When Maureen, a hard-talking, hard-drinking Glaswegian girl, finally decides she is going to end her affair with a married man, she wakes up to a big surprise: she finds him in her living room with his throat cut. Viewed by the police as a possible suspect, she sets out to prove her innocence.
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"A shattering first novel... You can't look away from it."--New York Times Book Review
Maureen O'Donnell wakes up one morning to find her therapist boyfriend murdered in the middle of her living room and herself a prime suspect in a murder case. Desperate to clear her name and to get at the truth, Maureen traces rumors about a similar murder at a local psychiatric hospital, uncovering a trail of deception and repressed scandal that could exonerate her - or make her the next victim.
"I can't think of a more interesting - and less likely - crime hero than Maureen O'Donnell, the damaged but determined center of Denise Mina's marvelous debut mystery. . . . The book bristles with angry energy and the spare urban poetry of its unique language." - Chicago Tribune
"A groundbreaking book...its emotional rawness and visceral honesty pack a punch more potent than any boxer-turned-PI could provide."--Washington Post Book World
"This raw, powerful story is an exceptional debut." - Kansas City Star
"A compelling story. . . . This is the reason we read mysteries." - Rocky Mountain News
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)
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Denise Mina to the title page. A very good copy of a first edition, first impression hardback in a very good, unclipped dustjacket (light creasing and surface wear to dustjacket) All books are swathed in biodegradable bubble wrap and posted in strong, custom made book boxes to ensure undamaged delivery. Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 015588
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Vendeur : Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, Etats-Unis
Etat : NEAR FINE. First printing. The first novel by this young Scots writer, one of the strongest and best new voices in crime fiction - one review described this novel, set in "the grimmest of Glasgow's hilltop neighborhoods" as "the humor's black as coal and the action bright as a switchblade." John Creasey Award Winner for Best First Crime Novel. Mina is not yet nearly as well-known as she should be -SIGNED on the title page. 349 pp. Very good in a near fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, remainder line, corners slightly bumped.). N° de réf. du vendeur 48603
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Hardback. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. First Edition. Signed by the Author to the title page an excellent copy in Fine/Fine condition, Authors debut award winning novel. Signed by Author. N° de réf. du vendeur 2016
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