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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

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

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I adore the way the author writes , unveiling layer after layer of detail and interest, fantastic narration also !
Characters I will cherish x
New Kate Atkinson Fan here …. “Started early, took my dog was my first encounter with Jackson Brodie and I look forward now to filling in the timeline.
10/10

Wonderful!

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Kate Atkinson is an amazing storyteller, intertwining stories with ease. Narration too plummy, slightly irritating.

Genius storyteller

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Reader couldn't be bothered to find out how to pronounce Niamh. Is it really so difficult?

Book excellent, performance poor

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Too much human interest and not enough plot for me. I found the time shifting and different characters point of view difficult to follow. Perhaps in the printed book this is clearer. I won’t be buying any more as definitely not for me.

Bit of a plod.

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Loved the intertwining of stories, humour and mysteries to be solved. A great read by a great author

Just Wonderful

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I have listened to this twice in the last week, and it is really hard to follow. It jumps around in time and seems to be trying to tell 3 or 4 stories. I would love to be able to give lots of spoilers, but to be honest, I have no idea what actually happened. I don't think I will be trying Kate Atkinson again.

Very difficult to follow

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I read each of the books in the Jackson Brodie series when they were first published and decided to revisit them on Audible as a recap before reading Big Sky. I’m so glad I did. The books are even better than I remembered and Susan Jameson’s narration is superb.

Thoroughly absorbing and entertaining

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just love Ms Atkinson's writing. This is a case in point. Loads of interesting characters you actually care about and a plot that jogs along with twists and turns. Brilliant.

Not the normal crime story

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excellent characters, brilliantly written with wit and skill. very impressive narration would recommend for anyone interested in character bases stories

excellent

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This is the first book of Kate Atkinson that I've read and I enjoyed it enough to try a second, after all, she came highly recommended. But this one was far too disjointed, it probably would have been better if the author had stuck to 3separate short stories instead of jumping around totally unconnected accounts. Let's see what the next one is like.......

Puzzling

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