Conviction by Denise Mina
Theyre leaving together and theyre taking Annas two daughters with them. Left alone in the big, dark house, Anna cant think, she cant take it in.
Denise Mina is the cream of the crop, an author who pushes the crime novel in new and exciting directions
This highly original, ballsy thriller is like nothing you have read – or Denise Mina has written – before -- Mark Sanderson * The Times, *Books of the Year* *
Not a single word is wasted in this beautifully written novelUnsettling, evocative and staggeringly good, it is possibly Mina’s finest achievement * Daily Express *
A wonderfully atmospheric, unsettling read. -- Louise Rhind-Tutt * i *
You won't be able to put Conviction down
It is clear from the very start of Denise Mina’s Conviction quite how much fun she – and her readers – are about to have… Mina is such a classy writer and Anna is a darkly brilliant creation * Observer *
Deeply unsettling and thought provoking in all the best ways -- Doug Johnstone * Big Issue *
The Long Drop is an exceptional book. The pages reek of fifties Glasgow, forming an oppressive backdrop to a true crime story that fascinates and appals from start to finish. Mina’s prose cuts to the bone, laying bare the prideful wickedness of men in a tale that is as often touching as it is frightening. A feast of a crime novel. * Stuart Neville *
A twisting, darkly comic, thrill-a-minute ride across Europe. If you loved Killing Eve, you'll devour Conviction
A mischievous sense of fun exists alongside a capacity to generate genuine edge-of-your-seat thrills and some thought-provoking moments. You won’t have more fun with a book this year * Sunday Express *
The Long Drop is a fascinating, quietly insidious work, unsettling but absorbing -- Marcel Berlins * The Times *
Gripping, intricate and wonderfully twisty . . . Superb
It is a beautifully written book, a masterpiece by the woman who may be Britain’s finest living crime novelist * Daily Telegraph *
Denise Mina brilliantly manages to be funny, heart-wrenching, gut-punching and addictive all at once: a fabulous, captivating novel
The Long Drop is not just a success and a thrilling read in its own right, but a game-changer for the genre. -- Stuart Kelly * Scotland on Sunday *
This highly original, ballsy thriller is like nothing you have read – or Denise Mina has written – before -- Mark Sanderson * The Times, *Books of the Year* *
Not a single word is wasted in this beautifully written novelUnsettling, evocative and staggeringly good, it is possibly Mina’s finest achievement * Daily Express *
A wonderfully atmospheric, unsettling read. -- Louise Rhind-Tutt * i *
You won't be able to put Conviction down
It is clear from the very start of Denise Mina’s Conviction quite how much fun she – and her readers – are about to have… Mina is such a classy writer and Anna is a darkly brilliant creation * Observer *
Deeply unsettling and thought provoking in all the best ways -- Doug Johnstone * Big Issue *
The Long Drop is an exceptional book. The pages reek of fifties Glasgow, forming an oppressive backdrop to a true crime story that fascinates and appals from start to finish. Mina’s prose cuts to the bone, laying bare the prideful wickedness of men in a tale that is as often touching as it is frightening. A feast of a crime novel. * Stuart Neville *
A twisting, darkly comic, thrill-a-minute ride across Europe. If you loved Killing Eve, you'll devour Conviction
A mischievous sense of fun exists alongside a capacity to generate genuine edge-of-your-seat thrills and some thought-provoking moments. You won’t have more fun with a book this year * Sunday Express *
The Long Drop is a fascinating, quietly insidious work, unsettling but absorbing -- Marcel Berlins * The Times *
Gripping, intricate and wonderfully twisty . . . Superb
It is a beautifully written book, a masterpiece by the woman who may be Britain’s finest living crime novelist * Daily Telegraph *
Denise Mina brilliantly manages to be funny, heart-wrenching, gut-punching and addictive all at once: a fabulous, captivating novel
The Long Drop is not just a success and a thrilling read in its own right, but a game-changer for the genre. -- Stuart Kelly * Scotland on Sunday *
Denise Mina is the author of the Garnethill trilogy, the Paddy Meehan series and the Alex Morrow series. She has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award twice and was inducted into the Crime Writers’ Association Hall of Fame in 2014. The Long Drop won the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2017 and the Gordon Burn Prize. Conviction is the co-winner of the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2019 and it was selected for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Book Club. Denise has also written plays and graphic novels, and presented television and radio programmes. She lives and works in Glasgow.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781911215257 |
| ISBN 10 | 1911215256 |
| Title | Conviction |
| Author | Denise Mina |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2019-05-16 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for Bloody Scotland McIlvanney Prize 2019 (UK) |
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