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One Good Turn

By: Kate Atkinson
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
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Brought to you by Penguin.

The second Jackson Brodie novel (after Case Histories): literary crime from the prizewinning, number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.

It is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident - a near-homicidal attack 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 murder suspect.

As the body count mounts, each member of the teeming Dickensian cast's story contains a kernel of the next, like a set of nesting Russian dolls. They are all looking for love or money or redemption or escape: but what each actually discovers is their own true self.

'An absolute joy to read...the pleasure of One Good Turn lies in the ride, in Atkinson's wry, unvanquished characters, her swooping, savvy, sarcastic prose and authorial joie de vivre' Guardian

© Kate Atkinson 2006 (P) Penguin Audio 2015

©2006 Kate Atkinson (P)2015 Random House Audiobooks Cosy Crime Thrillers Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Police Procedurals Private Investigators Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths
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BEST BOOK. Loved it so much I'm writing a review (first time after over 100 audio books).

It's the subtleties and dry humour that make this book so best give it your full attention.

A clever storyline and characters that make an impression. Gloria and Tatiana the most interesting but even Martin at times. The humour's dry, astute and subtle so give it your full attention.

Kate Atkinson must be a fascinating person to write characters like these. She's certainly very skilled.

Great narrator too.

Very clever & lots of dry subtle humour

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The first book in this series and the characters, had me enthralled from the start. This one took a while to get going. The characters were a bit bland, as we got further into the web of connection to Jackson, it was entertaining and clever, I enjoyed it, but didn’t love it.

Good not great

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Loved the book, but found the reading annoying.
Female characters were trivialised with silly ‘old school’ voices.
Witty and enjoyable writing.

Wonderful story.

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I love the book - particularly the quirky characters whose stories cleverly interweave.
Narration good.

v much enjoyed

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I really enjoy the Brodie series! Multiple stories brilliantly & confusingly entwined. Crossley brings Brodie to life & makes the all characters relatable.

Enjoyable performance

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Complicated, contrived, drawn-out story that didn't maintain my interest. Some interesting characters and situations, but the narrator sounded like he was almost parodying some of the female characters at times (especially Julia).

The most alarming element was a casual mention of the main character's r*pe of his partner while she was sleeping, with no remorse expressed - not sure if the author is trying to be edgy and/or capture the 'authentic straight male voice' but it really put me off and I'm not keen to follow his further 'adventures'.

Confusing and jarring in parts

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Oh dear - what a dull book. Ending was terrible too. Nothing was explained. It just ended. Characters were annoying and everything just glossed over. I bought the whole series and I'll be returning the lot!!

Dull and Poorly Written

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I don’t think it is me but the plot (s) are all over the place. I’m at chapter 7 & I m having trouble remembering the story précis. I have replayed 5 times just to follow.
Perhaps easier in written form - that way one could go back & check.
Is anything going to happen?
It is truly so boring.

I am sorry to say I will ask for my money back.

I am writing this review to let you know don’t buy

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