'When Will There Be Good News?' by Kate Atkinson - Book Club Questions

Kate Atkinson is the best-selling and critically-praised author of literary thrillers Case Histories and One Good Turn. Her latest book, When Will There Be Good News?, revisits the same characters. Use these book club discussion questions on When Will There Be Good News? to lead your book club into Atkinson's mystery.

Spoiler Warning: These book club discussion questions on When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson reveal important details about the book. Finish the book before reading on.

1. Why do you think Louise Monroe was so drawn to Alison Needler and Joanna Mason?

2. What do you think is the significance of the title?

3. Why do you think Atkinson chooses to use moderately graphic descriptions of violence in her books?

4. Why do you think the characters in When Will There Be Good News? tend to repeat nursery rhymes or quotations?

5. Rate When Will There Be Good News? on a scale of 1 to 5.