Mystery
A road-rage incident during the Edinburgh Festival entangles ex-detective Jackson Brodie in interconnected crimes and eccentric lives.
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A road-rage incident during the Edinburgh Festival entangles ex-detective Jackson Brodie in interconnected crimes and eccentric lives.
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BCA Crime Thriller of the Year Best Novel (nominee)
It is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident - an incident which changes the lives of everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bystander - until he becomes a suspect. With "Case Histories", Kate Atkinson showed how brilliantly she could explore the crime genre and make it her own. In "One Good Turn", she takes her m...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Strained relationships; sex-work exploitation subplot with prostitutes
Violence & gore
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Brutal road-rage assault; murders and violent crimes throughout
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic elements present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Corporate corruption and sex-worker exploitation as social themes
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Past rape-murder backstory; exploitation of trafficked sex workers
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