One Good Turn : Jackson Brodie : Book 2

One Good Turn : Jackson Brodie : Book 2
ISBN: 9780552772440
Publication Date: 3 September 2007

Kate Atkinson's brilliant new novel, bringing back Jackson Brodie from the bestselling CASE HISTORIES.

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 of everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bystander - until he becomes a suspect.

With CASE HISTORIES, Kate Atkinson showed how brilliantly she could explore the crime genre and make it her own. In ONE GOOD TURN she takes her masterful plotting one step further. Like a set of Russian dolls each thread of the narrative reveals itself to be related to the last. Her Dickensian cast of characters are all looking for love or money and find it in surprising places. As ever with Atkinson what each one actually discovers is their true self.

Unputdownable and triumphant, ONE GOOD TURN is a sharply intelligent read that is also percipient, funny, and totally satisfying.

Reading Group Book Questions

1. What do you think is the significance of the title?
2. Were you surprised when you learned who had hired Ray, the assassin?
3. Why do you think the author used the imagery of crumbling homes, particularly during Louise Monroe's narrative?
4. What connection is there between Martin's experience on his trip to Russia and the way he behaves at the end of One Good Turn?
5. Why do you think Jackson gets as involved as he does in the case of the dead woman?

About The Author Kate Atkinson's most recent novel, When Will There Be Good News? was voted Richard & Judy Book Best Read of the Year. After Case Histories and One Good Turn, it was her third novel to feature the former private detective Jackson Brodie, who makes a welco...