2021-10-08
A must read
Riveting and writing of excellence.
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'The most exciting crime writer to have emerged in Britain for years' Ian Rankin
GIRLFRIEND. WITNESS. MURDERER?
When psychiatric patient Maureen O'Donnell finds her boyfriend dead in her living room, she is thrown into a difficult situation. Glasgow police view her as both a suspect and an unstable witness - and even her mother is convinced of her involvement.
Feeling betrayed by friends and family, Maureen begins to doubt her own version of events. Panic-stricken, she sets out in pursuit of the truth and soon picks up a horrifying trail of deception and suppressed scandal. Then a second body is discovered. Maureen realises that unless she gets to the killer first, her life is in danger...
'One of the most original voices in crime fiction' Daily Mail
With an introduction by VAL McDERMID
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*Don't miss Denise Mina's most recent thriller, the Costa 2020 shortlisted, THE LESS DEAD*
Apple Books: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
4.0 of 5 (26 Ratings)
Apple Books: Customer Reviews
2019-07-26
Great début
A very strong début, this Glasgow-set novel of murder and rape is populated with strongly-drawn characters, is shot through with a surprising amount of humour, and has a satisfying (and, thankfully, not Hollywood) ending. Oh, it's also very, very Scottish. Recommended
2018-09-03
Feminist Fatale
This is a hard read for a man but worth it as Maureen is a character grounded in the real world. If you are lucky enough to know an number of Glasgow women you’ll know someone like her, a cocktail of of outer contradictory qualities tough, needy, intelligent, daft, confident and insecure. Anyway the climax of this murderous and abusive story is exciting if not entirely surprising.
I did not find the mixture of a real Glasgow and invented Glasgow entirely convincing but that is a small complaint about a worthwhile read