The Field of Blood [Paperback]

" Her characters breathe with an almost Dickensian life."
-- "The Times"

‘The novel retains Mina’s talent for mining Glasgow’s dark, seedy underbelly.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'... The brilliant Mina may have invented a new sub-genre: moral suspense ... unfailingly elegant in her humanity.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'Difficult to put down ... from a must-read writer for anyone who has an interest in crime fiction.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

‘Scotland has found itself a new Ian Rankin.’ The Times. The first in an important new series by Scotland’s princess of crime, Denise Mina. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Paddy Meehan discovers that one of the boys charged with the murder of toddler Brian Wilcox is her fiance Sean's cousin, Callum. Soon Callum's name is all over the news, and her family believe she is to blame. Shunned by Sean and by those closest to her, Paddy finds herself dangerously alone.

In Glasgow, a toddler goes missing, snatched from the front garden of his home.   But while the city braces itself for the discovery of a lone sexual predator, the police are led to the doors of two eleven-year-old boys.   Paddy Meehan – eighteen and fresh out of school – has just started work on the Scottish Daily News.Her conventional working-class parents assume that she will get married and start a family, but all Paddy dreams of is becoming an investigative reporter.   Everyone at the Daily News believes that the boys acted alone. Only Paddy feels that there may be more to it than this, and her hunger to uncover the truth sharpens when she discovers that one of them is her fiancé’s cousin. Unsure whether she is motivated by personal ambition or social concern, Paddy begins to ask awkward questions – much to the annoyance of her immediate family. Shunned by those closest to her, she soon finds herself dangerously alone. Set in Glasgow in 1981, The Field of Blood is the first in a compelling new crime series featuring Paddy Meehan. Infused with Denise Mina’s unique blend of dark humour, personal insights and the social injustices that pervade our society, it is a terrifying novel that will challenge readers’ perceptions of right and wrong. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

As an academic researcher, Denise Mina has written extensively on the medicalization of deviant women, and until recently she taught criminology and Criminal Law. She is the author of Garnethill, for which she won the John Creasey Award for best first crime novel in 1998, Exile, Resolution and Sanctum. She lives with her partner and young son in Glasgow. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.