Sanctum - Hardcover

Mina, Denise

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9780593046579: Sanctum
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0593046579 ISBN 13: 9780593046579
Publisher: Bantam Press, 2003

Synopsis

A powerful new stand-alone novel from Scotland’s princess of crime -- author of the acclaimed Garnethill trilogy.

Lachlan Harriot is in a state of shock. His wife Susie has been convicted of the murder of serial killer Andrew Gow, a prisoner in her care. Unless Harriot can come up with grounds for an appeal, Susie will be given a life sentence, depriving her of her home, her family and her two-year-old daughter.

Harriot is convinced that his wife, a respected forensic psychiatrist, is innocent, and each night he climbs the stairs to her study and goes through her papers, laboriously transcribing into his computer her case notes, her interviews with Gow and the press cuttings from the trial. But his search for the truth soon raises more questions than answers. Why had Susie stolen prison files and then lied about it? What was the nature of her relationship with Gow? And what is it in her study that she doesn’t want her husband to find? As things become ever more complex, he must decide what to do with a discovery that involves violence, sexual obsession, lust and ultimate betrayal.


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About the Author

Denise Mina is the author of three previous novels, Garnethill, winner of the John Creasey Award for Best First Crime Novel, Exile and Resolution.


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From the Back Cover

“One of the finest crime writers of her generation.” -- Express

Praise for Resolution:
“It’s studded with images that stick in the mind long after the book is closed…. Denise Mina is set to carve a niche for herself as the Crown Princess of Crime.” -- Val McDermid


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A powerful new stand-alone novel from Scotland?s princess of crime -- author of the acclaimed Garnethill trilogy.

Lachlan Harriot is in a state of shock. His wife Susie has been convicted of the murder of serial killer Andrew Gow, a prisoner in her care. Unless Harriot can come up with grounds for an appeal, Susie will be given a life sentence, depriving her of her home, her family and her two-year-old daughter.

Harriot is convinced that his wife, a respected forensic psychiatrist, is innocent, and each night he climbs the stairs to her study and goes through her papers, laboriously transcribing into his computer her case notes, her interviews with Gow and the press cuttings from the trial. But his search for the truth soon raises more questions than answers. Why had Susie stolen prison files and then lied about it? What was the nature of her relationship with Gow? And what is it in her study that she doesn?t want her husband to find? As things become ever more complex, he must decide what to do with a discovery that involves violence, sexual obsession, lust and ultimate betrayal.


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Publisher
Bantam Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0593046579
ISBN 13 
9780593046579
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
359
Rating
  • 3.61 out of 5 stars
    3,685 ratings by Goodreads

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