DCI Louise Monroe is investigating a man whose amusement arcade has gone
up in flames. He has some shady connections to bad types from Glasgow,
yet he is married to a respectable doctor. That respectable doctor was
the only survivor of a brutal attack on her family when she was a
child, and the previous day Louise had gone to warn her that the killer
had just gotten out of jail.
Meanwhile, Jackson Brodie is on his way home with a clipping of his
two-year old son’s hair. At least he thinks he’s on his way home, the
train he caught is actually on its way to Edinburgh. Only, the train
isn’t going to make it.
When Brodie wakes up in hospital, he doesn’t know who he is. He is
fortunate to have had his blood type tattooed on his chest, because he
had lost a lot of blood in the derailment.
The day after Monroe is approached by a young girl who suggests that the
doctor Monroe had visited earlier is missing. She is the doctor’s
child minder, however Monroe refuses to believe her. However, she
believes her when she says that she had saved the life of a man by the
name of Jackson Brodie, and shows her the post card he had had in his
pocket.
Now that Brodie is set to leave the hospital, the girl, Reggie Chase,
asks for his help in finding the missing Dr. Hunter. He is reluctant.
As Monroe finds as she begins her investigation, the plot thickens. Can
she find the missing doctor and nail the husband for arson?
Author Kate Atkinson has stories within stories wound together in a
sticky mess, however they do get solved, but not necessarily resolved. A
thoroughly enjoyable read, and hard to put down. I look forward to
reading the next book in this series.
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