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The Dead Hour - (Paddy Meehan) by Denise Mina (Paperback)

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  • 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.
  • About the Author: Denise Mina is the author of more than ten novels, including The Long Drop, winner of the 2017 McIlvanney Prize for Scottish crime book of the year, and the Garnethill trilogy, the first installment of which won the John Creasey Memorial Award for best first crime novel.
  • 368 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
  • Series Name: Paddy Meehan

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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



Review Quotes




" Mina never fails to engage the reader, taking crime fiction into further territory to challenge and extend our perceptions... Puts Mina into the class of the serious psychological novelist."
- "Scotland on Sunday
"" Scotland has found itself a new Ian Rankin."
- "The Times"
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"Praise for Denise Mina:
" One of the most exciting writers to have emerged in Britain for years."
- Ian Rankin
" The Crown Princess of Crime."
- Val McDermid
" Field of Blood is more challenging than any crime novel, more engaging than any social commentary, and way more inspiring, inventive and downright chilling than any thriller."
- Manda Scott

"Mina never fails to engage the reader, taking crime fiction into further territory to challenge and extend our perceptions...Puts Mina into the class of the serious psychological novelist."
-"Scotland on Sunday
""Scotland has found itself a new Ian Rankin."
-"The Times"
"
"Praise for Denise Mina:
"One of the most exciting writers to have emerged in Britain for years."
-Ian Rankin
"The Crown Princess of Crime."
-Val McDermid
"Field of Blood is more challenging than any crime novel, more engaging than any social commentary, and way more inspiring, inventive and downright chilling than any thriller."
-Manda Scott



About the Author



Denise Mina is the author of more than ten novels, including The Long Drop, winner of the 2017 McIlvanney Prize for Scottish crime book of the year, and the Garnethill trilogy, the first installment of which won the John Creasey Memorial Award for best first crime novel. Mina has twice received the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. She lives in Glasgow.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.29 Inches (H) x 5.95 Inches (W) x 1.01 Inches (D)
Weight: .71 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 368
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Mystery & Detective
Series Title: Paddy Meehan
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Theme: Women Sleuths
Format: Paperback
Author: Denise Mina
Language: English
Street Date: February 1, 2008
TCIN: 77471863
UPC: 9780316003537
Item Number (DPCI): 247-17-2689
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.01 inches length x 5.95 inches width x 8.29 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.71 pounds
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Q: What makes Denise Mina a notable writer?

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Q: What other works has Denise Mina authored?

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