Set in Cambridge, Case Histories is the first novel of the Jackson Brodie series. It follows private investigator Brodie, investigating three cold cases. Case 1: A little girl, Olivia goes missing from the family's garden. Thirty years later, two of her surviving sisters, each achingly lonely in her own way, reunite when their cruel and distant father dies. Going through their father’s belongings they discover Olivia’s favourite stuffed animal, which leaves them stunned and looking for answers.
Case 2: is about the unsolved murder of an 18-year-old young woman named Laura when a stranger walked into her office and killed her. Her father has spent years trying to find the killer.
The third case concerns a young family in which the wife was convicted of her husband’s brutal murder and their baby daughter Tanya was given to her paternal grandparents, but who as a teenager has disappeared.
The novel revolves around people who are related to these 3 cases.
There is also a fourth character, Binky Rain, a very old woman who has dozens of cats and who calls Jackson every time one of them goes missing.
I enjoyed it and remembered all the characters!
∼ Happy Reading∼
x Polly x
I want to be Binky Rain.
ReplyDeleteI thought you might Debra, she was interesting and quirky, she didn't appear very often and Brodie was always patient with her.
DeleteBinky Rain I want to be too;)
ReplyDeleteEveryone likes Binky!
DeleteThanks for the reading recommendation, Polly, and I'll check my library for this one.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Beatrice.
DeleteI love Jackson Brodie
ReplyDeleteMe too.
DeleteSounds like a good read. But right now I'm fascinated by a true crime - the mysterious disappearance of Nicola Bulley in Lancashire. A huge police operation has yet to find any trace of her.
ReplyDeleteYes, that is very strange how she has just vanished. I feel for her family.
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