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"This successor to Garnethill again pulls Maureen into a grisly case of murder - this time of Ann Harris. Ann had been nursing two broken ribs and reeking of alcohol when she'd visited Maureen's office at a Glasgow women's shelter. Two weeks later and hundreds of miles away, under a mattress on the banks of the Thames, Ann's mutilated body has turned up dead." "Eager to quit Glasgow for a spell and escape problems of her own, Maureen travels to London to search out the circumstances surrounding Ann's brutal death. She soon finds herself treacherously out of her depth. Embroiled in the seedy and violent underworld of criminal exiles and dangerous drug lords, Maureen strives desperately to piece together the horror of Ann's last days not only to make sense of the ugly details but also to save herself from a similar fate. The suspense ratchets up, and with visceral shocks and grim wit Denise Mina secures her place among the top-ranking writers of crime fiction at work today."--BOOK JACKET.
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Fiction, Maureen O'Donnell (Fictitious character), Mystery, Women social workers, Women's shelters, Women detectives, Murder, London (england), fiction, Scotland, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Paddy Meehan (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Social conditions, Fiction, crimePlaces
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"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 O'Donnell finds refuge working as a counselor at a shelter for battered women. When the body of shelter resident Ann Harris washes up on the banks of the Thames River two weeks later, Maureen vows to discover what happened and to prove that Ann's husband is not to blame. Taking her search to London , Maureen soon encounters disturbing truths about Ann's hidden past - including a secret that has Maureen fighting for her life."Atmospheric, intense, and full of the disturbing flavor of inner-city lowlife." -Guardian"Reads like a slap in the face - and a kick in the ribs and a fist in the stomach . . . like its powerful predecessor, Garnethill." -New York Times Book Review
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