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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 823.914 EAN: 9780316154581 ISBN: 031615458X Label: Little, Brown and Company Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 456 Publication Date: July 01, 2006 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Studio: Little, Brown and Company Related Items: Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Average Rating:
 Rating: - 'It's justice that's rare - truth is relative.'While this is the first of Denise Mina's novels featuring Paddy Meehan it is the second that I have read. No matter: it was nice to make her acquaintance again. Ms Mina writes tough, uncompromising crime fiction and Paddy Meehan, aspiring journalist is on one level a most unlikely hero. Of uncompromising blue collar Catholic stock in a time and a place where such things matter, Paddy dares dream of a career. Her chance comes after an horrific crime in which three year old Brian is ... Read More Rating: - "She wondered how these graceless, ruined men had come to be her only allies."There are two Paddy Meehan's': one a criminal from the 1960s and the other a copyboy-cum-journalist, an ambitious young woman determined to make her mark as a reporter for the Scottish Daily News. The more infamous Paddy has been released after long incarceration for a murder he didn't commit; the younger Paddy (Patricia) has just been confronted with a moral dilemma that pits her career against her personal life. When two young boys are arrested for killing three-year-old Brian Wilcox, ... Read More Rating:  - a real page-turnerThe owner of the local bookstore suggested I try a Denise Mina book, so I took a gamble with this one and it sure paid off. The main character is very appealing and the storyline never slows down. Showed up to work sleepy after staying up late to find out what happened next. Ended up immediately reading her Garnethill trilogy afterwards. I'm hooked on Denise Mina. Loved also the glimpse into Glasgow that her books allow. Highly recommend this book. Rating:  - Serious potential but falls shortOverall, I was rather ambivalent about this book. It had some moments of brilliance but being unfamiliar with the cultural norms of the time and place in which the book is set probably diminished my enjoyment of it. The female Paddy's story was more interesting than that of the male's and I was impatient with the sections describing the trials and tribulations of the male Paddy. This book left me feeling neutral and without any real intentions of reading more of the author's works. Rating: - Another tough but brilliant Mina offeringDenise Mina is without peer in her detailed portrayal of the underbelly population of England's cities. Hers are the bluest-of-blue-collared people with whom we avoid eye contact if we notice them at all. And if we do notice, we look quickly away, likely without any curiosity. She uses our stereotypes of the underclass to introduce us to her stories and then smacks us down with brilliant characterizations. Unlike a previous reviewer, I think it is absolutely essential that her settings are British ... Read More 
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