"Magnificently plotted.In the author's signature multilayered style, she shifts between past and present.Atkinson injects wit even in the bleakest moments.yet never loses her razor-sharp edge."- Publishers Weekly, starred review Case Histories.is a classic.Atkinson's views of contemporary society can be bleak, but she has an amazing eye for kids, dogs and human fallibility." - Mary Ann Gwinn, The Seattle Times " are an entrancing hybrid of the literary novel/detective story. "The sleuthing is less important than Atkinson's fascinating take on the philosophical and emotional dimensions of her characters' lives."- Kirkus odyssey as a new parent to a waif dressed in a ragged fairy costume, relayed with both tenderness and wry wit, must be one of the grandest love affairs in crime fiction.For its singular melding of radiant humor and dark deeds, this is must-reading for literary crime-fiction fans."- Joanne Wilkinson, Booklist, starred review "Brilliant.Atkinson seamlessly weaves together in a plot driven by coincidence and a diamond-hard recognition of man's darker nature.
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