ISBN: 9780316015639

The only criticism was that this focus on inner motives and personal tragedies overwhelms the plot. A minor complaint: critics are anxiously awaiting the next in the series. Alex is close… Plus…

The only criticism was that this focus on inner motives and personal tragedies overwhelms the plot. A minor complaint: critics are anxiously awaiting the next in the series. Alex is close to a breakdown; curiously, we don?t learn the full why for 270 pages. Product DescriptAlex Morrow is not 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 ofGlasgow,Scotland, three 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 confus that ensues, one family member is shot and another kidnapped, the assailants demanding an impossible ransom. Is this the amateur crime gone horribly wrong that it seems, or something much more unexpected?As Alex falls further into the most challenging case of her career, Denise Mina proves why if you dont read crime novels, Mina is your reason to change (RockyMountain News).From Bookmarks MagazineCritics calledStill Midnight an auspicious debut to Minas new police procedural series, and its heroine just as beguiling as ODonnell and Meehan--and just as dark, rude, and troubled by gender politics (Times). Although the novel contains the same wry wit and compass that mark her other books, here Mina casts a sharp eye on her characters mental states, blurring the lines between the villains and the good guys as she explores their life trajectories. The only criticism was that this focus on inner motives and personal tragedies overwhelms the plot. A minor complaint: critics are anxiously awaiting the next in the series. Also see our discuss of Mina on page 17 of this issue.From BooklistEddy and Pat, two Glasgow yobs, are hired to snatch a man named Bob from a modest home in a Glasgow suburb and hold him for a two-mill-pound ransom. They botch the job, finding no one named Bob, accidentally shooting a teenage girl, and snatching the girl?s her, a Ugandan ?migr? who owns a none-too-prosperous convenience store. Police-department ism leads to DS Alex Morrow?s dim rival, Grant Bannerman, being placed in charge of the investigat; but Alex?s efforts uncover the only leads in the case. An ad-winning crime novelist, Mina knows her gritty hometown, and Still Midnight offers a stunning portrait of transcendent bleakness. Alex is close to a breakdown; curiously, we don?t learn the full why for 270 pages. The kidnap victim is haunted by his mother?s rape as they fled Uganda. Even Eddy and Pat are tormented. Similarly, Glasgow is vividly portrayed as an avatar of urban poverty, , and utter despair; the lashing rains and raw winds of October in Scotland only serve to deepen the sense of desperat. Grim but compelling. --Thomas GaughanAbout the AuthorDenise Mina is the author ofSlip of the ,The Dead Hour,Field of ,Decept, and the Garnethill trilogy, the first installment of which won her the John Creasey Memorial Prize for best first crime novel. She lives in Glasgow. Gut, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Bestes Angebot, [LT: BestOffer], Edition Description: 1, Binding: Hardcover, Publication Date: 22-03-2010, Sprache: English, Country of Origin: USA, United States, Manufacturer/Packer/Importer Details: ERGODE, Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1, Dimensions (LxWxH) - Inches: 1.3X9.3X6.3, ISBN-10: 0316015636, ISBN-13: 9780316015639, SKU: SONG0316015636, Buchtitel: Still Midnight, EAN: 9780316015639, Reagan Arthur Books<

ISBN: 9780316015639

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ISBN: 9780316015639

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