Denise Mina

Denise Mina reimagines Raymond Chandler's famed and troubled detective Philip Marlowe in this gritty thriller set in 1940s Los Angeles. "This is Marlowe." "Mr. Philip Marlowe?" she asked. I glanced at the clock. It was exactly eleven am, as if she had been waiting by the phone for an appointed hour, following someone else's orders to the letter. "What, d'you...

In London, a body is found on the banks of the Thames. Maureen O'Donnell has 12 hours to catch a killer... A body is found on the banks of the Thames. Maureen O'Donnell now has twelve hours to catch a killer... The last time Maureen O'Donnell saw Ann Harris, she was staying in the Glasgow Women's Shelter, drunk and with...

In Three Fires, award-winning author Denise Mina re-imagines the 'Bonfire of the Vanities', a series of fires lit throughout Florence at the end of the fifteenth century inspired by the fanatical Girolamo Savonarola. Girolamo Savonarola was a Dominican friar living in Florence at the tail end of the fifteenth century. An anti-corruption campaigner, his hellfire preaching increasingly spilled over into...

What will it take to tell the truth when your life depends on a lie? This is the question a blood spatter expert grapples with when she realises she sent the wrong person to prison. The 20th novel from NYT bestseller and Costa-shortlisted crime writer Denise Mina, for fans of Tana French and Elly Griffiths. ** FROM THE NY TIMES...

In Three Fires, award-winning author Denise Mina re-imagines the 'Bonfire of the Vanities', a series of fires lit throughout Florence at the end of the fifteenth century, inspired by the fanatical Girolamo Savonarola. Girolamo Savonarola was a Dominican friar living in Florence at the tail end of the fifteenth century. An anti-corruption campaigner, his hellfire preaching increasingly spilled over into...

'a tour de force work of art' The Wall Street Journal, Best Books of the Year It's Saturday evening, 9 March 1566, and Mary, Queen of Scots, is six months pregnant. She's hosting a supper party, secure in her private chambers. She doesn't know that her Palace is surrounded and that, right now, an army of men is creeping upstairs...

It's Saturday evening, 9 March 1566, and Mary, Queen of Scots, is six months pregnant. She's hosting a supper party, secure in her private chambers. She doesn't know that her Palace is surrounded—right now, an army of men is creeping upstairs to her chamber. They're coming to murder David Rizzio, her friend and secretary, the handsome Italian man who is...

What will it take to tell the truth when your life depends on a lie? This is the question a blood spatter expert grapples with when she realises she sent the wrong person to prison. The 20th novel from NYT bestseller and Costa-shortlisted crime writer Denise Mina, for fans of Tana French and Elly Griffiths. 'Authentic, compelling and written with...

Deception. Theft. Murder. All you need is confidence. A brand new escapist thriller from the award-winning author of Conviction. FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Such a delight- playful, fast-paced, and entirely compulsive' Ann Cleeves 'Denise Mina is crime writing royalty' Val McDermid 'Denise Mina is the cream of the crop, an author who pushes the crime novel in...

When a woman is murdered, journalist Paddy Meehan must put her reputation - and her life - on the line to crack the case. Discover the second novel in the pulse-racing Paddy Meehan series, from award-winning author Denise Mina. 'Mina can chill your blood and break your heart in the same sentence' - Mark Billingham Journalist Paddy Meehan is called...

A child disappears and the police believe two boys are responsible, but rookie journalist Paddy Meehan isn't so sure... The first novel in the addictive Paddy Meehan series, from award-winning author Denise Mina. The most exciting crime writer to have emerged in Britain for years - Ian Rankin In Glasgow, a child goes missing, taken from the front garden of...

Paddy Meehan's former boyfriend was killed before he could expose a dark secret, and Paddy is determined to find the culprit. Read the third novel in the Paddy Meehan series, from award-winning author Denise Mina. 'One of the most original voices in crime fiction' — Daily Mail Paddy Meehan finally has it all - a flat of her own in...