A woman in search of her birth mother finds a past that holds more questions than answers in this chilling and evocative thriller from the award-winning author of Conviction.
Longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2022
Shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library 2021
Longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2021
Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2020
When Margo goes in search of her birth mother for the first time, she meets her aunt, Nikki, instead. Margo learns that her mother, Susan, was a sex worker murdered soon after Margo's adoption. To this day, Susan's killer has never been found.
Nikki asks Margo for help. She has received threatening and haunting letters from the murderer, for decades. She is determined to find him, but she can't do it alone...
A brilliant, thought-provoking and heart-wrenching new thriller about identity and the value of a life, from the award-winning author of The Long Drop and Conviction.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781529111804
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 250 g
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 23 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'This is crime writing of the highest order' - Mark Sanderson, The Times
'More proof that Denise Mina is Britain's best living crime writer' - Charlotte Heathcote, The Sunday Express
'Mina is the most compassionate of crime novelists... a dark and heartfelt novel' - The Mail on Sunday
'Denise Mina is crime-writing royalty' - Val McDermid
'With sophisticated, ingenious plotting, this is a real read-in-one-go book. If you haven't yet discovered Denise Mina, you're in for a treat!' - Good Housekeeping on Conviction
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It took a little while for this story to settle at the start, and for the characters to become clear and approachable, but in a way this only added to the gripping tension and momentum thereafter. Margo has always... More
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“Disappointing!”
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