Why did Joe love this book?
I love reading Kate Atkinson, especially her crime novels with the irresistible hero Jackson Brodie. One Good Turn is both a literary drama with an extensive cast of quirky characters and an addictive and fast-paced thriller.
Best of all, it is the funniest book she has written to date, and that says a lot. I read it for the third or fourth time, and I was captivated all over again. Read and enjoy.
2 authors picked One Good Turn as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
"Atkinson's bright voice rings on every page, and her sly and wry observations move the plot as swiftly as suspense turns the pages of a thriller."-San Francisco ChronicleTwo years after the events of Case Histories left him a retired millionaire, Jackson Brodie has followed Julia, his occasional girlfriend and former client, to Edinburgh for its famous summer arts festival. But when he witnesses a man being brutally attacked in a traffic jam - the apparent victim of an extreme case of road rage - a chain of events is set in motion that will pull the wife of an unscrupulous…