synopsis:

In a quiet corner of rural Devon, a six-year-0ld girl witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison.
In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie, wise beyond her years, works as a nanny for a G.P. But her employer has disappeared with her baby, and Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried. Across town, Detective Inspector Louise Monroe is also looking for a missing person, unaware that hurtling towards her is a former acqaintance - Jackson Brodie - himself on a journey that is about to be fatally interrupted.

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

RABCK sent to Bagmaker this morning.

Thank you Kerriou - very much looking forward to reading this, having read & enjoyed the previous 'Brodie' novels. Will report back in due course!

Thoroughly enjoyed this, the third of the 'Brodie' novels. Atkinson is an excellent author, literate & intelligent, and I love the way these novels use the crime genre to explore society as a whole. A very satisfying read, with enough loose ends to make those that are closed seem credible - nothing too tidy & unrealistic, but no uncomfortable traumas left hanging.

Has to go into PC, I'm afraid, to join Case Histories & One Good Turn. Thank you to Kerriou for sending me this!

Thank you very much Bagmaker for releasing this from your PC to fulfill a wishlist book for me. I've read the first Brodie book and greatly enjoyed in and am looking forward to reading this one also.

Thanks also for the other great gifts you provided as part of your NSS treat, I felt greatly spoiled and am looking forward to the pampering, drinking, eating and reading you have enabled me to do :)

I do enjoy reading these Brodie books. The way the characters interact is, at times, reminisent of "The Importance of being Ernest". I think in this book the author introduces too many characters and at times I got confused over who was who (especially when she started talking about a family using the names of imaginary characters created for a (non existant) book based on the people. But the rest of the story line made up for this.

I hope the author writes a fourth book.

Being placed on the shelf in the snug of this pub.
If you aren't familiar with Bookcrossing, take a few minutes to check out this very cool site. Bookcrossers LOVE books, and more than anything, they love to read books and then set them free for other people to find and enjoy. I would love it if you would leave a journal entry -- you can say where you found the book or how you liked it when you read it.

Left some books in teh longstone. Picked this one up. Will read it but have 2 other in front. I hope not to hold on to it too long.

Left with the books in the window

Haven't read yet. Have a gud few books in front of this one so hopefully get to read it soon. Picked up from the book section in a recycling centre in town.