![]() ![]() The second involves the present-day murder of a prostitute. The first involves the murder of a prostitute in 1975. ![]() ![]() For those expecting more than just a clever plot from the author, Atkinson also produces an insightful study of the increasing alienation felt by an aging population in England. This is first-rate literary fiction by an award-winning British novelist who first burst onto the literary scene with Behind the Scenes at the Museum, winner of the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year.įor mystery fans, Atkinson produces a corpse in the opening scene: Readers will enjoy following Jackson around Yorkshire as he collects clues about the cover-up of the murder while working on his own assignment for a client who, coincidentally, is linked to the crime. Newcomers to Atkinson’s fiction come up to speed with Jackson’s past, which includes a missing con artist wife, a train crash, estranged lovers, and the omnipresent, unsolved murder of his teenage sister when he was just a boy. Fans of Kate Atkinson’s “semi-retired” private investigator Jackson Brodie will be rewarded with Started Early, Took My Dog, the fourth book featuring the enigmatic former policeman. ![]()
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