The Dead Hour by Denise Mina

The Dead Hour by Denise Mina

Paddy Meehan returns in Denise Mina's most powerful mystery yet, nominated for a 2007 Edgar Award.

When 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

Stieg Larsson, who lived in Sweden, was the editor in chief of the magazine Expo and a leading expert on antidemocratic right-wing extremist and Nazi organizations. He died in 2004, shortly after delivering the manuscripts for The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Next.

Denise Mina is the award-winning author of eight acclaimed crime novels and is one of the leading figures in Scotland's Tartan Noir genre of crime fiction. Her novel STILL MIDNIGHT was published in March 2010. Denise made her comics debut with a 13-issue run of HELLBLAZER in 2006-2007. Her first graphic novel was the Vertigo Crime title A SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780316735940
ISBN 10	0316735949
Title	The Dead Hour
Author	Denise Mina
Series	Paddy Meehan Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little Brown and Company
Year published	2006-07-01
Number of pages	341
Prizes	Short-listed for Anthony Awards (Novel) 2007, Short-listed for Edgar Allan Poe Awards (Novel) 2007
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.