Author

Publication

2006 - Little, Brown, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

104,500 words, Guess

Page Count

418 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2005031123
  • Goodreads64915
  • LibraryThing858695

Classifications

  • DDC823/.914
  • LCCPR6051.T56 O54 2006

Description

Awards BCA Crime Thriller of the Year Best Novel (nominee) It is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident - an incident which changes the lives of everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bystander - until he becomes a suspect. With "Case Histories", Kate Atkinson showed how brilliantly she could explore the crime genre and make it her own. In "One Good Turn", she takes her masterful plotting one step further. Like a set of Russian dolls, each thread of the narrative reveals itself to be related to the last. Her Dickensian cast of characters are all looking for love or money and find it in surprising places. As ever with Atkinson what each one actually discovers is their true self. Unputdownable and triumphant, "One Good Turn" is a sharply intelligent read that is also percipient, funny, and totally satisfying.

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Genres

  • Fiction.

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