The first book in Kate Atkinson s Jackson Brodie Mysteries series called The best mystery of the decade by Stephen King finds private investigator Jackson Brodie following three seemingly unconnected family mysteries in Edinburg. Case one: A little girl goes missing in the night. Case two: A beautiful young office worker falls victim to a maniac s apparently random attack. Case three: A new mother finds herself trapped in a hell of her own making - with a very needy baby and a very demanding husband - until a fit of rage creates a grisly bloody escape. Thirty years after the first incident as private investigator Jackson Brodie begins investigating all three cases startling connections and discoveries emerge . . .