her disappearance. Senior Detective Inspector Louise Monroe is concerned with another disappearance — not yet knowing that Jackson Brodie is about to burst back into her life at full speed (literally).


