I've loved some of Kate Atkinson's book, so I'll have to Google Jess Kidd. I often think there are authors that don't get the recognition they deserve. I'm often amazed at the success of other books, for instance, The Thursday Club, just can't understand the furore that surrounds that, left me very underwhelmed. I read Diane Setterfield's first book which I enjoyed, but have read anything of hers since. Same with Edna O'Brien, many years ago I read The Country Girls and Girl with the Green Eyes.
Books are very subjective of course, I remember quite a few years ago, Richard and Judy did a book club on their afternoon show. One of the books on their first list, "Star of the Sea" by Irish author Joseph O'Connor one of the best books I'd ever read. Readers were asked to vote for an overall winner from their selection, that one came runner up to one of the worst books I'd read "The Lovely Bones" but loads loved that book, personally I wanted to hurl it across the room!!!