Name: The Dead Hour (Paddy Meehan)
Price: 35.17 NZD
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Author: Denise Mina
ISBN: 9781784709532

Type

Physical Book

Author

Denise Mina

Publisher

Random House Uk

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

384

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781784709532

The Dead Hour (Paddy Meehan)

Denise Mina (Author) · Random House Uk · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Dead Hour (Paddy Meehan) "

The second novel in the Paddy Meehan series, from the two-time winner of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award‘Mina can chill your blood and break your heart in the same sentence’ Mark BillinghamJournalist Paddy Meehan is called to a domestic dispute in a wealthy Glasgow suburb. The woman bleeding from a head injury doesn’t want any help and the well-dressed man beside her assures Paddy that everything is fine. But when she is given a £50 note to keep quiet, she becomes suspicious. The next morning, the woman is dead. Paddy has found the story she has been waiting for, yet she will lose all credibility if word gets out about her bribe. To make matters worse, the police who attended the scene are twisting the evidence. Only Paddy cares enough to pursue a dark truth that could make her career – or get her killed.

Denise Mina

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Denise Mina, born in 1966 in East Kilbride, Scotland, is a distinguished writer of crime novels, playwright, and comic book scriptwriter. Her work falls within the genre of crime fiction, with a particular focus on the subgenre known as "Tartan Noir". Among her most recognized works is the Garnethill trilogy, consisting of "Garnethill" (1998), "Exile" (2000), and "Resolution" (2001). Another notable series features Patricia "Paddy" Meehan, including titles such as "The Field of Blood" (2005) and "The Dead Hour" (2006).

Mina has also created the Alex Morrow series, introduced in "Still Midnight" (2009), followed by "The End of the Wasp Season" (2010) and "Gods and Beasts" (2012). Her novel "The Long Drop" (2017) received the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year and the Gordon Burn Prize. Additionally, she has ventured into the comic world, writing for the "Hellblazer" series and adapting Stieg Larsson's "Millennium" trilogy into graphic novel format. Denise Mina has been awarded prizes such as the John Creasey Dagger in 1998 for "Garnethill" and the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award in 2012 for "The End of the Wasp Season".

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