Exile - Couverture rigide

Mina, Denise

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0593046536 ISBN 13 : 9780593046531

Editeur : Bantam Press, 2000

Synopsis

The last time Maureen saw Ann Harris she was sitting in her office in the Glasgow Women's shelter nursing two broken ribs and smelling of a long binge on cheap drink. Two weeks later Ann's mutilated body is washed up by the Thames, and Maureen's mate Leslie isn't telling all that she knows.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"Stunning. . . . The danger reaches a frightening pitch."--Rocky Mountain News

"Mina offers us a complex plot with a shocking ending, all told in an amazingly original voice." - Cleveland Plain Dealer

"This is a terrific book." - Dallas Morning News

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

Trying to escape her own troubled past and the memories of her lover's murder, Maureen O'Donnell finds refuge working as a counselor at a shelter for battered women. When the body of shelter resident Ann Harris washes up on the banks of the Thames River two weeks later, Maureen vows to discover what happened and to prove that Ann's husband is not to blame. Taking her search to London , Maureen soon encounters disturbing truths about Ann's hidden past - including a secret that has Maureen fighting for her life.

"Atmospheric, intense, and full of the disturbing flavor of inner-city lowlife." - Guardian

"Reads like a slap in the face - and a kick in the ribs and a fist in the stomach . . . like its powerful predecessor, Garnethill." - New York Times Book Review

Présentation de l'éditeur

From the two-time winner of the THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD - a Scottish crime novel with a difference.

The last time Maureen O'Donnell saw Ann Harris, she was in the Glasgow Women's Shelter smelling of a long binge on cheap drink.

A month later Ann's mutilated body, stitched into a mattress, is washed up on the banks of the Thames.

No-one seems to care what happened to her, and Maureen is the only person who thinks Ann's husband is innocent. But solving Ann's murder comes as light relief. Maureen's father is back in Glasgow, her best friend is sloping about like a nervous spy, and then there's Angus, Maureen's old therapist, who's twice as bright as she is and making her play a dangerous game with the police.

In the long tradition of Scots in trouble, Maureen runs away to London where she becomes embroiled in a seedy world of deceit and violence. Alone in a strange city, Maureen starts to piece together Ann's final days. But time is not on her side, and Maureen needs just 12 hours, just 12, to put things right, and she doesn't care what it costs...

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bantam Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0593046536
• ISBN 13: 9780593046531
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible