Valerie and Hatchette Book Group are sponsoring a giveaway of Slip of the Knife by Denise Mina. I thoroughly enjoyed Denise Mina's Still Midnight and am so looking forward to reading this!
About the Book, courtesy of the publisher:
Paddy Meehan is no stranger to murder--as a reporter she lives at crime scenes--but nothing has prepared her for this visit from the police. Her former boyfriend and fellow journalist Terry Patterson has been found hooded and shot through the head. Paddy knows she will be of little help--she had not seen Terry in more than six months. So she is bewildered to learn that in his will he has left her his house and several suitcases full of notes. Drawn into a maze of secrets and lies, Paddy begins making connections to Terry's murder that no one else has seen, and soon finds herself trapped in the most important--and dangerous--story of her career.
About the Author:Denise Mina is a "fearless"
(GQ) writer "of stunning talent and accomplishment"
(Publishers Weekly) and "the crown princess of crime" (Val McDermid). She is the author of
Garnethill, which won the John Creasey Memorial Prize for best first crime novel,
Exile, and
Resolution. She lives in Glasgow.
The Reading Group Guide for
Slip of the Knife has a few spoilers - so instead of writing it out in full, please head
here to download a PDF version.
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The contest is limited to US and Canada only. No P.O. boxes. The contest ends at noon on April 15, 2010.
Thank you so much Valerie and Hatchette for sponsoring this giveaway!
The blurb:Alex Morrow is a cop by Glasgow, Scotland. She isn't new to the police force -- or to crime --- but there is nothing familiar about the call she has just received.
On a still night in a quiet suburb of the city, armed men have slipped from a van into a house, demanding a man who is not, and has never been, inside the front door. In the confusion that ensures, one family member is shot and another kidnapped, the assailants demanding an impossible ransom. Later, the same van is discovered abandoned and burnt out in the woods beside the highway. Is this all an amateur crime gone horribly wrong, or something much more unexpected?
On the case, Alex navigates an urban underworld steeped in every gradation of crime -- drugs, robbery, murder, and religious bigotry -- crossing paths with a brotehr who may or may not be at hte center of it all. All the while, she's negotiating the politics of a police force, a sordid local history, and a marriage every bit as as complicated as the burglary she's trying to solve.
Review:I'd heard Tartan Noir thrown about and found this definition from the
Double Tongued Word Wrester Dictionary: "
Scottish detective fiction, or Tartan Noir as it’s called, with its brooding sensibility, brutal humor and fixation on the nature of guilt and punishment, has more in common with the Russian novel than it does with traditional detective writing." Set in Glasgow,
Still Midnight falls within this umbrella of
Tartan Noir with the flawed detective hero, Alex Morrow.
Alex Morrow, is prickly, slightly socially awkward, and a brilliant woman detective. As she unsuccessfully navigates politics in the police department, you can't help but wince. While things don't come easy for Alex Morrow, she's in her element piecing together disparate facts, interviewing hostile witnesses, and reconstructing what may have happened.
In Still Midnight, it's not just Alex Morrow and the other detectives that draw you in. Denise Mina's other characters - the criminals and the victims - are complex, interesting, and three dimensional. Still Midnight is my first time to read a Denise Mina novel and I highly recommend it. I was drawn in by the characters, enjoyed the twists and turns, and am looking forward to my next Denise Mina novel.
ISBN-10: 0316015636 - Hardcover $24.99
Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books (March 22, 2010), 352 pages.
Review copy provided by the publisher.About the Author, courtesy of the publisher:
Denise Mina is the author of
Slip of the Knife, The Dead Hour, Field of Blood, and the
0 Comments on Book Review of Denise Mina's Still Midnight as of 3/9/2010 4:19:00 PM
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I have never read a book by this author, but
I would like to.
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This would be my first by the author, but it looks so good I may just have to find the other one you mentioned at the library first!
Please enter me.
Oh, and I'm a follower.
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I'm a follower. I'm not sure, I may have read Tartan Noir. Sometimes, I'm not cognizant of the author's background. I'm sorry! I do love murder mysteries, though.
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I don't believe I've read any Tartan Noir. Please include me. I'm a follower.
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This would be my first but it sounds like a book I would enjoy.
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Sounds spooky - I love mysteries!
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I haven't read any of Noir's books, but I love hearing about authors I was unaware of and I'd love to give this one a try.
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This looks like a good one. Please enter me. I follow.
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I would like to win Slip Of The Knife, because I love international mysteries especially the Nordic,,Italian,and most especially the British mysteries.
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Great book!! Good luck to all...
I haven't read any Tartan Noir. I'd like to find out how Slip of the Knife ends! The little bit I've read has me hooked!
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I love a good murder mystery and would really love to read this one. Hope that I get lucky and am selected as a winner.
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I've never read this author. I really need to read more crime mystery authors. One that is sort of in the same genre is Serpentine by Thomas Thompson. I simply loved that book.
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I've never even heard of "Tartan Noir"! But this one sounds interesting. Please count me in. Thank you!
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