Started Early, Took My Dog

Started Early, Took My Dog

2010 • 350 pages

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The fourth Jackson Brodie novel: literary crime from the prizewinning number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription. 'Crime has given Atkinson the freedom to write an ambitious, panoramic work, full of excitement, colour and compassion' Sunday Times A day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a shocking impulse purchase. That one moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy's humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn. Witnesses to Tracy's outrageous exchange in the Merrion Centre in Leeds are Tilly, an elderly actress teetering on the brink of her own disaster, and Jackson Brodie, who has returned to his home county in search of someone else's roots. All three characters learn that the past is never history and that no good deed goes unpunished.

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Jackson Brodie

Jackson Brodie is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2004 with contributions by Kate Atkinson.

Case Histories
One Good Turn
When Will There Be Good News?
Started Early, Took My Dog
Big Sky
Death at the Sign of the Rook

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I didn't get through Case Histories when I first picked it up a few years ago, but after seeing so many good reviews I tried it again, and this time really enjoyed it. I like the Jackson Brodie character, but this third book of his series was my least favorite.

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This was a good mystery with seemingly unimportant threads which prove useful in the end. I look forward to reading the first book in the series, Case Histories.

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