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This was just ‘meh‘ for me.
Through much of the beginning I was bored, I suppose there was some humour there granted it was a bit eye-roll inducing for me. Maybe I‘ve just moved on from this series 🤷🏻‍♀️

I love Kate Atkinson and was thrilled to see there was a new entry in her Jackson Brodie series. When Brodie is hired to find a missing painting, he enlists the help of detective Reggie Chase. The trail leads them to Burton Makepeace, the estate of an aristocratic family who've turned to hosting murder mystery themed evenings for extra cash. Wry humor and uniquely human characters make this a delightful read, as expected from this brilliant series

A low pick. I listened to an audio version, and I think I would have preferred a physical book for this one. Or if Libby had the Jason Isaacs version. As it was the narration was a bit distracting, and I didn't enjoy it as much as Case Histories. But it was still a good read, an interesting web of deceit and murder, with the hallmarks of a good Atkinson - no clean endings with justice wrapped up in a bow, just the messy stuff of life. 👇

“You can't change the past, only the future, and the only place you could change the future was in the present.”

#FreshStart #25Alive

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#12Booksof2024

I really loved being back with Jackson Brodie in this latest novel, which I read in November. I love Atkinson overall and I particularly love her Jackson Brodie books. They are both melancholy and hopeful and can also make me laugh.

#12BooksOf2024 September

I‘m always abuzz with anticipation for a new Kate Atkinson, and even more so when it‘s a Jackson Brodie story. She has never disappointed me. I loved this one in September.

Loved this most recent entry in the Jackson Brodie series. It was particularly satisfying for those familiar with the entire history of our Jackson. Art theft, red herrings, undeserving heirs, and maybe murder all converge when ex-Army, ex-Police, PI Jackson is hired by a dodgy pair of siblings after their aged mother dies and a certain painting goes missing at the same time as the carer.

6th #10beforetheend book & also works for #SeriesLove2024

Jackson and Louise ❤️😢 IYKYK

“Apart from the fact that snow had already closed several roads in the far north, Scotland was a place full of unfortunate memories for him. He had nearly died there, he had lied about a double murder (no regrets), and he had met a woman he really liked, possibly loved, although the word was difficult for him to pronounce, and he had slipped away in the night without so much as a goodbye, leaving a dog in his place.”

#WhereAreYouMonday

This Monday I‘m in and around Yorkshire with Jackson Brodie. I started this book three weeks ago and then set it down, for what ever reason. But now I‘m well stuck in it and enjoying it.

I have so much to do, but really just want to snuggle under a blanket and read more of this ...