

Slowly she begins to earn the respect of her editor and other reporters. Mina shares the rough times of her working-class Scots lifestyle, unsparing brutal details, but unfailingly honest in her humanity.

After Heather's murder,we reader agonize not just because Paddy's in danger but because a moment of awful truth awaits her. When Paddy makes dangerous inquiries into the crime Callum is charged with, This choice spells death for the real Heather, who's everything Paddy isn't: thin blonde and just ambitious enough to try to steal the story from Paddy. Minas first Paddy Mehan novel, The Field of Blood, was filmed by the BBC for broadcast in 2011, and. Since 2006, she has had two plays performed with successful reception. At the heart of the plot is her decision pose as a coworker at the paper named Heather Allen. Check all the awards won and nominated for by Denise Mina - Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel (2006), CWA New Blood Dagger (1998) and more awards. Patricia 'Paddy' Meehan, a copy girl at Glasgow's Daily News and she wants her exfiancee to help her get an interview with his 10-year-old cousin, Callum, he's been charged with murdering a young child in the neighborhood. Denise Mina is a "fearless" (GQ) writer "of stunning talent and accomplishment" (Publishers Weekly) and "the crown princess of crime" (Val McDermid).
