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It stars jason isaacs who had also narrated the abridged. Jackson brodie, private detective, has an interesting case load. A beautiful young office worker falls victim to a maniacs apparently random attack. Another reader whom i admire has read both those titles, adding she loved every one of the jackson brodie novels, case histories being the first in the series. Oct 15, 2007 the first book in kate atkinson s jackson brodie mysteries series, called the best mystery of the decade by stephen king, finds private investigator jackson brodie following three seemingly unconnected family mysteries in edinburg. One good turn is a sequel to case histories, and it seems to me that. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read case histories.
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