One Good Turn (novel)

One Good Turn
First edition
AuthorKate Atkinson
Cover artistNeil Gower
LanguageEnglish
SeriesJackson Brodie
GenreCrime Fiction
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
2006
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint, audio & ebook
Pages400
ISBN0-385-60800-4
Preceded byCase Histories 
Followed byWhen Will There Be Good News? 

One Good Turn (subtitled A Jolly Murder Mystery) is a 2006 crime novel by Kate Atkinson set in Edinburgh during the Festival. “People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a brutal road rage incident - an incident that changes the lives of everyone involved.”[1] It is the second novel to feature former private investigator Jackson Brodie and is set two years after the earlier Case Histories.[2]

  1. ^ back cover, Charwood large-print edition, publ, 2007
  2. ^ Jordan, Justine (4 August 2006). "Beyond the Fringe". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2014.