Denise Mina

Denise Mina was born in Glasgow in 1966. Because of her father's job as an engineer, her family moved twenty-one times in eighteen years from Paris to the Hague, London, Scotland and Bergen.

After leaving school at sixteen and a run of poorly paid jobs, she went on to study Law at Glasgow University and researched a PhD thesis at Strathclyde. Misusing her grant, she stayed at home and wrote her first novel, Garnethill, which was published in 1998 and won the Crime Writers' Association John Creasy Dagger for best first crime novel.

Since 1998 she has written seven further novels, including most recently, Still Midnight. She also writes comics and in 2006 wrote her first play, 'Ida Tamson' . As well as all of this she writes short stories and is a regular contributor to TV and radio.

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A Glasgow cop with a nose for social injustice and the dark side of society, DS Alex Morrow is introduced in STILL MIDNIGHT by  Scottish author Denise Mina, whose previous series featured investigative journalist Paddie Meehan and social worker Maureen O’Donnell. Realistic and bleak investigations with a strong footing in today’s reality are Mina’s forte in all her books.

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The End of the Wasp Season Denise Mina Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2011. In this stunning new novel DS Alex Morrow discovers that nothing is sacred, even human life...The End of the Wasp Season is an accomplished, compelling and multi-layered novel, which traces the damaging consequences of... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Exile Denise Mina Gritty, atmospheric of time and place with characters that have a real edge to them are the hallmarks of Denise Mina's Garnethill series that began with Garnethill and continues here in Exile. Exile is a dark thriller with dark undertones... Format: Paperback - Released: 19/05/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Garnethill Denise Mina A stylishly written, highly suspenseful murder mystery set in Glasgow with a cast of tough characters and a fantastic protagonist, Maureen, who her enemies find out it has been ill-advised to pick on. Winner of the CWA John Creasey Memorial Dagger... Format: Paperback - Released: 19/05/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Resolution Denise Mina 'Denise Mina is set to carve a niche for herself as the crown princess of crime' Val McDermid Garnethill series:1. Garnethill2. Exile3. Resolution Format: Paperback - Released: 19/05/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The End of the Wasp Season Denise Mina When notorious millionaire banker Lars Anderson hangs himself from the old oak tree in front of his Kent mansion his death attracts no sympathy. One less shark is little loss to a world nursing a financial hangover. But the legacy... Format: Hardback - Released: 12/05/2011 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)

The Field of Blood Denise Mina In Glasgow, a child goes missing, taken from the front garden of his home - and the investigation leads the police to the doors of two young boys. Paddy Meehan has just started her new job working for a local... Format: Paperback - Released: 17/03/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Still Midnight Denise Mina Just look at the reviews for this author. Her peers love her, the press love her, have you heard of her? Well, it is time you did. She writes about Glasgow low-life, gritty and atmospheric. This concerns a kidnapping that... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2010 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

Still Midnight Denise Mina ALEX MORROW - A Glasgow cop with a nose for social injustice and the dark side of society, DS Alex Morrow is introduced in STILL MIDNIGHT by Scottish author Denise Mina, whose previous series featured investigative journalist Paddie Meehan and... Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2009 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)