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Aug 1, 2006 · 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.
- (44.4K)
- Paperback
One Good Turn (subtitled A Jolly Murder Mystery) is a 2006 crime novel by Kate Atkinson set in Edinburgh during the Festival. “People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a brutal road rage incident - an incident that changes the lives of everyone involved.”
- Kate Atkinson
- 2006
Sep 10, 2007 · 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.
- Kate Atkinson
- $9.99
- Back Bay Books
Suddenly out of retirement, Jackson is once again in the midst of several mysteries that intersect in one giant and sinister scheme.
- Kate Atkinson
- 0316154849, 9780316154840
- reprint, large print
- Little, Brown, 2006
Jul 2, 2007 · One Good Turn is the second book in Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series, and follows Case Histories. One Good Turn, Paperback Like Case Histories, One Good Turn is an unconventional crime novel in the sense that Brodie, the detective, doesn't actually do very much in the way of solving crime.
- (8.1K)
- Kate Atkinson
Oct 11, 2006 · 4.2 8,130 ratings. Book 2 of 6: Jackson Brodie. See all formats and editions. 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, a former soldier and detective, becomes a murder suspect after a road-rage incident in Edinburgh. The novel explores the lives and stories of various characters, intertwined like Russian dolls, as they search for love, money or redemption.
