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Mina‘s debut has all the elements that make her work compelling: female protagonists, Glasgow setting, tough issues examined sensitively but honestly, and the odd splash of violence.

Waking up after drinks with a friend the worst thing you should encounter is a hangover but Maureen finds her dead lover tied to a chair. That alone makes her a suspect but add that she just discovered he was married and her recent stay in a psychiatric hospital and Maureen realizes she‘s the only one who will look past easy explanations and investigate. Perfect for a readathon because there was no way I was going to bed until I reached the end.

Reading a used copy of this book and apparently the previous owner had an an issue with the f word. I flipped ahead and they appear to have censored the entire book.

An abuse survivor's married lover turns up dead in her house. Feeling like the police are suspecting her, she decides to do some investigating of her own.

I *really* enjoyed the author's writing style and will most definitely be continuing with the series! 👏🏽

Today's reading view certainly doesn't suck 😍

(It rained for like 30 min this morning and a pretty 🌈 peeped out!)

I stumbled on an article featuring thrillers that Karin Slaughter recommends, and promptly checked most of them out from the library. I had never heard of this book or author but it's off to a promising start!

Also, I'm in Aruba 🙊. Now, I know what you're probably thinking, but I've had two negative COVID tests in the last 1.5 weeks, I'm alone, and being super cautious. Not an ideal situation to be traveling right now, I know, but I'm in heaven.

#20series20days day 2
Denise mina has produced a few series including the very good DI Alex Morrow but i loved this trilogy set in Glasgow as maureen o'donnell, an ordinary woman neither police officer or detective is drawn into situations in which she is often out of her depth. Dark humour, quick wit, and satisfying stories.

Enjoyable debut set in Glasgow with a feisty, abuse-survivor heroine who wakes up to find her married lover dead and the police most suspicious. Not the best-written thriller I've ever read, but enough vivid characters to maintain interest.

My first book in the tartan noir genre for #booked2020. Maureen O‘Donnell finds her therapist boyfriend murdered one morning. The police suspect her as she was admitted to a mental hospital. The story was difficult to read as it deals with trauma, alcoholism, dysfunctional families, the unfair patriarchal society, domestic abuse, and sexual abuse. I am not sure if I will read the trilogy but this is a powerful novel. #tartannoir

Conviction continues the story begun in Garnethill. Great interview with the author: https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/27/denise-mina-no-such-thing-apolitic...

#adventrecommends 14 @emilyrose_x
Let me start by saying that I‘ve read every book Denise Mina has ever written., but I don‘t think she has ever written anything better than the Garnethill trilogy. Granted, they are the first novels she wrote (tagged pub. in 1998; Exile in 2000; Resolution in 2001), and thus older, but I never felt the sense of urgency to read the next in a series with her later series of books. Maureen O‘Donnell is not ⬇️

Grand introduction to a new to me author.

Whoops slept a little late but back to reading now! Before I get into it, this is my favorite #undertheradar book - the whole trilogy is so so good but this ones my favorite. Maureen has got to be one of my favorite characters in literature ever! So so good. (But also all the TWs etc it‘s very dark) #24in48 @24in48

Ask me for book recs at your own risk 📚📚📚📚📚 #bookrecs #thriller #mystery

"Eight long months of emotional turmoil had passed as suddenly as a fart."

"You're pathologically independent."