Case Histories

Tana French fans take note: If you have read all three of her books and are looking for a similar type story, check out Kate Atkinson's Case Histories. It is a mystery. It is set in Great Britain. It has a dysfunctional, but lovable main character.

An excerpt from Goodreads:

Case one: A little girl goes missing in the night. 

Case two: A beautiful young office worker falls victim to a maniac's apparently random attack. 

Case three: A new mother finds herself trapped in a hell of her own making - with a very needy baby and a very demanding husband - until a fit of rage creates a grisly, bloody escape.

Thirty years after the first incident, as private investigator Jackson Brodie begins investigating all three cases, startling connections and discoveries emerge . . .


I really enjoyed this. I liked the intersection of the different cases and how the author teased out the endings. Jackson Brodie is not quite as dysfunctional as some other detectives, but he has his fair share. What, do ALL detectives have to have major issues to be good at that job?? At any rate, I look forward to reading more from this author. It is customary for me to find an author and then read the shit out of him/her, but I'm going to vary from the norm and pick something else and let the other Kate Atkinson's on my shelf wait a bit. Not because I'm not interested, but because I want to spread out the enjoyment. I've got a lot of reading time coming up this summer...