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One Good Turn
One Good Turn: A Jolly Murder Mystery | Kate Atkinson
Case Histories, once again featuring ex-cop turned private investigator Jackson Brodie.It is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident � an incident which changes the lives (…more)
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Suelizbeth
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I didn‘t know what to expect with this book, but it wasn‘t this. It seemed kind of chaotic and there were times when I wasn‘t sure what was going on. No one seemed to be in control of anything that was happening, except possibly Ray and Tatiana, but they were on the fringe. Eventually, we learn everything about everyone, but it doesn‘t really help. It was a bit disappointing. I do like Jackson Brodie, so, onward the series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

CarolynM I love the Jackson Brodie books. The “mysteries” are never tied up as neatly as ordinary crime books, but that makes them more real to me. 2y
Sweettartlaura So I loved the first installment of this series - hated the second. Almost didn‘t pick up the third, but it was GREAT! And then I hated the 4th 🤦🏻‍♀️. So I gave up on this series 🤷🏻‍♀️. I have enough to read to pass on this roller coaster ride. 2y
Suelizbeth @CarolynM I appreciate your insight. I‘m gonna keep going. 📚❤️ 2y
Suelizbeth @Sweettartlaura good to know, and I 🤣 at your roller coaster ride analogy. I‘m still gonna keep going. 📚❤️ 2y
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catsuit_mango
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I love it when a book is set in a city I know. Edinburgh calls for tea and marmite for lunch ;)

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SamAnne
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While the plot left a bit to be desired, I do love the characters Atkinson develops. And I finished just under the wire for #TeamSlaughter #scarathlon! My week total was 443 points. Thanks for organizing @Clwojick and @StayCurious . Now on to #NFNovember.

Clwojick 👏 Way to go!!! Thanks for playing along this past month! It was a pleasure to have you on the team! 👏 4y
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Bookbroad
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Agree with some of the other reviews that this one took a long old time to get going. Not as good as the first but still a fun, twisty turny, easy read.

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Bklover
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Oooh, book mail! And all the way from Israel (big deal for me!). Thank you @Cinfhen for sending this to me- I kinda want to continue this series! Thanks for the goodies too! Looking forward to the next buddyread! Thanks for being my Litsy friend😘😘

MySharonaK Pretty postcard of the western wall! 🌷 5y
TrishB You‘ll love the series if you liked the first ❤️ 5y
AlaMich Cute reading buddy! 5y
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Bklover @TrishB I loved the first one, so I‘m looking forward to this one! 5y
Cinfhen Yay!! Enjoy 😊 5y
Leftcoastzen 🐶❤️ 5y
Bklover @AlaMich Izzy says thank you!!❤️🐶 5y
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Andrew65
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Started listening to book 2 in the Jackson Brodie Series, following on from Case Histories. Now moved the story from England to Edinburgh in Scotland. An interesting opening.

Now up to 18 hrs 29 mins in the #24B4 Monday Readathon. Hope to get to 22 hours.

BarbaraBB Oh wow, I‘ll follow close to see what you think of it! 5y
Andrew65 @BarbaraBB Will gag you in the review. Interesting start so far. I‘m 2 hours in 5y
Cinfhen That‘s kind of fun!! Im curious to hear how the story moves forward 😁 5y
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JaclynW I'm curious to hear your thoughts. I need to know if I should continue as well. 5y
Andrew65 @Cinfhen @JaclynW Will tag you into my review. 5y
jb72 Awesome! 5y
Andrew65 @jb72 Thanks 😊 5y
BarbaraBB Thanks! 5y
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Cinfhen
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Thanks to every who participated in our #BelowZer00s BuddyRead this weekend 🥳I have book 2 up for grabs. If you‘d like to continue on with the series I‘m happy to send you the next book💜Special shoutout to my fabulous cohost @BarbaraBB 😘Hope ya‘ll join us for #MAYbeNow coming May 2020🕺🏾

Caroline2 I thought book one was ok but I bailed on Book two!! 😆 5y
Cinfhen I didn‘t like book one enough to continue on with the series but I had already purchased this book @Caroline2 😂😂 5y
TrishB Thanks for hosting Cindy and Barbara 😘 @BarbaraBB 5y
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BarbaraBB It was a pleasure again to be your co-host! I think @Bklover mentioned she is interested in the second Atkinson! 5y
BarbaraBB @TrishB Thanks for participating 💜 5y
Crazeedi I'm in with whatever!! 5y
Cinfhen I love these buddyreads @TrishB @BarbaraBB @Crazeedi so glad ya‘ll be back for our next one 💓📚🎉 5y
Bklover I‘ll be back too! Can‘t wait to see what book is chosen next. And I am definitely interested in book two of Atkinson. 5y
Cinfhen Perfect @Bklover and I‘ll happily mail you book 2!! 5y
Bklover @Cinfhen Thank you so much! 💕💕 (edited) 5y
JennyM Thanks for hosting ladies @BarbaraBB . I‘m going to continue with the series and am glad you‘ve found a home for the book, Cindy with @Bklover You are generous as ever 😘 (edited) 5y
BarbaraBB @JennyM Thank you for joining! 💜 5y
vivastory Thanks to both of you for hosting. I really enjoyed this book & learning more about my fellow Littens. I can't wait for the buddy read in May! @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen 🙌📚 5y
Cinfhen Sorry I missed the live discussion yesterday but so glad you were both able to join in @vivastory @JennyM Excited to see what our next read will be 😄 5y
readordierachel Thanks again for hosting! Looking forward to doing it again 💕 5y
Crazeedi @Cinfhen are you reading these? Or a different buddy read? 5y
Cinfhen Nope, we are not reading the sequel as a buddy read @Crazeedi although you might want to suggest one!! We still haven‘t voted on a book yet but I‘ll keep you posted 5y
Crazeedi @Cinfhen ok thank you! I'll be looking for your decision! 5y
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Bookworm83
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My sister @CaitMobley absolutely nailed it with the cozy, bookish gifts this Christmas 😍 She‘s my favorite person and book buddy!

Bookzombie I love it all! 5y
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Cathythoughts
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Just finished!! Such a pleasure to read .. funny & mad & Jackson Brodie ♥️.
I‘ve never read her novels that are not Jackson ones. ..... must give one a try. Any suggestions out there ?!!

charl08 Love her first one Behind the Scenes at the Museum. 5y
Cathythoughts @charl08 thanks! And , you know , I have that one on my kindle 👍🏻♥️ 5y
JennyM I love this photo - looks so cosy and inviting! 5y
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CarolynM I loved Life After Life and I loved its companion book, A God in Ruins, even more. 5y
Cathythoughts @JennyM thanks Jenny ! We lit our first fire too 🥰 5y
Cathythoughts @CarolynM thanks! I‘ll stack those two 😁👍🏻👍🏻 5y
batsy Yes, beautiful pic! Lovely autumn vibes. 5y
Cathythoughts @batsy thankyou my friend 😘 5y
In_the_stacks Life After Life is so good! 5y
TrishB I didn‘t like Life After Life but loved A God in Ruins. Be interested to see what you think! 5y
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IndoorDame
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BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
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miz
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Rainy Sunday afternoons #summerisover

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Reagan
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I cheated and started early because I won‘t make it late. I‘ll end early to make up for my #24in48crime! I just finished making 4 dozen cupcakes for my kiddo to practice decorating tomorrow with her friend. While they are decorating, I‘ll be reading. I cannot picture Julia or Jackson. Any Jackson Brodie fans who can tell me what they imagine #nospoilers ##24in48 #24in48readathon

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Reagan
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No thought, just grabbed from the shelves. I‘ve started the bottom two and I have a lot of baking to do tomorrow. Let‘s do this! #24in48readathon #24in48tbr #24in48

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wallacereads
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Today‘s plan.

Mommamanzi Beautiful picture. Enjoy! 5y
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wallacereads
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Cottage reading sessions are kinda the best.

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TorieStorieS
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Again, this is actually my third time reading this second installment in the Jackson Brodie series but it felt new to me!! I really enjoyed it and would have read it much faster- it does get off to a bit of a slow start- but we were downtown to go to The Rolling Stones concert!! This is my pre-concert drink at our hotel!!

Christine Wow - hope the concert was amazing! 🎶 5y
TorieStorieS @christine it really was amazing!!! I totally loved it!! My husband has been wanting to go for forever and we were so glad it worked out!!! 5y
DivineDiana How fantastic! I have seen them twice in concert, and would love to see them again! 5y
TorieStorieS @DivineDiana It was really terrific!!! I hope you can make it to this No Filter tour! 😊 5y
DivineDiana 🤞🏻 5y
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Caroline2
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Mehso-so

Cor blimey, this was a slow burner!! It took a good 150 pages to get into it. Too many characters as well, it was hard to connect and care about anyone. Meh. 😒

Cathythoughts Oh dear 😳. I find too many characters a killer ... I hope it gets better 6y
emz711 Is that... Jason Isaacs on the cover of your book? 6y
Caroline2 @Cathythoughts me too! 🙄 6y
Caroline2 @emz711 yep! A bad front cover but apparently it‘s been turned into a bbc series?! 🤷‍♀️ 6y
cathipink He narrates the newest audiobook too 🙂🙂 5y
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EmilieGR
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Not as good as the first one

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Birdsong28
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On #Netgalley if you are looking forward to her next novel

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Biensoul
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Reading the second in the series; somehow I missed two and three before!

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GinEyre22
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Current status of 2019#LitsyAtoZ

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Andrew65
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Time to reveal the books which won the vote to make my #MakeMeReadIt list for the November Challenge.

Book 6 Winner (and final choice) : Broken by Karin Slaughter : 6 Votes v 3 Votes.

Thanks to everyone for their votes.

The list is now complete. Next I will post the Groups so Littens can control the order I read the six books.

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Andrew65
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6th book : Which of these two books should go into my #MakeMeReadIt Challenge next month.

One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
Or
A Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear

Please vote to help me decide which one to read.

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emtobiasz
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I got my flu shot and TDAP booster this morning, and rewarded myself this afternoon at the bookstore. Never mind the hundreds of unread books I already have at home... In my defense, many of these are authors I collect and books I‘ve been looking for in hardcover for some time 📚 #bookhaul #usedbooks

MoniqueChristine Oooooh Kate Beaton is fantastic! ❤️ 6y
Reviewsbylola Smoke Gets in Your Eyes is really good. 6y
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saresmoore
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“‘Nothing useful, then, like hoovering?‘ ... Who knew—all these years Gloria could have been spanking Graham and making him eat like a dog? And be paid for it!”

This whole exchange between the wife and the “call girl” while the husband is laid up in emergency is 👌.

batsy That line about hoovering 😂 6y
saresmoore @batsy I don‘t care to admit how much I resonate with Gloria‘s thought processes. 😬 6y
TrishB Exactly what I was thinking..... 6y
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Suet624 Some guy out there must have a hoovering fetish. 6y
saresmoore @Suet624 😂 I know you‘re right about that! 6y
LeahBergen I need to hire a hoovering call girl for this house right now. 😂 6y
saresmoore @LeahBergen My grandmother recently gifted me with a robot vacuum. I‘ve named her Rosie after the robot maid on The Jetsons and she is WONDERFUL. But, I think robot call girls—hoovering or otherwise—would make for a very different book. 🤔 6y
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saresmoore
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My husband is playing a book-inspired video game (Shadow of Mordor) while I read the book selected randomly for me by my daughter. Thanks for the idea, @TrishB ! I‘m looking forward to hanging out with Jackson Brodie again.

LeahBergen I feel like I need another Jackson Brodie fix soon. Oh, I sent you a message on Goodreads; did you get it? 🙂 6y
TrishB Love a bit of Jackson Brodie 😁 great series. 6y
saresmoore @LeahBergen I didn‘t! I‘ll go to check now. 😊 6y
saresmoore @TrishB I thought you‘d approve! 👍🙂 6y
MayJasper I like Jackson Brodie especially when he rescued the dog 6y
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rachaich
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Started this as emergency book last night! So far it's a chapter by chapter keep reading sorta book! I quite like Atkinson's books so that's enough to keep going :)

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alisahar
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Mehso-so

I was just .. not thrilled with this one (second in a series after loving the first) which was disappointing. Everyone was sad and unlikeable, including Jackson Brodie, who was mopey through most of the book, and Julia, who was a sparkling lively character in the first and just a distant flat character in the second. The first one was actually darker in subject matter but this one was somehow more depressing. SO.. should I read the third??

alisahar Second half of book review since I can't do a so-so review in just 450 characters- I thought the plot was also weaker in this one. 7y
Caroline2 Oh that's a shame! I've read and enjoyed the first book and I currently have this book sitting on my TBR shelf! 😒 7y
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BkClubCare
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Always fun to choose the latest book to fall into my hands to be next book to read. Those books that have been waiting patiently for me to notice will just have to wait a bit longer. Oscar assisting.

Mommamanzi Omg that puppy is TOO cute for words! 7y
BkClubCare @Mommamanzi - That puppy is almost 13 years old! He tolerates my photo ops. He's a good one. 7y
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BkClubCare
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The apartment complex we are moving into has a community bookshelf! I can't wait to share the books I own that I don't know if I'll ever really get to... and while looking I found the second in the Brodie series!!! So, yes, I let it jump into my bag.

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Jerdencon
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1. Cloudy but warm... loving Indian summer this week/weekend! 2. Stepdads with will Ferrell and mark wahlberg. 3. The Great Gatsby, Our Town, and catcher in the Rye. 4. One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson 5. English #humpdaypost

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Jerdencon
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Bedtime reading! Liking this one so far...

SilversReviews Love the cover. 7y
bedandabook Kate Atkinson is one of my favourite authors and I love everything she writes. Enjoy! 7y
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Gittelbooks
Bailedbailed

I wanted to love this book. I was almost immediately engaged but I got lost in the midst of too many characters and too much to remember. Perhaps because no one jumped out and made an impression. Sorry because she is a well respected writer.

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LeslieO
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Turning to Jackson Brodie for two #titlewithgood #aprilbookshowers

MayJasper I love both of these. Jackson 😍 8y
Ole Good choice! 😍 8y
LeahBergen 👍🏼👍🏼 8y
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Anneblythe
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Male parta, male dilabuntur.

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Sweettartlaura
Mehso-so

This one was ... meh. It took me a while to remember why I wanted to complete this series 😕 Because it took Atkinson a while to get to the good part.

But Atkinson's writing pulled it together, & made it worth it.

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Sweettartlaura
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Home stretch for this one...
#24in48
@24in48

JanuarieTimewalker13 Jackson Brody❤️ 8y
Reviewsbylola You can do it!! 8y
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Sweettartlaura
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With my obligations out of the way, I can throw myself into #24in48 fully now. Only 4 1/2 hours down - I doubt I'll make 24. But I'm sure gonna try😜❤️📚

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Sweettartlaura
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#24in48 starts now! The goal is to read all the Atkinsons, finish Things We Lost in the Fire & Born to Run on audio, & make more progress with McSweeney's.
Annnnnd... Go!

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Sweettartlaura
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#bookishmail 😍
One of my resolutions was to catch up/complete 3 series. Today I got One Good Turn; now I can catch up with Jackson Brodie. These will probably be my #24in48 reads next weekend.

PS - also got one of my gifts to send my #cupidgoespostal buddy... Just need one more to send it out❤️

LeahBergen I loved this series. I hope she writes another one. 8y
Sweettartlaura @LeahBergen I have been waiting to binge on these FOREVER. Read the first, hunted for the rest, & finally gave in & ordered One Good Turn online. Can't wait! 8y
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Jaime
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A masterfully written book that spirals in and around its main characters right up until the hugely satisfying ending. Pictured: Skaket Beach on Cape Cod, which has nothing to do with this book.

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shawnmooney
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Used bookstore pick #4 - another Kate Atkinson - $5

coffeenebula Yes! Good stuff. I ❤️ Jackson Brodie. 8y
Thekelburrows Kate Atkinson is my jam! 8y
Caryl Kate!!! 💖 8y
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jelisdeslivres
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Mehso-so

Atkinson's gorgeous style is on full display here, but this book was just so damn grim that I had trouble enjoying it.

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kendra
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I stayed up way too late finishing this! Great book, great series. I at times wasn't sure where it was heading, but Ms. Atkinson didn't let me down.

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kendra
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Enjoying found time to finish a good book

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Minervasbutler
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Fans of her more "literary" stuff ( Life After Life and all that) should definitely not miss out on her Jackson Brodie thrillers of which this is number 2. They're great!

LeahBergen Love this series! 9y
mcctrish I LOVE the Jackson Brody series! 9y
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