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No Good Deed (Paperback)

by M.C. Scott (Author)
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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Book Publishing; New edition edition (21 Jan 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747262500
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747262503
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.1 x 3.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 807,131 in Books (See Bestsellers 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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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'Compulsive reading from page one to the shattering conclusion...Manda Scott's writing is simply beautiful'
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Her best, 4 Jan 2004
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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.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A well written thriller with twists, 13 May 2001
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This review is from: No Good Deed (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.

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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars As good as rankin, 21 Feb 2002
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. Manda Scott takes you from the Glasgow slums to the highlands with breathtaking ease. This book kept me up for three nights i just had to keep reading the next chapter.
I hope her next book will be another Orla Mcleod stunner.
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