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Case Histories

Jackson Brodie 1

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Case Histories

By: Kate Atkinson
Narrated by: Jason Isaacs
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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)2010 Random House Audio Cosy Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Police Procedurals Private Investigators Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction

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The premise of this story is very clever and beautifully thought out. However, I made a mistake when I purchased this and ended up with the abridged version. Sadly, because I didn’t buy it on a credit, I’m not able to return it and swap it for the full length version.

I like Kate Atkinson’s writing style. I’m actually contemplating buying the full version because I found that I had difficulty following the story as it was progressing. Towards the end I was completely up to speed but the abridged version made reference to things that had happened earlier in the story that weren’t in the abridged version, making it very confusing.

DON’T BUY THE ABRIDGED VERSION! Go mad and buy the full 10 hour version! I will definitely be following Jackson Brody as a character and listening to more of Kate Atkinson’s books

Abridged version is this joint theatre and confusing

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A great introduction to the thoroughly decent bloke that is Jackson Brodie. Kate Atkinson is a genius at creating complex and believable characters. Sometimes laugh out loud, sometimes incredibly sad, but always written with great skill. Threads of people’s lives that weave together in a great story.

A cracking story

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Hard to imagine a better novel of the genre.Kate Atkinson is a superb storyteller and informative writer.

Superb

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Case Histories is the first in the Jackson Brodie series. It starts with short descriptions of three cases from years before - the disappearance of a small girl, and two brutal murders. For various reasons, Jackson (an ex-copper turned PI) is approached by people related to the victims, who all want to look again at aspects of the cases.

I really enjoyed this, although I think that's at least as much due to Isaacs' narration as to the book itself. The book is a tricky balance, with a tone of light, ironic humour despite the profound and sometimes upsetting details of the stories. The narration manages to point up the humour while also being serious enough to be moving, when that's necessary.

This is the first audiobook I have listened to and it was a good combination of reader and material.

Great reader, good book.

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I was riveted but sadly just too many characters and in the end I was confused. Great story and excellent narration

Engrossed from go to wo!

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