Exile
A Contemporary, Mystery, Fiction book. January is the despairing heart of the Scottish winter Denise Mina, Exile...
"Stunning. . . . The danger reaches a frightening pitch."--Rocky Mountain News "Mina offers us a complex plot with a shocking ending, all told in an amazingly original voice." -Cleveland Plain Dealer"This is a terrific book." -Dallas Morning NewsA New York Times Notable Book of the YearTrying to escape her own troubled past and the memories of her lover's murder, Maureen...
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- Pages: 448 pages
- ISBN: 9780316016803 / 316016802
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January is the despairing heart of the Scottish winter Denise Mina, Exile // She walked through the underpass at the Elephant and Castle, enjoying the sense that nothing really mattered, not the truth about the past, nor whether they believed her, not Winnies drinking or Viks ultimatum. It was the perfect place to escape from a painful past. She could waste years at home trying to make sense of a random series of events. There was no meaning, no lessons to be learned, no moralnone of it meant anything. She could spend her entire life trying to weave meaning into it, like compulsive gamblers and their secret schema. Nothing mattered,...
Denise Mina writes dark, gritty crime novels which delve into the seamy side of Glasgow. Exile is the second in a trilogy featuring a scrappy young woman, Maureen O'Donnell. I didn't realize when I read Garnethill that it was the first book in a trilogy so I was pleasantly surprised to meet up with Maureen and her pal Leslie again.... I really like these books, and the fact that they're so dialogue-heavy makes them quick reads. The one problem I have with them is going to sound petty, and to be honest it might just be something I have to get over if I'm going to like mystery novels. Here's the thing: I'm smart; I'm reading about the case from 3 or 4 different points... Garnethill was so good, just about the best book I read last year, that I've put off reading this for fear of being disappointed by it. The first book, which featured Glaswegian Maureen O'Donnell defending herself against accusations of being a murderer, would have been wonderful as a standalone but I couldn't see it as the start of...
