When Will There Be Good News?
When Will There Be Good News? is a crime novel by Kate Atkinson, first published by Doubleday in August 2008. It is the third book featuring the retired private investigator Jackson Brodie and is set mainly in and around Edinburgh. It won Best Read of the Year at the 2009 British Book Awards.
- Editions tracked
- 3
- First edition
- Doubleday, 2008
- First published
- Doubleday, 2008
- Set text
- Richard and Judy Book Club choices 2004 to 2022, AQA A Level English Literature B set texts 2026 to 2027
- Series
- Jackson Brodie series
The first edition of When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson was published in London by Doubleday in 2008. We track 3 editions.
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First edition
- 1st Doubleday2008 Hardback · Jackson Brodie series 3 I own When Will There Be Good News?, Doubleday 2008 Log in to want this
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- Little, Brown2008 Other · Jackson Brodie series 3 I own When Will There Be Good News?, Little, Brown 2008 Log in to want this
- Transworld2009 Other · Jackson Brodie series 3 I own When Will There Be Good News?, Transworld 2009 Log in to want this
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Who published the first edition of When Will There Be Good News??
The first edition of When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson was published in London by Doubleday in 2008.
How many editions of When Will There Be Good News? are there?
We track 3 editions of When Will There Be Good News?, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- When Will There Be Good News?, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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