10 best books for Mother's Day

5. "Started Early, Took My Dog," by Kate Atkinson

Some serious readers of detective fiction swear that Atkinson is the best thriller-writer currently plying the trade. "Started Early, Took My Dog" features Jackson Brodie, the detective who appears in other of Atkinson's acclaimed crime novels, along with a retired police detective who suddenly finds herself in charge of a small child. Washington Post critic Kevin Allman called this book "crime fiction that's also splendid modern literature."

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