Illuminate

Okay, I read LTC's recommendation, Case Histories by Kate Atkinson and was not disappointed. But certainly wondered if I would get through the slow start. If you can work your way past page ten, you will be rewarded. The design of this is most fun: Atkinson weaves three mystery storylines together throughout the book and the reader slowly learns of things that connect them. The first case is the disappearance of a little girl; the second a shooting of a man's daughter; the third, the mental break of a mother whose need for perfection proves to be her downfall. And there's detective Jackson Brodie, with a mysterious past who is called to solve these cases. Right up to the end, Atkinson keeps the reader guessing. Although due to excellent characterization by Atkinson, I did know who one of the actual killers was before it was revealed. Great fun!