![]() ![]() Crystal Holroyd-not her real name-has built a brilliant new life for herself, but someone from her past is threatening her daughter. Vince Ives is a more-or-less successful middle-class husband and father until his wife leaves him, his boss makes him redundant, and he becomes a murder suspect. ![]() ![]() In this latest outing, Jackson is a half-duty parent to his teenage son while the boy's mother, an actor, finishes her run on a detective series. But he is not so much the central character as the grumpy, anxious, largehearted gravitational field that attracts a motley assortment of lost souls and love interests. Yes, he is the hero in that he is a private investigator-former cop, military veteran-who solves (usually) mysteries. This is Atkinson's fifth Jackson Brodie novel (Started Early, Took My Dog, 2011, etc.), but fans know that the phrase "Jackson Brodie novel" is somewhat deceptive. Canterbury Tales Bookstore on "The Drive" 2010 Commercial Drive Vancouver BC Canada V5N 4A9 60 ![]()
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