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More copies of this ISBN:The Dead Hour: A Novelby Denise Mina
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Paddy Meehan returns in Denise Mina's most powerful mystery yet, nominated for a 2007 Edgar Award.
When journalist Paddy Meehan investigates a domestic dispute, the well-dressed man who answers the door assures her the blonde in the shadows behind him is fine, and slips her money before he closes the door. In fact, the woman was tortured and left to die later that night, and Paddy has only days to uncover the truth before the newspaper learns of her bribe and the police close the case for reasons of their own. Only Paddy cares enough to pursue a dark and brutal story that could make her career — or kill her, in a novel that proves why Denise Mina is "some kind of magnificent" (Wall Street Journal). Review:"Set in Glasgow in 1984, Mina's riveting second thriller to feature Patricia 'Paddy' Meehan (after 2005's Field of Blood) opens with the 21-year-old crime reporter for the Scottish Daily News following up a late-night disturbance complaint at a Victorian villa in the posh suburb of Bearsden. The tall, attractive man at the door assures Paddy, as he had the police, that the incident won't happen again. Behind him is a blond woman with a bloody face — Vhari Burnett, a well-respected political activist and lawyer. The man bribes Paddy, as he had the police, to keep quiet. The next day the news of Vhari's murder dismays the normally scrupulous Paddy. When a suicide is fished out of the river, Paddy begins to connect the two deaths. Meanwhile, Vhari's cokehead sister, Kate, is on the run from Vhari's killer, and Mina skillfully alternates Kate's desperate point-of-view with that of Paddy, who's determined to do the right thing and bag the story. Hopefully, this won't be the last breathless adventure for one of the most entertaining reporter sleuths in recent crime fiction. 6-city author tour. (July)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:"Mina again demonstrates why she is one of the best mystery writers on either side of the Atlantic." Miami Herald Review:"Mina meticulously creates a bleak, Dostoevskian world abandoned by light and spirit, populating it with sharply drawn characters." Kirkus Reviews Review:"In her second outing, Paddy holds up as a refreshingly realistic character that readers will eagerly embrace — warts, neuroses, and all. Mina also provides a gritty, authentic look at daily journalism's sausage-making process." Booklist Review:"Despite its intriguing premise, Mina's crime plot never picks up much momentum, but Paddy Meehan is a refreshingly down-to-earth character, and her travails in the nightworld of Glasgow ultimately make for a more compelling story than the murder she tries to solve." Library Journal Review:"In all her insecurity, Paddy is achingly real...and Mina's note-perfect writing captures Paddy's voice dead-on." Boston Globe Review:"A gloriously visceral style....Mina excels at narrative and social commentary." Newsday Review:"Mina has created a unique character who's a swirling mass of disappointment, ambition, anger, curiosity, sweetness, rudeness and determination; in short, a real human being." Providence Journal Review:"[A] colorful and gripping thriller....Mina has lots of intriguing characters bumping around...and takes her own sweet time in revealing how they are connected. But her narrative instincts are so strong, you end up savoring the wait." Philadelphia Inquirer Review:"[A]n intense and entertaining work of crime fiction that feels so real it'll leave dirt underneath the reader's fingernails. And Paddy Meehan is a brilliant auctorial concoction." The Denver Post About the AuthorDenise Mina is the author of The Dead Hour, Field of Blood, Deception, and the Garnethill trilogy, the first installment of which won her the John Creasey Memorial Prize for best first crime novel. She lives in Glasgow. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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