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''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.'〔back cover, Charwood large-print edition, publ, 2007〕 It is the second novel to feature former private investigator Jackson Brodie and is set two years after the earlier ''Case Histories''. ==Principal characters== *Paul Bradley, lost in central Edinburgh, is driving a rented Peugeot when he brakes suddenly to avoid hitting a pedestrian who stepped out in front of his car *Terence Smith a.k.a. 'Honda Man,' driving a Honda Civic, collides with the rear of the Peugeot and attacks the driver with a baseball bat, knocking Bradley unconscious *Martin Canning, a successful author of crime novels (set in the 1940s and featuring a heroine called Nina Riley), witnesses the incident and throws his laptop bag at the attacker to stop him killing the prostrate driver. Honda Man does not respond but gets in his car and drives off *Jackson Brodie, divorced ex policeman and now retired private detective, is visiting Edinburgh with his girlfriend Julia (featured in the first novel), who is appearing in a Fringe production. He witnesses the attack and leaves his card with Martin. *Gloria Hatter, wife of millionaire builder Graham Hatter, under investigation for fraud *Tatiana, a Russian call-girl seeing Graham Hatter. *Louise Monroe, a Detective Sergeant and single parent, who is called to Cramond to investigate a drowned woman and becomes attracted to Jackson Brodie 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「One Good Turn (novel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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