

The Dead Hour
Author: Denise Mina
Narrator: Heather O'Neill
Abridged: 7 hr 5 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 06/26/2006
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Author: Denise Mina
Narrator: Heather O'Neill
Abridged: 7 hr 5 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 06/26/2006
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Denise Mina was born in Glasgow in 1966. She left school at sixteen and did a number of poorly paid jobs: working in a meat factory, bar maid, kitchen porter and cook. Eventually she settle in auxiliary nursing for geriatric and terminal care patients. At twenty one she passed exams, got into study Law at Glasgow University and went on to research a PhD thesis at Strathclyde University on the ascription of mental illness to female offenders, teaching criminology and criminal law in the mean time. Misusing her grant she stayed at home and wrote a novel, Garnethill when she was supposed to be studying instead. Garnethill won the Crime Writers' Association John Creasy Dagger for the best first crime novel and was the start of a trilogy completed by Exile and Resolution. A fourth novel followed, a stand alone, named Sanctum in the UK and Deception in the US. As well as all of this she writes short stories published in various collections, stories for BBC Radio 4, contributes to TV and radio as a big red face at the corner of the sofa who interjects occasionally, is writing a film adaptation of Ida Tamson, and has a number of other projects on the go.
Paddy Keeps Rolling! - 4 Stars Paddy Meehan is one of the most entertaining characters I have encountered in a long time. On one hand, she is a little overweight and is self conscious while on the other she is spunky, quick witted and quick tempered. She is the only unbeliever in a staunchly cath......more
Paddy Meehan #2 and by the time of this it was joyfully obvious that no-one had to long for/moan about/miss Garnethill. Denise does not know how it feels to write a less than great book. Paddy has made reporter, but are doing her dog introduction time during the Dead Hour of night.......more
I love Denise Mina. I wish this series were longer.......more