- Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Bantam (30 Sep 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553584685
- ISBN-13: 978-0553584684
- Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 2.4 x 17.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,157,014 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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No Good Deed begins with what most thrillers would have as their climax--undercover cop Orla McLeod talks a young boy into cutting her free to fight back as drugs race catastrophically through her system and a colleague is tortured to death in another room. Orla is a woman who keeps her promises, and she promised the child that she would look after him, forever--and this she does, though Hell stands in her way. In this radical break with the intense, but comparably gentle, detective stories with which she started her career, Manda Scott gives us a full range of thriller experiences--brutal noir as the police try to persuade Glasgow's criminals to give up a torturer gang boss of whom everybody is afraid, Buchanesque wanderings through the snow-covered foothills of a remote mountain district and a sense of growing dread as we struggle to understand what made Tord Svensen the vicious killer he is, what Orla will have to learn to defeat him. No Good Deed is a meditation on vengeance and violence and their costs, and what it means to walk away and make other choices; it is one of the most remarkable thrillers of the year. --Roz Kaveney
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Denise Mina
'Compulsive reading from page one to the shattering conclusion...Manda Scott's writing is simply beautiful'
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have read and enjoyed all Manda Scott's crime novels but this is by far the best. In fact it is one of the best crime novels I have ever read. Scott's prose style is strong, her characters are all well rounded and fascinating, she has a good sense of location and she is a master of suspense and drama. This is the only crime novel I have read three times (and counting) - even when you know who dunnit it is still well worth reading again.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A taut well written thriller.
A change from Manda Scott's earlier offerings but if you are a fan of her previous ones, don't let this put you off. From page one you are taken on a journey through the scottish underworld with emotion and skill.
The attention to detail is gratifying and a lot of research has obviously gone into this book. In my opinion, this should be trabslated to TV... but then I like the genre!
I hope there is a sequel.
Format:Paperback
This is one of the better crime novels I've read, and the reason for that is that the author has stepped off the beaten track to produce something a little darker, grittier and less black-and-white than normal.
The storyline is relatively simple - a cop in Glasgow is working undercover in a drugs and prostitution racket to try to ensnare the brutal ringleader when her cover is busted. She avoids execution with the help of an emotionally stunted nine year old boy whose addict/prostitute mother has overdosed and subsequently flees to the highlands with him. A game of cat-and-mouse ensues alongside the emotional recovery of the woman and boy.
As another reviewer has said, this is not a comfortable moral tale and you will have to reconcile yourself to the questionnable morals and behaviours, but I think the complex motivations and emotional responses are part of the strength of the book. The author has in my opinion done a marvellous job with the characterisation of the leading two characters, with some other notable cast members in support. It is perhaps (and necessarily) only the villain who is underdone.
So a very respectable effort all round - well written, involving, engaging and with unexpected depth of character.
The storyline is relatively simple - a cop in Glasgow is working undercover in a drugs and prostitution racket to try to ensnare the brutal ringleader when her cover is busted. She avoids execution with the help of an emotionally stunted nine year old boy whose addict/prostitute mother has overdosed and subsequently flees to the highlands with him. A game of cat-and-mouse ensues alongside the emotional recovery of the woman and boy.
As another reviewer has said, this is not a comfortable moral tale and you will have to reconcile yourself to the questionnable morals and behaviours, but I think the complex motivations and emotional responses are part of the strength of the book. The author has in my opinion done a marvellous job with the characterisation of the leading two characters, with some other notable cast members in support. It is perhaps (and necessarily) only the villain who is underdone.
So a very respectable effort all round - well written, involving, engaging and with unexpected depth of character.
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Probably the worst book I have ever read
I cannot believe the praise for this book, it is absolutely awful. I feel I have to add my review as I would have bought this book myself after reading the below. Read more
Published on 4 Jun 2008 by Suzy Tops 71
As good as rankin
After reading all of Ian Rankins books i have found someone else who matches up to his savage and detailed look into the scottish underworld. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2002 by P. Dale
HOW FAR IS TOO FAR TO KEEP A PROMISE??
Not having read MANDA SCOTT before - or RANKIN, to whom she has been likened - I was uncertain what to expect.
However, my trepidation was without foundation. Read more
However, my trepidation was without foundation. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2002 by Alan Cantrill (bluedoor@talk21.com)
An absolutely gripping story
Although it is a break from her usual style, I think this book surpasses the promise of her earlier work. Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2001 by K. J. FitzGerald-Gorham
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