• Started Early, Took My Dog

  • Jackson Brodie 4
  • By: Kate Atkinson
  • Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
  • Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (31 ratings)

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Started Early, Took My Dog

By: Kate Atkinson
Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
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Publisher's summary

It's a day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a purchase she hadn't bargained for. One moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy's humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn.

Witnesses to Tracy's Faustian exchange in the Merrion Centre in Leeds are Tilly, an elderly actress teetering on the brink of her own disaster, and Jackson Brodie who has returned to his home county in search of someone else's roots. All three characters learn that the past is never history and that no good deed goes unpunished.

Kate Atkinson dovetails and counterpoints her plots with Dickensian brilliance in a tale peopled with unlikely heroes and villains. Started Early, Took My Dog is freighted with wit, wisdom and a fierce moral intelligence. It confirms Kate Atkinson’s position as one of the great writers of our time.

©2010 Kate Atkinson (P)2011 Random House Audiobooks

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Learn how to pronounce the names you read, narrator!

Niamh is pronounced "Neve." It's an Irish name, because Jackson's mum was Irish. Listening to this narrator pronounce it wrong throughout the (really good) novel is irritating.

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Easy listen

Liked the story but was irritated by the readers pronunciation of the irish name niamh. should be pronounced née v. he pronounced it née am. irritating.!

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Murder and mystery

Another interesting cast of characters and intriguing story. My least favourite Jackson Brodie so far.

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Brilliant, as usual.

Everything Kate Atkinson writes is remarkable and I'm eating up the Jackson Brodie series. Great story and narration but seriously, where was the producer. You pronounce the name Niamh 'Neeve' . Every time Nicholas Bell says 'Neeam' I die a little inside. Jackson's sister deserved better. But he does a such a great job overall, perhaps I shouldn't be so picky.
I can't recommend every book in this series highly enough.

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Nice book. Shame about the

The narrator seems a bit lost and the intonation quite frequently goes against the meaning. But not enough to be more than a mild annoyance.

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