When Will There Be Good News

An exhilarating read. Her wry humour, sharp eye for the quirks of human behaviour and subtle Characterisation are a constant joy’ Daily Mail the third Jackson Brodie novel, winner of Richard and Judy’s best read: literary crime from the number-one bestselling author of big sky and Transcription. 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 gbr. 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.