Now a major BBC1 6-part crime drama series starring Jason Isaacs as former detective Jackson Brodie.

"Not just the best book I've read this year, but the best mystery of the decade." - Stephen King "A wonderful novel told by a great storyteller who knows just how to create a voice, an image, a metaphor. . . . This witty and literate tale deserves to be read and re-read." "The Globe and Mail "Triumphant . . . Her best book yet . . . A tragi-comedy for our times." "Sunday Telegraph" (UK) "An astonishingly complex and moving literary detective story."  "The Guardian"

Kate Atkinson's Case Histories introduced the former police detective Jackson Brodie, who made a welcome return in One Good Turn, When Will There Be Good News? (voted Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year) and Started Early, Took My Dog.The first three Brodie novels have been adapted into a successful BBC TV series starring Jason Isaacs. She won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year prize for her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, andhas been a critically acclaimed international author ever since. She was appointed MBE in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours list.