Jaclyn Moriarty is the bestselling author of novels for young adults including Feeling Sorry for Celia, The Year of Secret Assignments, and the Colours of Madeleine trilogy. She has been the recipient of the NSW Premier’s Literary Award, the Queensland Literary Award, and the Aurealis Award for Fantasy.Her newest novel is Gravity Is the Thing.
At the Guardian, Moriarty tagged ten special books about new beginnings, including:
Case Histories by Kate AtkinsonRead about another entry on the list.
In his own way, Jackson Brodie is just as charismatic, sexy and capable as Phryne Fisher [of Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood]. Case Histories, the first of Brodie’s stories, has him embarking on his new career as private detective. I read this many years ago, on a train between Toronto and Montreal, just after a miscarriage, and cried at almost every page. It was exactly what I needed. I already admired Kate Atkinson, but this was when I fell in love with her exuberant, powerful prose.
Case Histories is among four books that changed Carmel Reilly, Fiona Barton's eight best cold-case mysteries, and Shirley Henderson's six best books.
--Marshal Zeringue
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