Kate Atkinson
Paperback | Pages: 389 pages Rating: 3.83 | 79245 Users | 6333 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Case Histories |
| ISBN: | 0316010707 (ISBN13: 9780316010702) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.kateatkinson.co.uk/books/info/?t=Case-Histories |
| Series: | Jackson Brodie #1 |
| Characters: | Jackson Brodie |
| Setting: | Cambridge, England(United Kingdom) |
| Literary Awards: | Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2005), Saltire Society Literary Award for Scottish Book of the Year (2005) |
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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 EdinburghCase 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 . . .
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| Title | : | Case Histories (Jackson Brodie #1) |
| Author | : | Kate Atkinson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 389 pages |
| Published | : | October 17th 2005 by Back Bay Books (first published September 1st 2004) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Thriller. Mystery Thriller. European Literature. British Literature. Detective |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 79245 Users | 6333 ReviewsCommentary Containing Books Case Histories (Jackson Brodie #1)
This is the second of Atkinson's Jackson Brodie mystery novels I've read. I've previously enjoyed One Good Turn. To briefly summarize what others have already mentioned, in this novel, Brodie takes on three cold cases and deals with a variety of individuals who vary from eccentric to criminal, from engaging to seemingly insane. Their stories, and the stories of the old crimes, are set up carefully and with wonderful detail, wending their ways back and forth through the book. We see the storyThis is one of the best detective novels I have read in a really long time. Set mostly in Cambridge, England, it's the story of a private detective as he tries to solve three cold cases (I mean, REALLY cold - the most recent crime is still 10 years old) as they all interweave and mix in with personal life. In theory, the plot is nothing special; some missing persons and murder cases, and the details are revealed as the story develops, and the detective's personal life is a mess and someone is
Third read of this and it gets better each time.
I really liked this. It's not your conventional detective mystery; despite a missing toddler and two murders, its emphasis is on the characters rather than the crimes.Detective Jackson Brodie is dealing with his own emotional baggage, as are the various family members of the three cold cases he's investigating. The result is tragic, quirky, confusing, surprising, frustrating, compelling. I read it in two sittings, such is its complex pull.Recommended if you like something a little different.
This is the first in Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series, and is a reread for me. I first read this many years ago and I still harboured dim and distant, vaguely unsatisfying, memories of the book, this time I found it a much better experience, the cold case mysteries slotted together with greater ease on a second reading. One of the mysteries, of course, is Jackson himself, a retired ex-cop, with an ex-wife, and a daughter that lives with her mother, and now working as a PI. He unravels
This book falls under 2 genres - mystery and family drama - and I would argue that it is much more than the sum of its parts. Every character was incredibly real, incredibly flawed, and incredibly complex. Having said that, Case Histories feels like a light read because of Atkinson's great wit. Atkinson has a talent for weaving together 3 seemingly unrelated stories, all with themes loss, innocence, and healing. While many of the characters are female, the central character is Jackson Brodie, a
I wasnt sure what to expect from Kate Atkinsons Jackson Brodie series. I have read three of her other novels, and as I said in one of my reviews, if I could be an author, I would want to be Kate Atkinson or, at the very least, be able to write with her vast toolbox of skills and imagination.This novel, the first of the series, is indeed about case histories. Jackson Brodie had a rough personal life in ways that are gradually revealed throughout this novel. Professionally, he was in the army,
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