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sarahbarnes
Case Histories: A Novel | Kate Atkinson
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So glad I finally got around to reading the first book in this series - I loved it! Can‘t wait to read the others. 😁

Ruthiella This series is so good. But definitely not a conventional mystery or thriller, so not for everyone. I‘m glad you liked the first one! 3w
mcctrish I LOVE this series!!! 3w
sarahbarnes @mcctrish @Ruthiella I‘m very excited for the next one! I don‘t read a ton of thrillers but I loved this one. 3w
vivastory I read the first one yrs ago, always meant to continue as I did really like it 2w
sarahbarnes @vivastory I loved the pace and feel of it. Not scary but engrossing. 2w
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rwmg
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16 year-old Reggie drops out of school after her mother's death but is still studying for her A levels with tutoring from a retired teacher while she's working as a part-time mother's help (aka nanny) for a doctor. But then her employer disappears. Meanwhile, a train crashes on the line just behind her tutor's house, leaving an injured Jackson Brodie with amnesia. ⬇

rwmg Rather darker than the earlier books in the series, especially in the middle part when the title just about summed my feelings up. Although I was rooting for Reggie, it was impossible to shake off a feeling of inevitable catastrophe. 1mo
Ruthiella This is my favorite Brodie book, mostly because of the payoff at the end. 1mo
rwmg @Ruthiella, please see below 1mo
rwmg I was a bit confused by the ending. I assume Jo Hunter told him where to find the gun so that he could commit suicide because I don't see how she could have killed him herself.

Is Louise pregnant? Does Reggie become a recurring character or is this her only appearance?
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Ruthiella I don‘t remember about the gun details. I think your assumption is probably correct. Louise is pregnant and both she and Reggie will turn up in future novels, but they aren‘t exactly recurring. But they will pop up. 1mo
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rwmg
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She was wearing an aggressive three-piece outfit that was probably very expensive but had the kind of pattern you would get if you cut up the flags of several obscure countries and then gave them to a blind pigeon to stick back together again.

CarolynM 😆 1mo
Reggie Lol 1mo
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rwmg
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'Pliny the Younger,‘ Ms MacDonald always emphasized as if it was of crucial importance that you got your Plinys right, when in fact there was probably hardly anyone left on earth who gave a monkey‘s about which was the elder and which was the younger. Who gave a monkey‘s about them, period.

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O tempora! O mores!

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Jackson Brodie steps in to help defuse a road-rage incident in Edinburgh. He, the rager and the ragee, and another witness bounce off each other over the next few days as various storylines come together.

Funny in places and a few too many flashbacks to characters' early lives, but still good to see how it all fitted together. Martin was the character I identified with most strongly and I wish his story hadn't concluded quite the way it did.

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Ruthiella I love her Jackson Brodie series. 😃 1mo
rwmg Although I liked the first one enough to put the 2nd on my TBR shelf, I am enjoying this one much more and 1/4 of the way in I am intrigued to see how the different story lines will come together.. 1mo
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TheKidUpstairs
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Definitely my favourite of the Brodie series so far. A train derailment, a critically injured Brodie, a missing woman with a past, and a teenager trying to find someone who will listen. I adored Reggie and Sadie :)

Slowly making my way towards @CarolynM's selection for #AuldLangSpine - two more to go until I'm ready for the Rook!

CarolynM Probably my favourite of the series. I adore Louise. 2mo
TheKidUpstairs @CarolynM She is wonderful. The banter between her and Jackson is just perfect. 2mo
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"Somewhere, in some Utopian nowhere, women walked without fear. Louise would sure like to see that place.

Give medals to all the women."