Having an engineer father, denise and family moved 21 times in 18 years. Critics called still midnight an auspicious debut to mina s new police procedural series, and its heroine just as beguiling as odonnell and meehanand just as dark, rude, and troubled by gender politics times. Weve rounded up a list of her past titles, ranked by popularity according to goodreads users to help you find your next read. Author denise mina introduces her latest crime novel, conviction, and tells us how her love of true crime podcasts inspired the story.
Her novels includethe end of the wasp season and gods and beasts, both of which won the. But it soon turns out that anna has an unsettling connection to one of the podcasts stories, setting in motion a series of events that cause her to. Denise mina is the author of more than ten novels, including the long drop, winner of the 2017 mcilvanney prize for scottish crime book of the year, and the garnethill trilogy, the first installment of which won the john creasey memorial award for best first crime novel. Have you read and loved denise minas new novel conviction. Denise mina is currently considered a single author. Paddy meehan is a young professional journalist looking for her big break. Series by crime writer denise mina in which police detective alex morrow tackles crime in glasgow, a scottish city where the boundaries between the lawabiding and the criminal worlds are very blurred, including in her own family. She has written the garnethill trilogy and another three novels featuring the character patricia paddy meehan, a glasgow journalist. Denise mina is a writer from glasgow, scotland, wellknown for her series of crime novels including the garnethill trilogy featuring maureen odonnell, the paddy meehan series and the alex morrow series.
Denise mina biography family, children, story, wife. Reeses december 2019 pick this acclaimed crime novel follows a woman named anna mcdonald who uses the allure of a true crime podcast to escape her uncomfortable reality. The long drop by denise mina penguin books australia. Working in a number of dead end jobs, all of them badly, before studying at night school to get into glasgow university law school. Reese witherspoon selects denise minas conviction as next. Denise mina wins crime novel of the year award books. Denise mina is the author of the garnethill trilogy, the paddy meehan series and the alex morrow series. Rozan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. However these are threads running through into the next book but it was a bit unsatisfying as i was waiting for a classic denouement regarding one particular aspect of the story. Denise mina is a stylish, accomplished writer, and still midnight has an enjoyable plot and is full of interesting, believable characters, chief of whom is policewoman alex morrow. The long drop is denise minas first foray into true crime.
Denise mina she has won the theakston old peculier crime novel of the year award twice and was inducted into the crime writers association hall of fame in 2014. She lives in glasgow, where she now writes full time. All of denise minas crime novels, including the alex morrow series, the garnethill series, the paddy mehan books and the standalone novel sanctum, also. It is the story of peter manuel, a serial killer operating in the 1950s in glasgow.
Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. The scottish crime writer, whose new book is conviction, is drawn to flawed characters asking big questions and taking action. Scottish author denise minas new thriller, conviction. Denise mina is the author of the novels the red road, gods and beasts, the end of the wasp season, still midnight, slip of the knife, the dead hour, the field of blood, deception and the garnethill trilogy, the first installment of which won her the john creasey memorial award for best first crime novel. She writes fascinating characters with depth and believability. Described as an author of tartan noir, she has also dabbled in comic book writing, having written issues of hellblazer mina s first paddy meehan novel, the field of blood, was. She has published 12 novels including the garnethill series, paddy meehan. Denise minas story of suicide and murder during the financial crisis, the end of the wasp season, has won the theakstons old peculier. Denise mina concludes her extraordinary trilogy with a superb book. She has won the theakston old peculier crime novel of the year award twice and was inducted into the crime writers association hall of fame in 2014. Stories by nevada barr, sara paretsky, marcia muller, denise mina, nancy pickard, carole nelson douglas, barbara collins, elizabeth massie, vicki hendricks, s. It was while she was researching and teaching criminal law and criminology at strathclyde university in the 90s, that she decided to write a novel about the effect of mental illness on female offenders.
The long drop is denise mina s first foray into true crime. Minas next novel earned comparisons to mystic river, the 2003 film based on boston crime writer dennis lehanes tale of an insular, workingclass neighborhood and a horrific crime. Mina has twice received the theakstons old peculier crime novel of the year award. Denise mina mimes putting in a pair of earbuds as she describes the pivotal plotline in her new novel a true crime podcast. Witherspoon announced the selection over the weekend in an instagram post featuring a photo of the pajamaclad actress in a state of enviable hygge. The long drop, her latest novel, won the mcilvanney prize for scottish crime book of the year and the gordon burn prize. She is best known as the author of the garnethill trilogy, paddy meehan series and the alex morrow series. Denise mina is a scottish author of crime fiction and its scottish subgenre tartan noir. If there is only one crime thriller book you read this year, make sure it is this one from the award winning scottish writer, denise mina. Join facebook to connect with denise mina and others you may know. The inside track on an outsider her novels dont sit easily in the crime fiction mainstream and, whatever you do, says doug johnstone, dont ask her for a testimonial doug johnstone. Conviction by denise mina meet your next favorite book. Denise mina author biography after a peripatetic childhood in glasgow, paris, london, invergordon, bergen and perth, denise mina left school early.
Denise minas next series of novels following her paddy meehan character and starting with the field of blood, brings the same strong writing, mystery and great characters that she had been known for with the likes of garnethrill. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Denise mina was born in glasgow in 1966, but has lived all over europe from bergen, london, hague, to paris. Brave choice to make if a reader decides not to pick up the next book. Although the novel contains the same wry wit and compassion that mark her other books, here mina casts a sharp eye on her characters mental states, blurring the lines between the. Denise mina is the author of thirteen novels, including the long drop, winner of the 2017 mcilvanney prize for scottish crime book of the year, and the garnethill trilogy, the first installment of which won the john creasey memorial award for best first crime novel. Resolution matches garnethill and brings to full circle the saga of maureen odonnell, the most interesting character, male or female, to emerge in crime fiction in recent years. Reese witherspoon has unveiled the latest pick for her popular book club. Mina has twice received the theakstons old peculier crime novel of the.
She also writes graphic novels, short stories and plays. Denise mina is a critically acclaimed glaswegian crime writer. I dont think theres any such thing as an apolitical. The dead hour is a continuation of a great character. My first book by denise mina now looking forward to reading more of her stories. Jane macfarlane is a wonderful narrator and denise minas writing is intelligent, riveting, often funny. Denise mina has adapted steig larssons millennium trilogy books, featuring lisbet salander, as graphic novels. Because of her fathers job as an engineer, the family followed the north sea oil boom of the seventies around europe, moving twenty one times in eighteen years from paris to the hague, london, scotland and bergen. The field of blood, published in britain in 2005, featured a new fictional female sleuth, the young glasgow journalist patricia paddy meehan. She has written detective novels and police procedural novels, and recently a marvellous nonfiction fiction. Despite the huge number of british crime novels which have a female detective at their centre, ms mina has successfully created an interesting and original. I read denise minas latest, gods and beasts, and decided to try listening to this one, the first in the alex morrow series. Mina, a scottish crime writer, has an extensive backlist of crime and mystery books, including a mix of standalone novels and series, so it might be hard to decide what denise mina book to read next. Denise mina has 54 books on goodreads with 178163 ratings.
1473 1009 737 801 1104 99 1037 188 348 250 1112 1008 678 1097 823 9 61 750 1636 786 778 726 1427 1531 289 1437 437 640 418 124 278 405 1080