![]() ![]() But he does seem to attract any number of broken and damaged clients (and readers), particularly women, to him.Ģ019 saw the return, after eight years, of Jackson and his aging Labrador, as they endeavour to start a new life in a peaceful seaside town, but fortunately for readers, misery seems to follow them. It’s either endearing or irritating, depending on how competent or human you want your detective to be. Which - in a world of invulnerable superdicks might be just what was needed. Paula Hawkins, the author of The Girl on the Train, tagged him as “marvelously melancholy” and that about nails it. A would-be tough guy, he nonetheless wears his big honking empathetic heart of his sleeve, and proves to be all too human at times, fumbling and bumbling his way through life in a melancholic haze. ![]() Unapologetically literate and literary, Atkinson (and her detective) never let the reader forget that there are real lives involved here, and real hurt, but she treats them all with warmth, humour and intelligence, as well as compassion and respect that, in the post-9/11 years, wasn’t something to ignore easily.Īnd Jackson himself is quite a piece of work, himself. ![]() Which is why this series by Whitbread Award winner Atkinson is so satisfying. Hailing originally from Yorkshire, Cambridge (and later Edinburgh) moody, broody private investigator JACKSON BRODIE is many things: an ex-cop, an ex-soldier, an ex-husband, a weekend dad and a man who knows what it’s like be dragged through the emotional wringer of life. ![]()
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