case histories: a novel (jackson brodie book 1)  <b>the first book in kate atkinson&apos;s jackson brodie mysteries series, called "the best mystery of the decade" by stephen king, finds private investigator jackson brodie following three seemingly unconnected family mysteries in edinburg.</b><br /><br /> case one: a little girl goes missing in the night. <br /><br /> case two: a beautiful young office worker falls victim to a maniac&apos;s apparently random attack. <br /><br /> case three: a new mother finds herself trapped in a hell of her own making - with a very needy baby and a very demanding husband - until a fit of rage creates a grisly, bloody escape. <br /><br /> thirty years after the first incident, as private investigator jackson brodie begins investigating all three cases, startling connections and discoveries emerge . . .