A review by annecharlotte_reads
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense

5.0

This is a scathing and spirited whodunit, alternately laugh-out-loud funny and immensely sad. Atkinson has a fantastic character in private eye Jackson Brodie, who holds limitless compassion for the fate of the lost or murdered girls and women who haunt his memory and his day job. The three cases are kept separate for a long time, then brilliantly woven together. Addictive and really, really enjoyable, despite the very real and sometimes unexpected monsters who lurk in the background. I particularly love the fact that the criminals are not the focus of the narrative but rather the ones who loved and mourn and try to keep on living. Kate Atkinson has a real talent for fleshing out larger-than-life characters, flawed and funny and beautiful. 
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