Case Histories (Jackson Brodie)

by Kate Atkinson | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0552153109 Global Overview for this book
Registered by DubaiReader of Dubai, Dubai United Arab Emirates on 3/25/2015
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Journal Entry 1 by DubaiReader from Dubai, Dubai United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Amazon UK says:
'Investigating other people’s tragedies and cock-ups and misfortunes was all he knew. He was used to being a voyeur, the outsider looking in, and nothing, but nothing, that anyone did surprised him any more. Yet despite everything he’d seen and done, inside Jackson there remained a belief – a small, battered and bruised belief – that his job was to help people be good rather than punish them for being bad.' 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. His days are full of people clamouring for answers and explanations. A jealous husband suspects his wife. Two spinster sisters make a shocking find. A solicitor investigates an old murder. A nurse has lost her niece; a widow, her cats. Jackson has never felt at home in Cambridge, and has a failed marriage to prove it. He is forty-five but feels much, much older. He is at that dangerous age when men suddenly notice that they’re going to die eventually, inevitably, and there isn’t a damn thing they can do about it. Surrounded by death, intrigue and misfortune, his own life is brought sharply into focus. Ingeniously plotted, full of suspense and heartbreak, CASE HISTORIES is a feat of bravura storytelling that conveys the mysteries of life, its inanities and its hilarities. It is a life-affirming work of profound insight and intelligence.

Journal Entry 2 by DubaiReader at Dubai, Dubai United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, March 25, 2015
This book has been chosen by Icila for the European Wish List Tag and is on its way to France.

Although these are popular books from an equally popular author, I am finding them less and less satisfying. I don't think I shall be reading any more by Margaret Atkinson, I got to no4 (Started Early Took My Dog) and only gave it two out of five!

Journal Entry 3 by wingIcilawing at Nantes, Pays de la Loire France on Monday, May 25, 2015
The book was safely waiting for me at home while I was visiting Scotland.
Thank you for the stamps too.

Journal Entry 4 by wingIcilawing at Nantes, Pays de la Loire France on Monday, August 17, 2015
I agree with the revue : "The sort of novel you have to start rereading the minute you've finished it" The Guardian.

Journal Entry 5 by wingIcilawing at Nantes, Pays de la Loire France on Monday, August 17, 2015

Released 8 yrs ago (8/17/2015 UTC) at Nantes, Pays de la Loire France

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On its way to UK.

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Journal Entry 8 by wingPlum-crazywing at Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Friday, September 25, 2015
Rec'd when my Crime /Thriller Bookbox arrived home. I have read....& loved!....this, so will keep it moving :o)

Journal Entry 9 by wingPlum-crazywing at by Post, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Released 8 yrs ago (10/7/2015 UTC) at by Post, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases

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Surprise RABCK sent to fulfill a wish list request :o)

Released as part of the WISHLIST CHALLENGE (#24) &
the 2015 TV SERIES CHALLENGE (#42)

Journal Entry 10 by pennydainty at Aberdeen, Scotland United Kingdom on Friday, October 9, 2015
What a lovely surprise to receive a parcel of goodies including this wish list book. Thank you so much - made my Friday.

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