Jackson Brodie One Good Turn, Book 2, (Paperback)

from karieh

Just some quick back story...I did read "Case Histories" by Atkinson, which is the prelude to this book. I remember hearing RAVE reviews about that book, but I was disappointed by it. The story was interesting enough, but I just wasn't captured by any of the characters. And this book...seemed to ...

from cameling

This is not a book you can read casually. This is a book that requires a bit of concentration because of the interlocking stories. However, it is these very interlocking stories which capture your attention. It is the complexities in the different relationships between couples, families and then ...

from SamSattler

That "One Good Turn" does not always lead to another is a harsh fact of life that several of Kate Atkinson's characters learn the hard way in this, her second Jackson Brodie novel. Their experience is, in fact, more one of no good deed going unpunished. None of the festival crowd trying to negoti...

from laytonwoman3rd

This woman could get to be an addiction with me. I love the way she manages multiple story lines without unnecessary confusion--you know it's all going to come together eventually and watching it happen is so much fun. In this one our man Jackson Brodie spends most of his time on the wrong side o...

from brenzi

I guess I'm just a complete sucker for Kate Atkinson's dark humor. I mean, how else to explain guffawing my way through over 400 pages of her crackerjack banter. I can't tell you how much I appreciate the suspense that builds and builds as random, seemingly unconnected events and characters are d...