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Case histories : [a novel]

Private detective and part-time father, Jackson Brodie investigates three cold cases that occurred around London.

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  • "Private detective and part-time father, Jackson Brodie investigates three cold cases that occurred around London."@en
  • "Cambridge is sweltering, during an unusually hot summer. To Jack Brodie, former police inspector turned investigator, the world consists of one accounting sheet - Lost on the left, Found on the right - and the two never seem to balance. His days are full of people clamouring for answers and explanations. A jealous husband suspects his wife. Two spinster sisters make a shocking find. A solicitor investigates an old murder... Ingeniously plotted, full of suspense and heartbreak, Case Histories is a feat of bravura storytelling that conveys the mysteries of life, its inanities and its hilarities."
  • "Cambridge is sweltering, during an unusually hot summer. To Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, the world consists of one accounting sheet - Lost on the left, Found on the right - and the two never seem to balance. Jackson has never felt at home in Cambridge, and has a failed marriage to prove it. Surrounded by death, intrigue and misfortune, his own life haunted by a family tragedy, he attempts to unravel three disparate case histories and begins to realise that in spite of apparent diversity, everything is connected..."@en
  • ""Case One: Olivia Land, youngest and most beloved of the Land girls, goes missing in the night and is never seen again. Case Two: Theo delights in his daughter Laura's wit, beauty, and selfless love. But her first day as an associate in his law firm is also the day when Theo's world turns upside down. Case Three: Michelle looks around one day and finds herself trapped in a hell of her own making, with a very needy baby and a very demanding husband-until a fit of rage creates a grisly escape route... As Private Detective Jackson Brodie investigates all three cases, startling connections emerge. Inextricably caught up in his clients' emotions, Jackson finds their unshakable need for resolution very much like his own" -- from publisher's web site."
  • "The scene is set in Cambridge, with three case histories from the past. Jackson Brodie, a private investigator and former police detective, is flung into the midst of these resurrected old crimes."
  • "Former police officer turned private investigator Jackson Brodie has never felt at home in Cambridge. He is at that dangerous age when men suddenly notice they are going to die eventually and there isn't a damn thing they can do about it. Surrounded by death, intrigue and misfortune, his own life is brought sharply into focus."@en
  • "Case One: Olivia Land, youngest and most beloved of the Land girls, goes missing in the night and is never seen again. Case Two: Theo delights in his daughter Laura's wit, beauty, and selfless love. But her first day as an associate in his law firm is also the day when Theo's world turns upside down. Case Three: Michelle looks around one day and finds herself trapped in a hell of her own making, with a very needy baby and a very demanding husband-until a fit of rage creates a grisly escape route... As Private Detective Jackson Brodie investigates all three cases, startling connections emerge."
  • "'Case Histories' is a feat of bravura storytelling that conveys the mysteries of life, its inanities & its hilarities. Jackson is 45 but feels much older. Surrounded by death, intrigue & misfortune, his own life is brought sharply into focus."
  • "Private detective Jackson Brodie finds his own need for resolution sparked by three investigations, including that of two sisters who discover a shocking clue to the disappearance of their third sister thirty years earlier."@en
  • ""Case One: Olivia Land, youngest and most beloved of the Land girls, goes missing in the night and is never seen again. Case Two: Theo delights in his daughter Laura's wit, beauty, and selfless love. But her first day as an associate in his law firm is also the day when Theo's world turns upside down. Case Three: Michelle looks around one day and finds herself trapped in a hell of her own making, with a very needy baby and a very demanding husband-until a fit of rage creates a grisly escape route ... As Private Detective Jackson Brodie investigates all three cases, startling connections emerge. Inextricably caught up in his clients' emotions, Jackson finds their unshakable need for resolution very much like his own"--Publisher's web site."@en
  • "PLAYAWAY: Cambridge is sweltering, during an unusually hot summer. To Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, the world consists of one accounting sheet, Lost on the left, Found on the right, and the two never seem to balance. His days are full of people clamouring for answers and explanations."

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  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Electronic audio books"
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Audiobooks"@en

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  • "Case histories : [a novel]"@en
  • "Case histories"@en
  • "Case histories"
  • "Case Histories"@en
  • "Case histories a novel"
  • "Case histories a novel"@en
  • "Case histories, Kate Atkinson"

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