On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason's family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna's life is changed forever… On a dark night thirty years later, ex-detective Jackson Brodie finds himself on a train that is both crowded and late. Lost in his thoughts, he suddenly hears a shocking sound... At the end of a long day, 16-year-old Reggie is looking forward to watching a little TV. Then a terrifying noise shatters her peaceful evening. Luckily, Reggie makes it a point to be prepared for an emergency... These three lives come together in unexpected and deeply thrilling ways in the latest novel from Kate Atkinson, the critically acclaimed author who Harlan Coben calls "an absolute must-read."


在某個炎熱的夏日，喬安娜一家悠閒地漫步在返家的鄉村小道上。轉瞬間，喬安娜的人生就此改變了……三十年後的一個深夜裡，前警探傑克森‧布洛迪發現自己身處在擁擠的夜班火車上，沉思中的他突然聽見駭人聲響……結束了漫長的一天，正當十六歲的雷吉想要看電視放鬆，一陣突如其來的可怕噪音粉碎了她平靜的夜晚。還好，她平日就對突發狀況有所準備……本書出自高度受到讚賞的作家凱特‧亞金森之手，在她這部最新作品中，三個故事角色以十分驚悚刺激且令人出乎意料的方式被串聯起來，作家哈蘭‧科本更讚譽此書為「必讀之作」。