This sets up an expectation with the reader that the three cases will all converge in the end in a satisfying and surprising way. The premise of Case Histories is very promising – private investigator Jackson Brodie is commissioned to solve three different cold cases by three different clients. Unfortunately, my craving for a good mystery was not satisfied. I chose this novel because I was in the mood for a good mystery, plus I recently read Life After Life, also by Kate Atkinson, and liked the author’s writing style. Case Histories is the first book in Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie series.
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Waggoner is the senior vice president of legal services and senior counsel at the Alliance Defending Freedom, a legal advocacy and training group which the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated as a hate group. |