This week, between-the-lines are proud to shout about the publication of Kate Atkinson’s fantastic new novel, When Will There Be Good News?  In this new book, which effects a third outing for her much acclaimed fictional detective, Jackson Brodie, she produces a virtuoso display to produce one of the most engrossing, brilliantly written and piercingly insightful novels of this or any year.

Already the book has received rave reviews from the press and looks set to break into the Sunday Times Bestseller List this weekend, charting at number 7.  Check out the reviews below and watch this exclusive video of Kate reading from a climatic scene in the novel.

“Compelling from the start” – Vogue

“Atkinson unravels the plot with dexterity and insightful aplomb” – Easy Living

“Atkinson’s writing is charming, and her style and wit always a delight” – Literary Review

“a brilliantly observed drama on the nature of fate, love and memory” – Marie Claire

“The opening chapter of Kate Atkinson’s latest book is one of the finest pieces of suspense literature you will read this year” – The London Lite

“Superb writing and accomplished plots” – Glamour

“Unconventional and thrilling crime fiction at its best” – The List

“An exhilarating jigsaw of a novel” – Woman and Home

“she stitches the seeming discordant plots into one big harmonious patchwork, where every stitch is a careful stitch and every patch operates both on its own merits and as part of the whole” - Scotland on Sunday

“it’s the kind of wonderful novel that simultaneously grips and transports you” – Sainsbury’s Magazine

“the novel grips, excites, moves, amuses and will have you racing through the pages” – Waterstone’s Books Quarterly

“This is a perceptive glimpse into the legacy of the real victims – those left behind when their loved ones are taken from them” - Psychologies