Rating: 5/5
Review:
Another excellent instalment
I thoroughly enjoyed Big Sky. I confess that I struggle with much of
Kate Atkinson’s work, but I love the Jackson Brodie series and this
is possibly the best so far.
Jackson is older,
still working as an investigator and living on the Yorkshire coast.
He becomes embroiled in a police investigation into present-day
people smuggling and sex-slavery and another linked investigation
into historical child abuse – the second of which features the
slightly surprising but very welcome return of a great character from
When Will There Be Good News? It features Atkinson’s trademark
brilliant character portraits (including Jackson, Julia and their son
Nathan) with a poignant comparison of two very different teenagers
who turn out not to be so very different beneath their respective
facades. It is also a very engrossing story in which Atkinson
manages to bring genuine compassion, insight and a fresh feel to
topics which have featured very extensively in recent fiction and I
was completely engrossed.
There is also a
quite extensive coda to the main story, developing Jackson’s life,
his relationship with Marlee and other aspect, too. I hope very much
that we will get another episode in his saga before too long. The
world needs more of Jackson Brodie’s dogged, decent, world-weary
but ultimately hopeful brand of justice – and so do I. Warmly
recommended.
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