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One Good Turn

By: Kate Atkinson
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
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Brought to you by Penguin.

The second Jackson Brodie novel (after Case Histories): literary crime from the prizewinning, number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.

It is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident - a near-homicidal attack which changes the lives of everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bystander - until he becomes a murder suspect.

As the body count mounts, each member of the teeming Dickensian cast's story contains a kernel of the next, like a set of nesting Russian dolls. They are all looking for love or money or redemption or escape: but what each actually discovers is their own true self.

'An absolute joy to read...the pleasure of One Good Turn lies in the ride, in Atkinson's wry, unvanquished characters, her swooping, savvy, sarcastic prose and authorial joie de vivre' Guardian

© Kate Atkinson 2006 (P) Penguin Audio 2015

©2006 Kate Atkinson (P)2015 Random House Audiobooks Cosy Crime Thrillers Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Police Procedurals Private Investigators Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Funny Witty

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Kate Atkinson is such a good writer. This book had gripping moments broken up by great humour - she made each character very real. She is gentle with her people but you get a sense of how bad the 'baddies' are and all the characters are well observed making for some funny comments. The plot swung along well too. I wish I had it ahead of me to listen to still.

More than a mystery

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I couldn't get into this drivel, but it seems to be popular. However, it was well read.

Not for me

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Brilliant writing
Brilliant dark humour and enough good story to keep me HOOKED
can’t wait to listen to the next one

Loved it

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Not as good as the other Jackson Brodie books, took time to get into the story with all the different characters

Difficult to follow at times

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Thoroughly enjoyed the story. Interesting characters and a decent plot that kept me interested. Narrator did a good job.

Very entertaining

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