Product Description

A domestic dispute turns dark and deadly for journalist Paddy Meehan in the second novel of Denise Mina's acclaimed series

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19464 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-16
• Binding: Paperback
• 464 pages

Synopsis
When Paddy Meehan, Glasgow's youngest aspiring journalist, is called to a domestic dispute at a house in a wealthy suburb in the north of the city, it seems like just another police call. The blonde bleeding from a head injury in the shadows doesn't want any help; and the well dressed man at the front door assures Paddy that everything's fine, and that she can leave. And then he slips her a crisp 50 note to keep the story out of the paper. By the next morning the woman's dead. Paddy may have found the story she's dreamed about, but she'll lose all credibility if the word gets out about her bribe. The police who attended the call are twisting the evidence for reasons of their own. Only Paddy cares enough to pursue a dark and brutal truth that could make her career - or kill her.

From the Back Cover
`Powerful, passionate and compelling. Mina can chill your blood and break your heart in the same sentence.' Mark Billingham

It seems like just another domestic dispute for journalist Paddy Meehan.

The blonde woman bleeding from a head injury behind the front door of one of Glasgow's smarter houses doesn't seem to want any help. And the well dressed man beside her assures Paddy that everything is fine.

And then he slips her a crisp £50 note to keep the story out of the papers.

By the next morning the woman is dead. Paddy has found the story she's been dreaming of, but she'll lose all credibility if words gets out abut her bribe. To make matters worse, the police who attended the dispute are twisting the evidence for reasons of their own.

Only Paddy cares enough to pursue a dark and brutal truth that could make her career - or kill her.

DENISE MINA
`… is one of the most exciting writers to have emerged in Britain for years.'
Ian Rankin

`…is wonderful. It took only one book for me to become a true fan.'
Michael Connelly

About the Author
Denise Mina was an academic before she came to crime writing: she taught criminology while studying for a PhD. Her début novel, Garnethill, won the John Creasy Dagger and a stand alone novel, Sanctum, followed before she began the Paddy Meehan series.

In between novels she has babies, writes articles and short stories, a play (Ida Tamson) and has recently finished a run as the writer of 'Hellblazer' for DC Comics. Her first graphic novel A Sickness in the Family is due out in 2007.

To fit it all in she has given up changing out of her pyjamas, eating cooked food and depilitation.