An edition of The Dead Hour (2006)

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An edition of The Dead Hour (2006)

The dead hour

a novel

1st ed.
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The domestic dispute in a wealthy suburb seems like nothing unusual. The elegant blonde bleeding in the shadows doesn't want help; and the well-dressed, ingratiating man at the front door tells investigative journalist Paddy Meehan everything's fine. Then he asks her to make sure nothing appears in the paper, slipping cash into her hand. The next morning Paddy sees on TV: the blond woman had been tortured, beaten, and left to die. The untraceable man was neither her boyfriend nor her husband. Soon Paddy begins to make connections, and after a suicide is pulled from the river, she finds links between the two deaths. It's the story she's dreamed of, but she'll lose all credibility if word gets out about the bribe, and her boss at the newspaper is impatient with her hunches. Only Paddy cares enough to pursue a brutal truth that could make her career--or kill her.--From publisher description.

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English
Pages
341

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Cover of: The dead hour
The dead hour
2014, Orion, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
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The dead hour
2012, Orion, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
Cover of: The dead hour
The dead hour
2007, Bantam Books
in English - Bantam ed.
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The dead hour
2007, Charnwood
in English - Large print ed.
Cover of: The Dead Hour
The Dead Hour
October 18, 2006, Wheeler Publishing
Hardcover in English - Lrg edition
Cover of: The dead hour
The dead hour: a novel
2006, Little, Brown and Co.
in English - 1st ed.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6063.I457 D425 2006, PR6063.I457D425 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
341 p. ;
Number of pages
341

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24949812M
Internet Archive
deadhournovel00mina
ISBN 10
0316735949
ISBN 13
9780316735940
LCCN
2006001610
OCLC/WorldCat
63116976

Work Description

Paddy Meehan returns in Denise Mina's most powerful mystery yet, nominated for a 2007 Edgar AwardWhen 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)."Brutally funny." -People "Mina again demonstrates why she is one of the best mystery writers on either side of the Atlantic." -Miami Herald"In all her insecurity, Paddy is achingly real . . . and Mina's note-perfect writing captures Paddy's voice dead-on." -Boston Globe"A gloriously visceral style. . . . Mina excels at narrative and social commentary." -Newsday

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