"Jackson had been following Gary and Kirsty for several weeks. He had sent enough photographs of the in flagrante to Gary's wife .... for her to have divorced him several times over.... but everytime he said [this] to her she always said, 'just stay on them a little longer, Mr. Brodie."
Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village in North Yorkshire, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son Nathan and ageing Labrador Dido, both at the discretion of his former partner Julia. It's a picturesque setting, but there's something darker lurking behind the scenes.
Jackson's current job, gathering proof of an unfaithful husband for a suspicious wife, seems straightforward, but a chance encounter with a desperate man on a crumbling cliff leads him across a sinister network - and back into the path of someone from his past.
Old secrets and new lies intersect in this breathtaking new novel, both sharply funny and achingly sad, by one of the dazzling and surprising writers at work today.
The Jackson Brodie series is one of my current favourite series. I have read the previous four books in this series Case Histories (#1), One Good Turn (#2), When Will There Be Good News? (#3), Started Early, Took My Dog (#4). which you can read my review of here.
Jackson is such a great character. He is something of a modern dinosaur and his internal ponderings are what elevate this book. He is humorous and cynical in his outlook on life but without being comical as Ms. Atkinson deals with some serious themes in this book.
However, at no point did I find it difficult to read and the author handled the more serious aspect of the book with intelligence and sensitivity.
I was completely engaged with this book; both the characters and plot and I highly recommend it. In fact, this series has made me want to read the author's entire back list as she is an excellent writer with great understanding of what makes people tick.
ISBN: 978 0857526106
Publisher: Doubleday
About the Author:
Kate Atkinson was born in York and now lives in Edinburgh. Her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and she has been a critically acclaimed international bestselling author ever since.
She is the author of a collection of short stories, Not the End of the World, and of the critically acclaimed novels Human Croquet, Emotionally Weird, Case Histories and One Good Turn.
Case Histories introduced her readers to Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, and won the Saltaire Book of the Year Award and the Prix Westminster.
Kate was born in York and now resides in Edinburgh.
The Jackson Brodie series is one of my current favourite series. I have read the previous four books in this series Case Histories (#1), One Good Turn (#2), When Will There Be Good News? (#3), Started Early, Took My Dog (#4). which you can read my review of here.
Jackson is such a great character. He is something of a modern dinosaur and his internal ponderings are what elevate this book. He is humorous and cynical in his outlook on life but without being comical as Ms. Atkinson deals with some serious themes in this book.
However, at no point did I find it difficult to read and the author handled the more serious aspect of the book with intelligence and sensitivity.
I was completely engaged with this book; both the characters and plot and I highly recommend it. In fact, this series has made me want to read the author's entire back list as she is an excellent writer with great understanding of what makes people tick.
ISBN: 978 0857526106
Publisher: Doubleday
Kate Atkinson was born in York and now lives in Edinburgh. Her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and she has been a critically acclaimed international bestselling author ever since.
She is the author of a collection of short stories, Not the End of the World, and of the critically acclaimed novels Human Croquet, Emotionally Weird, Case Histories and One Good Turn.
Case Histories introduced her readers to Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, and won the Saltaire Book of the Year Award and the Prix Westminster.
Kate was born in York and now resides in Edinburgh.
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