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Zusatztext Her characterisations and settings are so authentic...There are probably now as many crime writers in Scotland as criminals! but Mina may be the pick of the bunch Informationen zum Autor After a peripatetic childhood in Glasgow! Paris! London! Invergordon! Bergen and Perth! Denise Mina left school early. Working in a number of dead end jobs! all of them badly! before studying at night school to get into Glasgow University Law School. Denise went on to study for a PhD at Strathclyde! misusing her student grant to write her first novel. This was Garnethill! published in 1998! which won the Crime Writers Association John Creasy Dagger for Best First Crime Novel. She has now published 12 novels and also writes short stories! plays and graphic novels. In 2014 she was inducted into the Crime Writers' Association Hall of Fame. She regularly appears at literary festivals in the UK and abroad! leads masterclasses on writing and was a judge for the Bailey's Prize for Women's Fiction 2014. Klappentext A gripping crime thriller from Scotland's queen of crime and two-time winner of the THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD. A gripping crime thriller from Scotland's queen of crime and two-time winner of the THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD and author of THE LONG DROP. Zusammenfassung A gripping crime thriller from Scotland's queen of crime and two-time winner of the THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD. When Dr Susie Harriot is convicted of the brutal murder of Andrew Gow! a serial killer in her care! it looks certain that she will be given a life sentence! depriving her of her home! her family and her two-year-old daughter. Susie's husband! Lachlan! is convinced his wife is innocent! and is determined to find evidence to support an appeal. Every night he sits in Susie's study and goes through her papers - her case notes! her interviews with Gow! and the press cuttings from the trial. But the more Lachlan uncovers! the more questions arise! leaving him wondering about the secrets his wife was hiding... ...
