Exile

Publisher and industry reviews

Jacket review

"'Head and shoulders above the superficial ganster glamour of much contemporary British crime fiction' Val McDermid 'Confirms Mina's place in the premier division... atmospheric,intense and full of the disturbing flavour of inner-city lowlife' Guardian 'This fast-paced first novel set in Glasgow romps its way to a satisfying conclusion in which the evil doer receives rough justice of a most apt and unpleasant kind...Funny, raw, compassionate, often brutal, Garnet Hill turns a wry humour on the shortcomings of its very human characters' Independent 'A corking page-turner that flows like a dream' The List 'Mina,a feisty new crime-writing voice, carves a taut, humane whodunit into Glasgow's impassive face' Scotland on Sunday"

UK Kirkus review

Exile, the sequel to Mina's acclaimed Garnethill, undoubtedly stands on its own. Maureen is now working - with extreme incompetence - at a women's shelter with her best friend Leslie, while her brother, Liam, has taken early retirement from the drug-dealing business to return to university. London is the main home from home for Glasgow's damaged and criminal exiles, and Maureen treads the mean streets of both cities in pursuit of Ann Harris, a shelter client who has disappeared. The twists in this tale will continually surprise the reader, despite the trail of clues embedded in the text by this skilful and compelling story-teller. As Maureen pursues the truth about Ann's disappearance, partisan readers will fear for her sanity and moral judgement as she finds rough justice progessively more seductive. (Kirkus UK)