Kate Atkinson is back again with another Jackson Brodie mystery. This time Detective Brodie is asked to find a stolen painting that may or may not be valuable. Brodie is suspicious of the dying owner’s caregiver as well as her two children who hired him. His search for the painting and the thief leads Brodie to another art theft that was never solved and a cast of amusing characters, including a vicar who doesn’t believe in God, a veteran who lost his leg in Afghanistan and a quirky family who is forced turn their huge estate into a hotel.

I was so ready for Kate Atkinson to write another novel where Jackson Brodie is the main character. Like most of her others, Death at the Sign of the Rook is clever, humorous and very British. Atkinson fans will not be disappointed.