![]() Maureen sets out to discover the truth, clear herself with the cops, re-center herself with reality, and along the way uncovers events from the past that are deeply odious and far more insidious. All the harder when the local cops finger you as the murderer, and harder still when there's a whisper of doubt in your mind about whether you might have had something to do with this killing. And sanity is hard to hold on to when you wake up after a drinking binge to find your married lover tied to a chair in your own living room with his throat slit. 'Garnethill', the first in a trilogy (followed by 'Exile' and 'Resolution'), introduces amateur sleuth Maureen O'Donnell, a victim of childhood sexual abuse, institutionalized for psychiatric problems, who upon her release copes with day-to-day reality and tries simply to stay sane. ![]() Mina is often compared to fellow Scotsman Ian Rankin as a practitioner of contemporary Scottish noir she can also be described as Minette Walters with muscle. ![]() It is a character focused crime story with a strong and unique voice and definite feminist attitudes. 'Garnethill', the debut book by now-acclaimed writer Denise Mina, shares the mood and toughness of this Glasgow neighborhood, but little else. ![]() ![]() Garnethill is a section of Glasgow, seedy, run-down, dirty, often gray and ugly, and occasionally dangerous. ![]()
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