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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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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

© Kate Atkinson 2004 (P) Penguin Audio 2014

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Critic reviews

Her best book yet, 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
Sharp humour, together with a number of unexpected twists makes this a typically pacey and intelligent read
A greedy feast of a story by a masterful author...A profound, exciting and lingering read
Triumphant...Her best book yet...A tragi-comedy for our times
To read it is to enter a hall of mirrors...Part complex family drama, part mystery, it winds up having more depth and vividness than ordinary thrillers and more thrills than ordinary fiction...A wonderfully tricky book
As satisfying as anything dreamed up by Raymond Chandler, but the beauty of the novel lies in its spot-on characterizations, pitch perfect observations of contemporary culture and a sharp, wisecracking narrative voice
Shot through with sharp, black humour, and introducing a loveable hero in Brodie, this is storytelling that satisfies at every level
Atkinson is very good indeed... more satisfying than many detective novels. Everyone who picks it up will feel compelled to follow it through to the last page
Brilliantly playful, witty and original... massive and consistent talent for comedy
Intriguing and affecting... she has also created a compelling central chracter in world-weary private investigator Jackson Brodie, who is determined to bring justice to all the lives that lie fractured around him
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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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