Case Histories (Jackson Brodie)
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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.
'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.
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!
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!
The book was safely waiting for me at home while I was visiting Scotland.
Thank you for the stamps too.
Thank you for the stamps too.
I agree with the revue : "The sort of novel you have to start rereading the minute you've finished it" The Guardian.
On its way to UK.
Journal Entry 6 by rem_SEP-393294 at -- Somewhere in London 🤷♀️ , Greater London United Kingdom on Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Received today!
Journal Entry 7 by rem_SEP-393294 at -- Somewhere in London 🤷♀️ , Greater London United Kingdom on Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Received today!
Journal Entry 8 by Plum-crazy 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 Plum-crazy 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)
Released as part of the WISHLIST CHALLENGE (#24) &
the 2015 TV SERIES CHALLENGE (#42)
What a lovely surprise to receive a parcel of goodies including this wish list book. Thank you so much - made my Friday.