{"product_id":"one-good-turn-9780316012829","title":"One Good Turn","description":"On a beautiful summer day, crowds lined up outside a theater witness a sudden act of extreme road rage: a tap on a fender triggers a nearly homicidal attack. Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, new millionaire, is among the bystanders. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The event thrusts Jackson into the orbit of the wife of an unscrupulous real estate tycoon, a washed-up comedian, a successful crime novelist, a mysterious Russian woman, and a female police detective. Each of them hiding a secret, each looking for love or money or redemption or escape, they all play a role in driving Jackson out of retirement and into the middle of several mysteries that intersect in one sinister scheme. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kate Atkinson \"writes such fluid, sparkling prose that an ingenious plot almost seems too much to ask, but we get it anyway,\" writes Laura Miller for \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e. With a keen eye for the excesses of modern life, a warm understanding of the frailties of the human heart, and a genius for plots that turn and twist, Atkinson has written a novel that delights and surprises from the first page to the last.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Atkinson\u003c\/b\u003e's first novel, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Scenes at the Museum\u003c\/i\u003e, was named England's Whitbread Book of the Year in 1996. Since then, she has written eleven more ground-breaking, bestselling books. She lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50616135909650,"sku":"9780316012829","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_03c57811-c026-4132-ac3c-833870148719.jpg?v=1732502154","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/one-good-turn-9780316012829","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}