![]() ![]() We have the unsolved disappearance of Olivia Land from 1970, prompted by her two remaining sisters – Julia and Amelia – finding Olivia’s cherished toy in their father’s office drawer after his death. It is so easy to get lost in the flow of her prose.Ĭase Histories revolves around a number of cold cases as the TV shows suggest we should be calling them. ![]() Whilst there is a strong narrative drive through the chapters, each chapter meanders and jumps between past and present, between action and meditation, in a stream-of-consciousness which feels fully realistic and credible. And they work to complement each other.Īnd Atkinson’s ability to delve into the characters’ minds is wonderful. The difference is that his narrative voice works and it fits him beautifully.Īlso like Robert Galbraith, Atkinson bounces us around different narrative points of view but she controls and manages those changes. Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie had suffered a trauma in his childhood as had Cormoran Strike. Like Robert Galbraith’s Cormoran Strike, Atkinson’s detective is powerful and imposing and very masculine he has also lost his wife just as Strike has been dumped by his girlfriend. Kate Atkinson – whose more explicitly literary offering of Life After Life was divine and possibly one of the best books I have ever read – is equally as controlled here, albeit set within the detective genre. Another detective fiction novel – and another still to review, albeit with a paranormal twist – and this shares many similarities with The Cuckoo’s Calling but is done so much better. ![]()
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