![]() ![]() An irrepressible exuberance shines throughout, as well as a reliance on coincidence and resistance to neat resolution, both of which run counter to the standard pleasures of the crime genre. ![]() The wonder of Atkinson's novels has been their joie de vivre, extraordinary given the high incidence of violent death. Over the four novels Atkinson has painted Jackson into a fractured universe of missing wives, near-death experiences, exploded houses and estranged lovers, but the absence nearest to his heart – his "own dear grail" – remains his sister Niamh, murdered as a teenager in a brutal crime that was never solved. ![]() ![]() This is the fourth book to feature "semi-retired" private investigator Jackson Brodie, a tender curmudgeon and solver of mysteries whose appeal lies in the fact that he remains a mystery to himself. K ate Atkinson's novels have always been built around lost girls, from the Whitbread-winning family saga Behind the Scenes at the Museum to her current bravura crime series. ![]()
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