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Another good outing for Atkinson

One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson

January 21, 2020 by Wanderlustful 1 Comment

This second installment in Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie detective series begins with Jackson witnessing a road rage incident at the Edinburgh festival, and from there Atkinson spins out into chapters focusing individually on Jackson and other supporting characters: Martin, a mild-mannered mystery writer; Gloria, the wife of an aging mobster; and Louise, a policewoman who keeps crossing paths with Jackson.  As with Atkinson’s other Jackson Brodie novels, the threads for all these characters eventually wind together in a satisfying way. Although I found this 2nd novel […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #Jackson Brodie, Detective Fiction, Kate Atkinson, One good turn

Wanderlustful's CBR12 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #Jackson Brodie, Detective Fiction, Kate Atkinson, One good turn ·
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Well I liked this one way better than the first one

August 20, 2017 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I read the first book in this series, Case Histories, about a year or so ago after having already read Life After Life. I thought Case Histories was a little throwaway (or tear-away) but really really really liked Life After Life. I wouldn’t have gone out of my way to read this one except that I found the audiobook and even then I was hesitant and kept putting it off. Turns out I really liked it. A lot of the stuff I didn’t like about the first […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Kate Atkinson, One good turn

vel veeter's CBR9 Review No:341 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Kate Atkinson, One good turn ·
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