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Author: Kate Atkinson
ISBN : B000Q80TA2
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Download Epub One Good Turn: A Novel (Jackson Brodie) [Kindle Edition] from 4shared, mediafire, hotfile, and mirror link On a beautiful summer day, crowds lined up outside a theater witness a sudden act of extreme road rage: a tap on a fender triggers a nearly homicidal attack. Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, new millionaire, is among the bystanders.The event thrusts Jackson into the orbit of the wife of an unscrupulous real estate tycoon, a washed-up comedian, a successful crime novelist, a mysterious Russian woman, and a female police detective. Each of them hiding a secret, each looking for love or money or redemption or escape, they all play a role in driving Jackson out of retirement and into the middle of several mysteries that intersect in one sinister scheme.Kate Atkinson "writes such fluid, sparkling prose that an ingenious plot almost seems too much to ask, but we get it anyway," writes Laura Miller for Salon. With a keen eye for the excesses of modern life, a warm understanding of the frailties of the human heart, and a genius for plots that turn and twist, Atkinson has written a novel that delights and surprises from the first page to the last.Books with free ebook downloads available Epub One Good Turn: A Novel (Jackson Brodie) [Kindle Edition]
- File Size: 696 KB
- Print Length: 418 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (October 11, 2006)
- Sold by: Hachette Book Group
- Language: English
- ASIN: B000Q80TA2
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Epub One Good Turn: A Novel
As the old saying goes 'One Good Turn Deserves Another' and in this case someone observes an attack, saves the life of the attackee and trouble comes in spades. Kate Atkinson re-introduces us to Jackson Brodie, whom we first met in 'Case Histories'. He has inherited 2 million pounds, has quit his job, but it seems his job has not quit him. Along with him comes Julia, whom we also met in 'Case Histories'. Both have a murdered sibling in common, and they have become lovers. Julia divulges very little- she is a clam- while we come to know Jackson a bit better.
Into this mix comes varied and sundry characters- all well described and more than interesting, and all well vested in this story. All of these people are hiding something, all looking for something, and all are integral to the whole. All are inter-connected as the story develops, and we are left to ponder their interests.
Paul Bradley- the victim who was attacked
Martin, a mystery writer who is thrust into a series of real-life crimes.
Jackson, whom we have met before; a former police officer who finds and loses the body of a young girl, then stumbles into several other violent events.
Louise, a senior police officer, who doesn't believe all of Jackson's explanation, but finds him very interesting.
Gloria, the wife of a home builder, who "often felt that her life was a series of rooms that she walked in to when everyone else had just left."
Honda Man- the attacker- not of one but many of these characters
JoJo- the Russian who seems to materialize suddenly
When 'Paul Bradley' is rear-ended by a Honda driver who gets out and bashes Bradley unconscious with a baseball bat, Jackson is a reluctant witness.