Started Early, Took My Dog – Kate Atkinson
Although I read the whole book—completing it while on vacation in San Francisco—I found Started Early, Took My Dog less …
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James and Atkinson
Still in this rut where I go from Atkinson to James, from James to Atkinson. It’s not over yet: I’ve …
When Will There Be Good News – Masterpiece Mystery edition
I’m so glad I read the book first. So much was changed in the television version to accommodate the abbreviated …
Kate Atkinson – When Will There Be Good News?
I know. I’m on an obsessive roll. My third Kate Atkinson/Jackson Brodie book in a month. But that’s one of …
One Good Turn – Kate Atkinson
Case Histories is a good detective novel, but One Good Turn is a good novel. In Histories, I could find …
One Good Turn – Turns of phrase
Kate Atkinson obviously loves to play with language—One Good Turn, her sequel to Case Histories, is chock full of riffs …
Case Histories – a Fall River connection
I’m hardly the first reader to appreciate the surprising connections that can arise between writer and reader—those random references or …
Case Histories on PBS
Perhaps it wasn’t such a good idea to read a book right before its televised version. The book’s details are …
Jackson Brodie: man and dog
Taking my morning walk with the dogs, I started thinking about the ways that Atkinson deftly shows us the state …
Case Histories – Kate Atkinson
I’m a little late to the party, I know, but I’ve been circling Case Histories for some time now. I …
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