My first advice to toy would be read Kate Atkinson's books. Not just the Jackson Brodie stories but the whole canon.
Like a one - woman Avengers Squad she is a fierce advocate for truth and justice. And a seeker for some meaning in the most banal of lives.
And she is also very funny. A Feminist without hating men.
With Jackson Brodie she has brought Private Eye literature into the 21st century.
No slick London ways or faux - Vegas schtick for him.
His clients are more often than not women ,real women,not the airbrushed Hollywood types who breeze into his office in a cloud of Guerlaine's'Ode' He is well - realised by Jason Isaacs as an ostensibly tough Northerner.
Viewed by his ex with amused contempt for his perceived weaknesses,he is hamstrung by his brutal childhood experiences.
Several plots intertwine and some are never satifactorily resolved.
Just like in real life.
You may wish to shave a point off my rating if you're new to Miss Atkinson's works.
Like a one - woman Avengers Squad she is a fierce advocate for truth and justice. And a seeker for some meaning in the most banal of lives.
And she is also very funny. A Feminist without hating men.
With Jackson Brodie she has brought Private Eye literature into the 21st century.
No slick London ways or faux - Vegas schtick for him.
His clients are more often than not women ,real women,not the airbrushed Hollywood types who breeze into his office in a cloud of Guerlaine's'Ode' He is well - realised by Jason Isaacs as an ostensibly tough Northerner.
Viewed by his ex with amused contempt for his perceived weaknesses,he is hamstrung by his brutal childhood experiences.
Several plots intertwine and some are never satifactorily resolved.
Just like in real life.
You may wish to shave a point off my rating if you're new to Miss Atkinson's works.