DEAD HOUR

Author(s): MINA DENISE

Crime

Paddy Meehan returns in Denise Mina's most powerful mystery yet, nominated for a 2007 Edgar AwardWhen journalist Paddy Meehan investigates a domestic dispute, the well-dressed man who answers the door assures her the blonde in the shadows behind him is fine, and slips her money before he closes the door. In fact, the woman was tortured and left to die later that night, and Paddy has only days to uncover the truth before the newspaper learns of her bribe and the police close the case for reasons of their own. Only Paddy cares enough to pursue a dark and brutal story that could make her career-or kill her, in a novel that proves why Denise Mina is "some kind of magnificent" (Wall Street Journal)."Brutally funny." -People "Mina again demonstrates why she is one of the best mystery writers on either side of the Atlantic." -Miami Herald"In all her insecurity, Paddy is achingly real ...and Mina's note-perfect writing captures Paddy's voice dead-on." -Boston Globe"A gloriously visceral style...Mina excels at narrative and social commentary." -Newsday


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" Mina never fails to engage the reader, taking crime fiction into further territory to challenge and extend our perceptions... Puts Mina into the class of the serious psychological novelist."
- "Scotland on Sunday
"" Scotland has found itself a new Ian Rankin."
- "The Times"
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"Praise for Denise Mina:
" One of the most exciting writers to have emerged in Britain for years."
- Ian Rankin
" The Crown Princess of Crime."
- Val McDermid
" Field of Blood is more challenging than any crime novel, more engaging than any social commentary, and way more inspiring, inventive and downright chilling than any thriller."
- Manda Scott

Denise Mina is the author of Deception, the Garnethill trilogy, and Field of Blood. She lives in Glasgow, Scotland, with her family.

General Fields

  • : 9780316003537
  • : Unknown
  • : UNKNOWN
  • : 0.33
  • : February 2008
  • : 210mm X 140mm X 25mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : MINA DENISE
  • : Paperback
  • : 823.914
  • : 341