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Case Histories

Jackson Brodie

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Case Histories

By: Kate Atkinson
Narrated by: Susan Jameson
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

The first Jackson Brodie novel: literary crime from the prizewinning, number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.

Cambridge is sweltering, during an unusually hot summer. To Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, the world consists of one accounting sheet - Lost on the left, Found on the right - and the two never seem to balance.

Surrounded by death, intrigue and misfortune, his own life haunted by a family tragedy, Jackson attempts to unravel three disparate case histories and begins to realise that in spite of apparent diversity, everything is connected...

'An astonishingly complex and moving literary detective story that made me sob but also snort with laughter. It's the sort of novel you have to start rereading the minute you've finished it' Guardian

©2004 Kate Atkinson (P)2014 AudioGo Ltd. Published by Random House Audiobooks Cosy Mystery Police Procedurals Private Investigators

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Good story just a little too detailed at times. wandering off into people's thoughts every step of the way became a bit boring for me personally.

Good story, but very detailed at times.

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Great ! Well written and plotted.
Well read. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves murder mysteries with fleshed out characters stories.

Great

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What a pity this had a terrible narrator! I love Kate Atkinson books but this was spoiled for me.

Better to read it yourself!

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I watched the TV adaptation with Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie and this inspired me to look up whether it was adapted from a book or whether it was written for the screen.
I found this audiobook was available on Audible and I listened to the sample. I could tell it was great. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing the original story /stories. There were some changes made for the screen adaptation of the books but, I was extremely impressed with how much detail they did include, and how the overall feel of the book was well conveyed.
Like I say, there were changes made for the screen version but, I thought the dramatisation was captivating. The same is most certainly true of the book! 💖📖💖
There is a feeling of real 'humaness' in the book, in all of its beauty and all of it's ugliness. Cruelty and kindness, honesty of feelings, fascinating characters and complicated intertwining plots.
IT DOES CONTAIN EXPLICIT AND SEXUAL LANGUAGE but, this is very much a part of the nature of those characters using it. I just thought it was worth warning other readers as it could be off putting to some, and the sample doesn't indicate that such content is included.

I really enjoyed Kate Atkinson's narration! Her accents were great and she really did bring the characters to life beautifully.

If you like your detective / crime stories to feel realistic, to have a mixture of sorrow and joy, to have wonderful attention to detail, then this may just be the book for you! 👌🏽🧑🏽👍🏽

Excellent!

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Brodie is similar to Comorant Strike in the Galbraith stories. Often in pain and really good at his job . Lots going on in this book Kate Atkinson is obviously full of interest plot lines.

Enjoyable detective novel

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