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One Good Turn
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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Summary
It is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident--an incident 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 suspect.
With Case Histories, Kate Atkinson showed how brilliantly she could explore the crime genre and make it her own. In One Good Turn, she takes her masterful plotting one step further. Like a set of Russian dolls, each thread of the narrative reveals itself to be related to the last.
Her Dickensian cast of characters are all looking for love or money and find it in surprising places. As ever with Atkinson, what each one actually discovers is his or her true self.
Unpausable and triumphant, One Good Turn is a sharply intelligent listen that is also percipient, funny, and totally satisfying.
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- Di
- 25-05-15
Not enough mystery and suspense
An average light read, I wouldn't know how to compare it to the average Jackson Brodie story, because I haven't read very many. After finishing the book, I couldn't help thinking that it was as if Kate Atkinson herself graded the book/ and series as average crime novels, through her character writer, also her description of the average reader wasn't very flattering either. That was the irony and tragedy of the book. Good imagination, but few of her characters were a bit shallow. Well, if Kate Atkinson feels that it is time for her to write a more serious novel, then I hope she can live up to the challenge, but why undermine this story by sharing the frustration.
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- Viv D
- 09-12-18
Great listen
This was my first Kate Atkinson. I really enjoyed the twists and turns and despite being slightly implausible-was great fun. I’ll be trying other titles of hers!!
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- Heisenberg
- 02-11-19
Kate Atkinson - always enjoyable.
Another winner from Kate Atkinson. A very enjoyable, easy listen following the further adverntures of Jackson Brodie. Very good narration.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-11-23
Another good KA book
This story really twists, definitely worth a credit, I especially like the links to the fringe festival and the cleaning agency/ housing.
Good ending.
I’m definitely a KA fan!
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- Gillian
- 10-05-15
A good read, with some annoying elements!
This was a really good, clever, interwoven story, full of rich characters and many twists and turns. Sometimes Kate Atkinson's habit of wandering off into another story, or adding in a mass of detail, became annoying. But overall better than your average thriller. Stephen Crossley is an excellent narrator, and managed to convey a vast cast of characters clearly and distinctly.
I'll continue to follow Jackson's adventures - and his unfortunate love life!
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- C. D. GRIFFITHS
- 26-03-21
Not for me
I couldn't get into this drivel, but it seems to be popular. However, it was well read.
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- timothy
- 20-11-16
More than a mystery
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.
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- andrea longhurst
- 03-08-21
Difficult to follow at times
Not as good as the other Jackson Brodie books, took time to get into the story with all the different characters
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- Miss C.
- 13-06-19
I love Kate Atkinson
There is something gentle and familiar about this story, that makes you feel at home and comfortable but it is also clever, creative and crafted so that you are also entertained and generally left feeling impressed.
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- mixed feelings
- 06-06-21
Great book
a great read or listen, and very funny, very Scottish, a pleasure to read.
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