Welcome to Litsy!

It's a bit of a slow start, but once it finds its groove, it really flies. I would say this one was the most humorous of the Brodie series, the Murder Mystery theatrics made for a hilarious farce. And always happy to see Reggie and the welcome (but underutilized) return of Louise Monroe.

Thank you to @CarolynM for inspiring this year's read through of the Jackson Brodie series. It's been a pleasure to catch up and I can't wait for more!

I've stolen Aretha's spot in front of the fireplace for some morning reading, and she really doesn't know what to make of it.

#CatsofLitsy

I made it!

After @CarolynM included this one on her #AuldLangSpine list, I made it my reading goal for the year to catch up with the Jackson Brodie series so that I could read it in its proper order. And I did it! So it's time to crack this bad boy open and dive in....

I seem to have started this series with the last book. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ Guess I'll park it for the moment and try finding the first. I cannot read a series out of order. 🙄🙄🙄

#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

Love Kate Atkinson, love the cover, love the title and love Jackson Brodie. This was great fun with a mix of knowing humour, Downton-vibes, and a lost-art murder-mystery crime caper (I can‘t decide if I love or hate the word caper 😆). You‘ll love to hate the Miltons, and I loved the gentleness with which Ben and Simon were treated. And of course, Jackson himself never disappoints.

This was just ‘meh‘ for me.
Through much of the beginning I was bored, I suppose there was some humour there granted it was a bit eye-roll inducing for me. Maybe I‘ve just moved on from this series 🤷🏻‍♀️

I love Kate Atkinson and was thrilled to see there was a new entry in her Jackson Brodie series. When Brodie is hired to find a missing painting, he enlists the help of detective Reggie Chase. The trail leads them to Burton Makepeace, the estate of an aristocratic family who've turned to hosting murder mystery themed evenings for extra cash. Wry humor and uniquely human characters make this a delightful read, as expected from this brilliant series

#12Booksof2024

I really loved being back with Jackson Brodie in this latest novel, which I read in November. I love Atkinson overall and I particularly love her Jackson Brodie books. They are both melancholy and hopeful and can also make me laugh.

#12BooksOf2024 September

I‘m always abuzz with anticipation for a new Kate Atkinson, and even more so when it‘s a Jackson Brodie story. She has never disappointed me. I loved this one in September.

Loved this most recent entry in the Jackson Brodie series. It was particularly satisfying for those familiar with the entire history of our Jackson. Art theft, red herrings, undeserving heirs, and maybe murder all converge when ex-Army, ex-Police, PI Jackson is hired by a dodgy pair of siblings after their aged mother dies and a certain painting goes missing at the same time as the carer.

6th #10beforetheend book & also works for #SeriesLove2024

Jackson and Louise ❤️😢 IYKYK

“Apart from the fact that snow had already closed several roads in the far north, Scotland was a place full of unfortunate memories for him. He had nearly died there, he had lied about a double murder (no regrets), and he had met a woman he really liked, possibly loved, although the word was difficult for him to pronounce, and he had slipped away in the night without so much as a goodbye, leaving a dog in his place.”

#WhereAreYouMonday

This Monday I‘m in and around Yorkshire with Jackson Brodie. I started this book three weeks ago and then set it down, for what ever reason. But now I‘m well stuck in it and enjoying it.

I have so much to do, but really just want to snuggle under a blanket and read more of this ...

I was SO EXCITED to get another Jackson Brodie book! I like pretty much anything Atkinson writes but this one was a welcome return to my favorite stuff—snarky dry British humor, entangled ridiculous plot lines, darkly comic morbidity, and a visit with Brodie. I giggled a lot through the last few chapters. This had a Clue whodunnit vibe that was extra fun. Just a good time.

Really looking for to both of these. One for spooky season and Jackson Brodie❤️! #BookSpin #DoubleSpin #BookSpinBingo

As requested, they had all assembled in the Library before dinner.
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

What an absolute joy! I loved it. I loved the way it played with the tropes and conventions of fictional crime as rendered by the British and I loved the returning characters, of course, but what I loved most were all the little asides - the nods and winks at so many things real and fictional. I snort-laughed at “the Milton‘s were very much not a racist family”.

I‘ve been absent & not reading much over the last few months. Glad to be back now😊

I love Kate‘s stand-alone books as well as the ‘Todd Family‘ series, so when I saw she had a new book coming out I was excited! Then I saw it was book 6 in her wildly popular Jackson Brodie series, which I have read 0 books from. I decided to keep my library hold on it and give it a try, and I‘m glad I did! I would‘ve missed out on a great story, her amazing writing, and meeting new characters who have a backlist of books for me to read now 🤩

Lol, I love the imagery of little grey cells high-fiving 😂 Thjs is why I love Kate Atkinson‘s work ♥️

So nice to be back with Jackson and Reggie. I forget that Jackson Is ageing. Do hope he doesn‘t retire anytime soon. I enjoyed this adventure . Lots of words I hadn‘t seen in a long time . Some I had to look up . Good for the brain. Love that she uses these wonderful words. I got a bit bogged down in the middle but kept on and was pleased I did.

Loved the Christieness of it, all the little nods. Nice to have Jackson Brodie back

Just updating my wee door sign. Really enjoying this one.

It‘s a pick, but definitely not my favourite.
Loved- Atkinson‘s writing as always, her humour and her sarcasm about the British class system is very funny. Jackson Brodie- still a great character ❤️
What I didn‘t like- country house farce, Agatha Christie style, with many interconnecting doors and weird side characters. Too busy and took ages to make any sense of overall story.
Interested to see what others think.

Next up . . . Can't leave a new Atkinson too long before jumping on in.

Excited 😁