When Will There Be Good News?

When Will There Be Good News?
First edition
AuthorKate Atkinson
LanguageEnglish
SeriesJackson Brodie
GenreCrime Fiction
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
Aug 2008
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint, audio & ebook
Pages352
AwardsRichard & Judy Best Read of the Year
ISBN0-385-60801-2
Preceded byOne Good Turn 
Followed byStarted Early, Took My Dog 

When Will There Be Good News? is a 2008 crime novel by Kate Atkinson and won the 2009 Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year at the British Book Awards.[1] It is the third to involve retired private detective Jackson Brodie and is set in and around Edinburgh. It begins in Devon where six-year-old Joanna witnesses the brutal murder of her mother, sister and brother and barely escapes with her own life.

  1. ^ "Kate Atkinson, Awards". British Council on Literature. Retrieved 12 June 2019.