One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson, 418 pagesFormer police officer and private investigator Jackson Brodie is in Edinburgh to support his actress girlfriend, who is performing in Edinburgh's famous Fringe Festival. But this is Jackson Brodie on holiday, so of course seeing odd performances and festival-goers is the least exciting thing to happen; instead, Brodie witnesses a road rage incident that sets off a series of linked mysteries concerning a nebbish cozy mystery writer, a "cleaning service" that does much more, a corrupt developer's wife, a past-his-prime stand-up comedian, and a newly minted police inspector with a shoplifting son and a dying cat. Once again, Atkinson turns in a stellar mystery full of compelling characters that fit together like a difficult but oh-so-rewarding jigsaw puzzle.
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