Case Histories: The first book in the Jackson Brodie series from the bestselling author

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The first Jackson Brodie novel: literary crime from the prizewinning, number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.

'An astonishingly complex and moving literary detective story that made me sob but also snort with laughter. It's the sort of novel you have to start rereading the minute you've finished it' Guardian

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.

Surrounded by death, intrigue and misfortune, his own life haunted by a family tragedy, Jackson attempts to unravel three disparate case histories and begins to realise that in spite of apparent diversity, everything is connected...


Kate Atkinson, Sunday Times bestseller, September 2024

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4.3
30 reviews
Veronica Crookall
April 6, 2013
In most mysteries, you follow your investigator as he/she discovers clues and unravels the case. This book is a little different; the story begins with the stories of the victims and their tragedies, making the reader very involved in their fates before our charming investigator Jackson Brodie appears to become the unifying thread to the story, forging connections in unexpected ways. This book has wonderful characters, a twisting plot, beautiful language and a sense of place.
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Jim Goodall
June 3, 2024
too many problems to continue after introduction , otherwise a topclass description of typical childhood trjly well recalled. never wanted to punt the river in a cloud of Senior Service suitable to his rank .
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Chris Burgon
May 24, 2015
Confused and confusing. Too many flash backs and forwards. Too many plots. constant looking back required to remind the reader what is going on.
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About the author

KATE ATKINSON is one of the world’s foremost novelists. She won the Whitbread Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Life After Life, an acclaimed BBC TV series, won several prizes including the Costa Novel Award, as did A God in Ruins. Two further historical novels – Transcription and Shrines of Gaiety - were also Sunday Times bestsellers. She has published two critically acclaimed collections of short stories: Not the End of the World and Normal Rules Don’t Apply.

Her bestselling literary crime novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie, Case Histories, One Good Turn, When Will There Be Good News? and Started Early, Took My Dog, became a BBC television series starring Jason Isaacs. Jackson Brodie later returned in the novel Big Sky and the most recent, Death at the Sign of the Rook, was a number one bestseller.

Kate Atkinson was awarded an MBE in 2011 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

For information about Kate’s books, including her Jackson Brodie series, visit www.kateatkinson.co.uk

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