Started Early, Took My Dog
By Kate AtkinsonStarted Early, Took My Dog is Kate Atkinson's fourth installment of the Jackson Brodie series. Jackson is a country music loving , semi-retired British private investigator. As this story begins he is pondering his state of affairs--he's approaching middle age without much direction. The women in his life have done him wrong and he feels estranged from his teenage daughter. And his financial affairs are a bit rocky. To help his cash flow, Jackon reluctantly agrees to help a cheerful young New Zealand woman find her birth parents in the UK. What should be a straight forward case is