I got about a third of the way through this one before giving up on it! Have way to much on my TBR at the moment to give it a second chance! Will probably release into the wild or do as a RABCK soon, please let me know if you are interested, prefer to post UK/Europe.

Amazon.co.uk Review
Case Histories continues a winning streak for Kate Atkinson which began when her impressive novel Behind the Scenes at the Museum won the Whitbread First Novel Award. Since that book, Atkinson has gleaned a keen following of readers who are prepared to follow in the surprising directions the unpredictable author takes us on. And Atkinson--so far--hasn’t let us down.

The perfectly judged prose that distinguished Human Croquet is fully in evidence in Case Histories, and a new frisson here comes from the genre-stretching that Atkinson is indulging in. In some ways, this book could almost be seen as a new take on the crime novel (not the first genre one would expect the author to tackle), but the crime elements here Atkinson uses are peripheral. The protagonist here is a former police inspector who now makes a living as a private investigator. Jackson Brodie is making ends meet in a sweaty Cambridge summer and trying to deal with his own failed marriage. But if his life is adrift, perhaps Brodie can justify his existence via his belief that he can do some good for the people he encounters in his job. But he is to find that he will be irrevocably changed by those he is trying to help.

As a vividly created cast of characters surround the beleaguered Brodie, all the novelistic skills that shone in Atkinson's earlier books are fully in play. Those deluded into thinking they've picked up something resembling a standard private eye novel will find something much more rich and strange; Atkinson goes from strength to strength.--Barry Forshaw --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Book Description
A major event: a new novel by the Whitbread winner, her first novel since Emotionally Weird, and probably her most commercial book yet.

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Hope the new owner will enjoy this one much more than I did :)

Thanks redxara for this rabck, more upon completion.

I have just finished this today and thought it was excellent. The characters came alive in no time at all and I was pulled into solving the puzzle. A bang up to date detective story. Highly recommended. Will be sending on as another RABCK.

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sent to redhouse

Arrived this morning. Thanks so much.I'm off to the post office now to post your book.

I had been wanting to read this for a while and am so glad to have had the chance.
It's definately the best thing she has written since her first one, Behind The Scenes At The Museum (which by the way is still one of my all time favourite reads)

I'm putting this into Jaycee1972's Bookbox and it will be on its way tomorrow.

This book came home in my first book box. Hello little book!

This one really looks like my cup of tea and I have not read any by this author before. Looking forward to it.