Garnethill by Denise Mina
A masterful crime thriller from the two-time winner of the THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR. Maureen O'Donnell wasn't born lucky. A psychiatric patient and survivor of sexual abuse, she's stuck in a dead-end job and a secretive relationship with Douglas, a shady therapist. Her few comforts are making up stories to tell her psychiatrist, the company of friends, and the sweet balm of whisky. She is about to end her affair with Douglas when she wakes up one morning to find him in her living room with his throat slit. Viewed in turn by the police as a suspect and as an uncooperative, unstable witness, Maureen is even suspected by her alcoholic mother and self-serving sisters of being involved. Worse than that, the police won't tell her anything about Douglas' death. Panic-stricken and feeling betrayed by friends and family, Maureen begins to doubt her own version of events. She retraces Douglas' desperate last days and picks up a horrifying trail of rape, deception and suppressed scandal at a local psychiatric hospital where she had been an inmate. But the patients won't talk and the staff are afraid, and when a second brutalised corpse is discovered, Maureen realises that unless she gets to the killer first, her life is in danger.
Funny, raw, compassionate, often brutal, GARNETHILL turns a wry humour on the shortcomings of its very human characters * INDEPENDENT *
Her characterisations and settings are so authentic..There are probably now as many crime writers in Scotland as criminals, but Mina may be the pick of the bunch * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
Splendidly written... magnificently readable * THE TIMES *
One of the most exciting writers to have emerged in Britain for years * IAN RANKIN *
Her characterisations and settings are so authentic..There are probably now as many crime writers in Scotland as criminals, but Mina may be the pick of the bunch * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
Splendidly written... magnificently readable * THE TIMES *
One of the most exciting writers to have emerged in Britain for years * IAN RANKIN *
Denise Mina is a critically acclaimed Glaswegian crime writer. Her novels includeThe End of the Wasp Season and Gods and Beasts, both of which won the prestigious Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award in consecutive years. Denise also writes short stories and in 2006 wrote her first play. She is a regular contributor to TV and radio.
Find out more at www.denisemina.co.uk or follow her on Twitter @DameDeniseMina
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781409150657 |
| ISBN 10 | 1409150658 |
| Title | Garnethill |
| Author | Denise Mina |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2014-07-17 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Prizes | Winner of CWA Daggers: John Creasey (New Blood) 1998 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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