false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166720209m/16243.jpg 16243 18 <p>A major event: a new novel by the Whitbread winner, her first novel since <b>Emotionally Weird</b>, and probably her most commercial book yet.<br><br>The scene is set in Cambridge, with three case histories from the past: A young child who mysteriously disappeared from a tent in her back garden; An unidentified man in a yellow jumper who marched into an office and slashed a young girl through the throat; and a young woman found by the police sitting in her kitchen next to the body of her husband, an axe buried in his head.<br><br>Jackson Brodie, a private investigator and former police detective, is quietly contemplating life as a divorced father when he is flung into the midst of these resurrected old crimes. Julia and Amelia Land enlist Jackson&#8217;s help to find out the truth about their younger sister. They embroil him in the complexities of their own jealousies, obsessions and lust.<br><br>Another woman named Shirley needs Jackson to help find her lost niece. Jackson meets solicitor Theo Wyre whose daughter, Laura, was murdered in his office and is desperate for Jackson to help him lay Laura's ghost to rest.<br><br>As he starts his investigations Jackson has the sinister feeling that someone is following him. In digging into the past Jackson seems to have unwittingly threatened his own future. This wonderfully crafted, intricately plotted novel is heartbreaking, uplifting, full of suspense and often very funny.</p> 18001 book 2004 Case Histories: A Novel total:5691|5:952|4:2408|3:1808|2:422|1:101| 5691 20762 7347 998 3 3 false false Mon Aug 18 10:45:19 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 11:16:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 02 05:45:36 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 06:01:53 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 19:30:38 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 11:45:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 16:15:42 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 10:59:52 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Nov 14 08:00:33 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 14 08:00:33 -0800 2007 Case Histories focuses on a set of fictional "cold cases" in England. The characters all end up interacting in various ways with Jackson Brodie, a private detective hired to...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Aug 16 22:49:44 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 22:50:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Mar 24 07:14:51 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 07:19:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Aug 05 20:58:01 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 20:58:01 -0700 2007
For me, this was a finely-crafted piece of literature that read like a good old mystery novel. The characters are well-developed a...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 03 06:27:05 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 06:27:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 03 09:00:41 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 09:02:22 -0800 2008 Atkinson, Kate – 1st in series
Doubleday, 2004, UK Hardcover – ISBN: 0385607997

First Sentence: How lucky were they?

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As usual, this recommendation dd not disappoint. In this case, it was the author, rather tha...more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 11:44:37 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 05:51:48 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Mon Jan 05 21:46:20 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 17 20:01:19 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 21:46:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Sep 09 19:59:04 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 20:02:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Aug 11 15:34:14 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 15:26:59 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 15:34:14 -0700 2008 It also concent...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=16243