by Kate Atkinson.

Jackson Brodie, ex-military police, ex-Cambridge Constabulary, currently working as a private investigator, has relocated to a quiet seaside village, in the company of his recalcitrant teen age son and an aging Labrador. It’s picturesque, but there’s something darker lurking behind the scenes. Old secrets and new lies intersect in this breath-taking novel by one of the most dazzling writers at work today.