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Jackson Brodie 4

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Started Early, Took My Dog

By: Kate Atkinson
Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
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The fourth Jackson Brodie novel: literary crime from the prizewinning number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.

A day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a shocking impulse purchase. That one moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy's humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn.

Witnesses to Tracy's outrageous exchange in the Merrion Centre in Leeds are Tilly, an elderly actress teetering on the brink of her own disaster, and Jackson Brodie, who has returned to his home county in search of someone else's roots. All three characters learn that the past is never history and that no good deed goes unpunished.

'Crime has given Atkinson the freedom to write an ambitious, panoramic work, full of excitement, colour and compassion' Sunday Times

© Kate Atkinson 2010 (P) Penguin Audio 2011

©2010 Kate Atkinson (P)2011 Random House Audiobooks Mystery Suspense Fiction
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The narrator seems a bit lost and the intonation quite frequently goes against the meaning. But not enough to be more than a mild annoyance.

Nice book. Shame about the

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Everything Kate Atkinson writes is remarkable and I'm eating up the Jackson Brodie series. Great story and narration but seriously, where was the producer. You pronounce the name Niamh 'Neeve' . Every time Nicholas Bell says 'Neeam' I die a little inside. Jackson's sister deserved better. But he does a such a great job overall, perhaps I shouldn't be so picky.
I can't recommend every book in this series highly enough.

Brilliant, as usual.

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Liked the story but was irritated by the readers pronunciation of the irish name niamh. should be pronounced née v. he pronounced it née am. irritating.!

Easy listen

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Niamh is pronounced "Neve." It's an Irish name, because Jackson's mum was Irish. Listening to this narrator pronounce it wrong throughout the (really good) novel is irritating.

Learn how to pronounce the names you read, narrator!

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Another interesting cast of characters and intriguing story. My least favourite Jackson Brodie so far.

Murder and mystery

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