Now, here's a really good book, one to get excited about! On a hot day in the country, a six-year-old girl witnesses her family being murdered, and thirty years later, the killer is released from prison. Sixteen-year-old Reggie is a nanny for the baby son of a local doctor, DCI Louise Monroe is looking for a missing person, and Jackson Brodie, retired detective, is on a train going in the wrong direction. All these lives, with their various misfortunes and mistakes , intersect, and the results are astonishing. As one reviewer wrote:"(She) simply starts her story, grabs hold of the reader, and doesn't let go". I enjoyed all the characters in this book, most especially Reggie, who would make a wonderful friend in a crisis. And the writing is wonderful- she has a great feel for the ironies in life, and really engages the reader's senses.
Apparently this Jackson Brodie appears in some of her other novels, so I'll be searching out some of them. I had already taken note of one other title by Atkinson: Behind The Scenes At The Museum.
Atkinson was born in York and now resides in Edinburgh. The novel is set in a small town in Scotland.
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