Exile (Garnethill, 2) - Softcover

Mina, Denise

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316016802 ISBN 13: 9780316016803

Publisher: Back Bay Books, 2007

Synopsis

"Stunning. . . . The danger reaches a frightening pitch."--Rocky Mountain News

"Mina offers us a complex plot with a shocking ending, all told in an amazingly original voice." -Cleveland Plain Dealer

"This is a terrific book." -Dallas Morning News

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

Trying to escape her own troubled past and the memories of her lover's murder, Maureen O'Donnell finds refuge working as a counselor at a shelter for battered women. When the body of shelter resident Ann Harris washes up on the banks of the Thames River two weeks later, Maureen vows to discover what happened and to prove that Ann's husband is not to blame. Taking her search to London, Maureen soon encounters disturbing truths about Ann's hidden past - including a secret that has Maureen fighting for her life.

"Atmospheric, intense, and full of the disturbing flavor of inner-city lowlife." -Guardian

"Reads like a slap in the face - and a kick in the ribs and a fist in the stomach . . . like its powerful predecessor, Garnethill." -New York Times Book Review

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The last time Maureen O'Donnell saw Ann Harris, she was in the Glasgow Women's Shelter smelling of a long binge on cheap drink. A month later Ann's mutilated body, stitched into a mattress, is washed up on the banks of the Thames. No one, except for Maureen and her best friend, Leslie, seems to care about what has happened to her, and Maureen is the only person who thinks Ann's husband is innocent.

In the long tradition of Scots in trouble, Maureen runs away to London. Looking for answers to the mystery surrounding Ann's death, she becomes embroiled in a seedy world of deceit and violence. Alone in a strange city, Maureen starts to piece together Ann's final days. But time is not on her side, and Maureen needs just twelve hours, just twelve, to put things right, and she doesn't care what it costs.

From the Back Cover:

"Confirms Mina’s place in the premier division… atmospheric, intense and full of the disturbing flavour of inner-city lowlife." – Guardian

"Mina writes with an energy and brio that lifts this novel head and shoulders above the superficial gangster glamour of much contemporary British crime fiction." – The Express

About this edition

• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0316016802
• ISBN 13: 9780316016803
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448