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Denise Mina

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in Glasgow, The United Kingdom

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http://www.denisemina.co.uk/

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Mystery & Thrillers

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Denise Mina was born in Glasgow in 1966. Because of her father's job as an Engineer, the family followed the north sea oil boom of the seventies around Europe
She left school at sixteen and did a number of poorly paid jobs, including working in a meat factory, as a bar maid, kitchen porter and cook.
Eventually she settled 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.

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	Conviction (Anna and Fin, #1) 3.55 avg rating — 44,014 ratings — published 2019 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium: The Graphic Novels, #1.1-1.2) by Denise Mina (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations), Leonardo Manco (Illustrations), Andrea Mutti (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 4.59 avg rating — 12,348 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Garnethill (Garnethill, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 9,308 ratings — published 1998 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of the Wasp Season (Alex Morrow, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 8,188 ratings — published 2011 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Still Midnight (Alex Morrow, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 7,928 ratings — published 2009 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Book 1 (Millennium: The Graphic Novels, #1.1) by Denise Mina (Goodreads Author) (Adaptor), Leonardo Manco (Illustrator), Andrea Mutti (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 5,825 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Field of Blood (Paddy Meehan, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 4,495 ratings — published 2005 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exile (Garnethill, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 3,651 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deception 3.62 avg rating — 3,638 ratings — published 2002 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long Drop 3.37 avg rating — 3,871 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Anna and Fin (2 books)
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“If Morrow worked with herself she'd try and sit a few desks away.”
― Denise Mina, Still Midnight

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“January is the despairing heart of the Scottish winter”
― Denise Mina, Exile

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“Just when you think something can’t get any worse someone who dislikes you comes to watch.”
― Denise Mina, Conviction

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March/April Group Read

Nothing to Lose/Lee Child

21 votes 7.2%

In the Blood/Lisa Unger

20 votes 6.9%

The Bookseller/Mark Pryor

19 votes 6.5%

S is for Silence/Sue Grafton

19 votes 6.5%

Gorky Park/Martin Cruz Smith

19 votes 6.5%

Cut to the Bone: A Body Farm Novel/Jefferson Bass

19 votes 6.5%

First Family/David Baldacci

18 votes 6.2%

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer/Patrick Süskind

17 votes 5.8%

The Dinner/Herman Koch

16 votes 5.5%

Last Seen Wearing/Hillary Waugh

14 votes 4.8%

Where the Bodies Are Buried/Christopher Brookmyre

14 votes 4.8%

One Breath Away/Heather Gudenkauf

13 votes 4.5%

Indemnity Only/Sara Paretsky

11 votes 3.8%

Garnethill/Denise Mina

10 votes 3.4%

River of Darkness/Rennie Airth

10 votes 3.4%

Deep into Dusk/Laurie Stevens

10 votes 3.4%

You're Next/Gregg Hurwitz

9 votes 3.1%

The Pawn/Stephen James

7 votes 2.4%

First Night of Summer/Landon Parham

7 votes 2.4%

Havana Bay/Martin Cruz Smith

6 votes 2.1%

The Wrong Quarry/Max Allan Collins

5 votes 1.7%

The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen/N.L. Wilson

4 votes 1.4%

Price of Justice/Alan Brenham

3 votes 1.0%

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