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Also by Denise Mina:

Three Fires, August 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
The Less Dead, August 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
The Long Drop, August 2018
Paperback / e-Book
Gods And Beasts, March 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Still Midnight, April 2010
Hardcover
Resolution, November 2008
Paperback
The Dead Hour, February 2008
Paperback
Garnethill, October 2007
Paperback
The Dead Hour, July 2006
Hardcover

THE DEAD HOUR
By: Denise Mina

Back Bay Books
February 2008
On Sale: February 12, 2008
368 pages
ISBN: 0316003530
EAN: 9780316003537
Paperback
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Thriller Crime

Paddy Meehan returns in Denise Mina's most powerful mystery yet, nominated for a 2007 Edgar Award

When 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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Morning Edition - August 11, 2008