One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson

This second in the series features the same main character, Jackson Brodie, as Atkinson's first foray into mystery writing. This one has Jackson following his 'girlfriend' to Edinburgh where she's acting in a performance at the summer arts festival. Again there is a disparate cast of characters who are related by unlikely plot threads, but the character development is excellent and the plot(s) keep you guessing. The 'good turn' is the throwing of a laptop case at a thug which stops him from killing another driver in a case of road rage. The thrower, Martin, is in a queue for a performance and the incident is viewed by the other characters in the subplots. The wide-ranging novel includes crooked developers, brides from Russia, writers and writing, acting, parenting, and of course the chain of events that 'one good turn' can set in motion, for good and for bad. And there's also a nice twist at the end! I'll be looking out for her newest mystery.